Life Map Assignment

EQ - How will managing personal finances impact your life decisions?

1. Factors of Job Selection Quiz
2. Activator – Quote Analysis
• “Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked.
• 'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat.
• 'I don't know,' Alice answered.
• 'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.” 
3. TPS – What makes decision making so difficult?
4. Life Map Intro
• Handout
• Rubric
5. Work time to complete life map 
6. TOD - Takeaway

The Decision Making Matrix

EQ - How can I decide which career option is right for me

1. Activator - Small Group Planning
• Index card groups
• If you could plan an afternoon trip for this class, what would in include?
• Class Discussion
2. Introduction to the Decision Matrix (Teacher demo)
3. Small Group Practice
4. Individual Practice (if necessary)
5. Splashdown – The characteristics of career selection
6. Create a decision matrix using the factors of careers selection
7. TOD
• List the 3 most important factors of career selection to you. Explain.
• Describe 2 factors that are not important to you. Explain. 
• What makes your top choice the most important to you?

 **Homework** Prepare for a quiz on factors of career selection AND the decision matrix

Welcome to Personal Finance

EQ - What can I expect to gain from taking Personal Finance?

1. Activator:  Personal Finance BINGO
2. Class Discussion related to terminology
3. TPS - Post-It Note Collage - Write 3 ways money affects you and the world 
4. Discussion - Financial analysis of a day: How has money affected you today?
5. Class Discussion – Impact of education on income *Handout at end of discussion to reinforce concept
6. Introductions: Syllabus, Room Procedures, Grad. Project
7. Back of Index Card - 3 goals you have for this class
8. TOD: 3-2-1
• 3 topics you want to learn in this class
• 2 items you learned today
• 1 thing you already know from the BINGO card