• SYLLABUS: FINANCIAL MATH

    This course is "Real Life". You will learn how to manage your money and future money.

    The chapters all start with a "Before You Begin" and Vocabulary, which you are responsible for completing and learning. You are expected to do and turn in the activities with each chapter. There are videos with each chapter. You are expected to watch and take notes in your book for each one. The reviews at the end of each chapter will be completed at the end of each chapter for review for the chapter test.

  • 1st 9 Week Grading Period

    Chapter 1--Introduction to Personal Finance

    • Pre Test Of Course and Ch 1
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Parent Interview and Chapter 2 Pre Test
    • Activities: Live from financial peace plaza, Game of chance, The history of credit in america, What is personal finance?, budget builder.
    • Chapter Test

    Chapter 2 --Savings

    • Pre Test Chapter 2
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Chapter 3 Pre Test
    • Activities: Savings By Nation, Sinking Fund Savings, Saving: A way to build wealth, rate of return, the five foundations, budget builder
    • Chapter Test, Vocabulary Test Ch. 1 and 2

     Chapter 3--Budgeting

    • Pre Test Chapter 3
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Chapter 4 Pre Test
    • Activities: Balancing your checkbook, How to manage your checking account, the student budget, family reality check, calculating networth, budget builder
    • Chapter Test

    Chapter 4--Debt

    • Pre Test Chapter 4
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Chapter 5 Pre Test
    • Activities: Hidden cost of credit, realities of cash advances, the true cost of ownership, rent to own, debunking credit myths, the debt snowball,budget-builder, making the minimum
    • Chapter Test, Vocabulary Test Ch. 3 and 4

     Chapter 5--Life After High School

    • Pre Test Chapter 5
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Chapter 6 Pre Test
    • Activities: The student loan myth, Beware and be wise, case study: Ethan and college expenses, cost of living calculator, budget builder
    • Chapter test

    Chapter 6--Consumer Awareness

    • Pre Test Chapter 6
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Pre Test Chapter 7
    • Activities: Commercial Viewer, Marketing madness, 0% for 24 months nothing down, the cost of cool, the impact of daily decisions, opportunity cost, budget builder
    • Chapter Test, Vocabulary Test Ch. 5 and 6

  • 2nd 9 Week Grading Period

    Chapter 6--Consumer Awareness

    • Pre Test Chapter 6
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Pre Test Chapter 7
    • Activities: Commercial Viewer, Marketing madness, 0% for 24 months nothing down, the cost of cool, the impact of daily decisions, opportunity cost, budget builder
    • Chapter Test, Vocabulary Test Ch. 5 and 6

     Chapter 7--Bargain Shopping

    • Pre Test Chapter 7
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Pre Test Chapter 8
    • Activities: Food for thought, the seven basics of negotiating, double discounts, computing discounts, bargain shopping, budget-builder
    • Chapter Test

    Chapter 8--Investment and Retirement

    • Pre Test Chapter 8
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Pre Test Chapter 9
    • Activities: Individual fund tracker, live from financial peace plaza, reading a prospectus, name that investment, stocks vs mutual funds, my roth IRA, investments compared, rule 72, funding 401(k) and roth IRAs, wealth-building pyramid, monthly retirement, wealth is not a game of chance
    • Chapter Test, Vocabulary Test Ch. 7 and 8

     Chapter 9--Insurance

    • Pre Test Chapter 9
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Pre Test Chapter 10
    • Activities: auto liability limits, health plan overview, live from financial peace plaza, which insurance policies are needed?, what's with the will?, identifying financial risk, understanding renter's insurance, budget-builder
    • Chapter Test

    Chapter 10--Money and Relationships

    • Pre Test Chapter 10
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Pre Test Chapter 11
    • Activities: back then, creative debating, roommates and money, budget-builder
    • Chapter Test, Vocabulary Test Ch. 9 and 10

     Chapter 11--Careers and Taxes

    • Pre Test Chapter 11
    • Vocabulary
    • Homework: Pre Test Chapter 12
    • Activities: DISC and career match, researching careers, employee on-boarding, love from financial peace plaza, interview practice, filing your taxes, budget-builder
    • Chapter Test

    Chapter 12--Giving

    • Pre Test Chapter 12
    • Vocabulary
    • Activities: research charitable organizations, the generosity of future me, exploring areas of need in your community, budget-builder
    • Chapter Test, Vocabulary Test Ch. 11 and 12

    Post Course Test