Looking for a fun way to get your students interested in Personal Finance concepts that will be useful in their everyday lives? Look no further! This Station Activity will get your students interested in learning more about the financial concepts involved with managing their money in the future. The lesson is designed to give students an introduction to several different concepts so they have a basic understanding of how each will work. From there, you can continue into a more in-depth personal finance unit for a deeper dive into the ideas. How the Lesson Works: ★ This lesson is made up of six stations that will allow your students to learn about the following topics: Station 1 - Creating a Budget (Using the 50/30/20 Method) Station 2 - Vocabulary Review Station 3 - Taxes and Refunds (Filling out a tax calculator using a provided W-2) Station 4 - Is College Worth the Cost? Station 5 - Renting vs. Buying a Home Station 6 - Preparing for Retirement (Looking at careers and salaries and planning based on those numbers) ★ This activity can be completed by individual students or by teams of students with one answer sheet. ★ The stations are designed to be completed in ten to fifteen minutes. The entire lesson will take sixty to ninety minutes to complete. ★ Many of the stations involve writing opinions rather than facts, so there is not always necessarily a correct or incorrect answer. I’ve included a sample answer sheet to give you an idea of how students can respond to these prompts. What is Included? ★ This purchase includes the six station cards, supplemental files for three of the stations, a student answer sheet, a sample completed answer sheet, a Notes for Teachers document explaining each station with tips and tricks. ★ All files come in a PDF format with links to create editable copies.

Add an element of fun to your entrepreneurship unit with this “The Greatest Showman” Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheets! This movie can be used as a review of the principles of entrepreneurship and small business ownership and the viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film. The Pre-Screening Guide should be completed before viewing the film. The Viewing Guide splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the one page Worksheet. On the worksheet, your students will analyze the content of the movie in regards to economics topics such as entrepreneurship, business, investments, and small businesses. How the Lesson Works: ★ The Pre-Screening Guide with basic questions about entrepreneurship. ★ The Viewing Guide that is split into four labeled sections. ★ The Post-Screening Guide that ties in entrepreneurship and the content of the film. What is Included: ★ A Google Slides document that hosts all worksheets and the viewing guide ★ A Google Forms Version of the Movie Guide, Pre-Screening Activity, and worksheet are included. ★ Both the Slides and Google Forms can be customized to meet your specific needs. Plot Summary: Orphaned, penniless, but ambitious and with a mind crammed with imagination and fresh ideas, the American entertainer, Phineas Taylor Barnum, will always be remembered as the man with the gift to blur the line between reality and fiction. Thirsty for innovation and hungry for success, the son of a tailor manages to open a wax museum; however, he soon shifts focus to the unique and the peculiar, introducing extraordinary, never-seen-before live acts on the circus stage. Now, some people call Barnum’s rich collection of oddities, an outright freak show; but, when Phineas, obsessed for cheers and respectability, gambles everything on the opera singer, Jenny Lind, to appeal to a high-brow audience, he will lose sight of the most crucial aspect of his life: his family. Will Barnum, the greatest showman, risk it all to be accepted? Required Materials: ★ The Greatest Showman DVD or Streaming Capabilities

Add an element of fun to your Personal Finances unit with this “Up” Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheet! This movie can be used as a review of the principles of personal finances and preparing for retirement. The viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film, and is not specifically about the financial aspects of the film. The Pre- and Post-Screening worksheets are associated with the personal financial literacy elements of this lesson. Students will review types of budgeting and methods used to prepare for retirement. The Viewing Guide is two pages and splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the one page Worksheet. How the Lesson Works: ★ The Pre-Screening Worksheet is designed to serve as an introduction to personal finances and the film ★ The Viewing Guide is split into four sections with short answer, true/false, and multiple choice questions from the movie ★ The Post-Screening Worksheet is designed to be completed after students have viewing the movie in its entirety. Required Materials: ★ Up DVD or Streaming Capabilities

Add an element of fun to your government and economics classes with this “The Hunger Games” Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheets! This movie can be used as a review of the basic principles of government and economics and the viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film. The Pre-Screening Guide should be completed before viewing the film and includes basic questions relating to government and economics. The Viewing Guide is two pages and splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the one page Worksheet. On the worksheet, your students will analyze the content of the movie. How the Lesson Works: ★ The Pre-Screening Worksheet is designed to serve as an introduction to government and economics and the film ★ The Viewing Guide is split into four sections with short answer, true/false, and multiple choice questions from the movie ★ The Post-Screening Worksheet is designed to be completed after students have viewing the movie in its entirety. Movie Synopsis: In what was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them each to select a boy and a girl, called Tributes, to compete in a nationally televised event called the Hunger Games. Every citizen must watch as the youths fight to the death until only one remains. District 12 Tribute Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has little to rely on, other than her hunting skills and sharp instincts, in an arena where she must weigh survival against love. Required Materials: ★ The Hunger Games DVD or Streaming Capabilities

Add an element of fun to your entrepreneurship unit with this “Joy” Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheet! This movie can be used as a review of the principles of entrepreneurship and small business ownership and the viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film. The Pre-Screening Guide should be completed before viewing the film. The Viewing Guide splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the one page Worksheet. On the worksheet, your students will analyze the content of the movie in regards to economics topics such as entrepreneurship, business, investments, and small businesses. How the Lesson Works: ★ The Pre-Screening Guide with basic questions about entrepreneurship. ★ The Viewing Guide that is split into four labeled sections. ★ The Post-Screening Guide that ties in entrepreneurship and the content of the film. ★ The Worksheet is designed to be completed after students have viewing the movie in its entirety. Required Materials: ★ Joy DVD or Streaming Capabilities

Add an element of fun to your entrepreneurship unit with this “Monsters Inc” Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheets! This movie can be used as a review of the principles of business, leadership, and ethics. The viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film. The Pre-Screening Guide should be completed before viewing the film. The Viewing Guide splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the one page Worksheet. On the worksheet, your students will analyze the content of the movie in regards to economics and business topics such as leadership, business, influence, improvements/innovations, and ethics. How the Lesson Works: ★ The Pre-Screening Guide with basic questions about business ethics and leadership. ★ The Viewing Guide that is split into four labeled sections. ★ The Post-Screening Guide that ties in business, leadership, and ethics to the content of the film. Required Materials: ★ Monsters Inc DVD or Streaming Capabilities Feedback & Followers: Get this: You receive one TpT Credit for every $ you spend on TpT if you Provide Feedback — both a fair rating and a fair comment — on the items that you purchase. Every 100 Credits is worth $5 that you can apply towards future TpT purchases, but there’s no need to wait until you have 100 to redeem them. 50 credits are worth $2.50, for example! You can learn more right here. Follow me to be the first to know about my sales, freebies and new products! Look for the green star near my store name and click it to become a follower to receive updates directly to your inbox. If you have any questions, please send me an email! -Kellie @ Loquacious Learning

Add an element of fun to your Personal Finances unit with this “Confessions of a Shopaholic” Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheet! This movie can be used as a review of the principles of personal finances and credit card debt and the viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film. The Viewing Guide is three pages and splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the one page Worksheet. On the worksheet, your students will analyze the content of the movie in regards to personal finance topics such as debt, credit cards, budgeting, and paying off debt. How the Lesson Works: ★ The Pre-Screening Worksheet is designed to serve as an introduction to personal finances and the film ★ The Viewing Guide is split into four sections with short answer, true/false, and multiple choice questions from the movie ★ The Post-Screening Worksheet is designed to be completed after students have viewing the movie in its entirety. Required Materials: ★ Confessions of a Shopaholic DVD or Streaming Capabilities Feedback & Followers: Get this: You receive one TpT Credit for every $ you spend on TpT if you Provide Feedback — both a fair rating and a fair comment — on the items that you purchase. Every 100 Credits is worth $5 that you can apply towards future TpT purchases, but there’s no need to wait until you have 100 to redeem them. 50 credits are worth $2.50, for example! You can learn more right here. Follow me to be the first to know about my sales, freebies and new products! Look for the green star near my store name and click it to become a follower to receive updates directly to your inbox. If you have any questions, please send me an email! -Kellie @ Loquacious Learning Email: loquaciouslearning.tpt@gmail.com Pinterest: Loquacious Learning Instagram: Loquacious Learning

Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further! This game can be used as an introduction or review of the American free enterprise system. This digital breakout is hosted on Google Sites and contains information about the characteristics of the free enterprise system, the advantages and disadvantages, the roles of consumers, entrepreneurs, and the government, and the goals of the American free enterprise system. This Escape Room / Breakout Game is completely digital. There is an answer sheet included that you can print for students to fill out. On some digital games, there are also clues that involves a word search that either you or the students can print out. This purchase includes: ★ A detailed document outlining each clue, setup, and running the game ★ Access to the Digital Breakout Website (Hosted on Google Sites) ★ An answer sheet for students ★ Access to the Google Sheet document that contains students’ submitted answers Notes: ★ Digital breakout games do not involve additional setup, but there is an answer sheet that can be printed out for student use ★ Please try the game at least one day before you would like to try it with your students and get in touch with me if you have any questions. I usually respond to emails within a few hours. ★ Try each lesson out beforehand to ensure that you completely understand how each clue can be solved. Here’s what other teachers are saying about this lesson: ★ My sophomore business econ students loved this! I didn’t have to do any pre-prep because it is truly ready to implement “out of the box”. ★ Thank you for this resource! It was great to use in my Economics class. ★ This is a really great product. They were excited to “take over” the classroom and work as a large team to solve the puzzles while they were projected on the SmartBoard. To see a class of 16 working jointly was pretty amazing. ★ If you can make economics fun, you have succeeded in life! This activity does just that!!! ★ All of my students were engaged and had fun!

Are you looking for a way to help your students take meaningful, interactive notes that can be used in person or as E-Learning Packets? Look no further! This purchase includes: ★ 50 Pages of Google Slides with Activities ★ 38 Pages of Guided Notes w/Answer Keys for each section (*Can be edited and customized to meet your individual needs!) This product is based on Chapter 19 of the McGraw Hill Understanding Economics Textbook. The Slides and Interactive Guided Notes are divided into three sections and cover a variety of topics including: ★ Financial Institutions and Your Money ★ Business Organizations and Your Money ★ Personal Money Decisions

Add an element of fun to your Supply and Demand unit with this “Jingle All the Way” Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheet! This movie can be used as a review of the principles of supply and demand and the viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film. The Viewing Guide is three pages and splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the one page Worksheet. On the worksheet, your students will analyze the content of the movie in regards to economics topics such as supply, demand, elasticity, and production costs. How the Lesson Works: ★ The Viewing Guide is split into four sections: Part 1 - Ends after Howard leaves the toy store Part 2 - Ends after the raid on Santa’s factory Part 3 - Ends after Howard leaves Ted’s house Part 4 - Ends at the end of the movie ★ The Worksheet is designed to be completed after students have viewing the movie in its entirety. Required Materials: ★ Jingle All the Way DVD or Streaming Capabilities (Hulu Premium or Sling)

Are you looking for a way to help your students take meaningful, interactive notes that can be used in person or as E-Learning Packets? Look no further! This purchase includes: ★ 38 Pages of Google Slides with Activities ★ 54 Pages of Guided Notes w/Answer Keys for each section (*Can be edited and customized to meet your individual needs!) This product is based on Chapter 2 of the McGraw Hill Understanding Economics Textbook. The Slides and Interactive Guided Notes are divided into three sections and cover a variety of topics including: ★ Economic Systems ★ Mixed Economies ★ The Global Transition to Capitalism Follow me to be the first to know about my sales, freebies and new products! Look for the green star near my store name and click it to become a follower to receive updates directly to your inbox. If you have any questions, please send me an email! -Kellie @ Loquacious Learning Email: loquaciouslearning.tpt@gmail.com Pinterest: LoquaciousLearning Instagram: LoquaciousLearning Facebook: LoquaciousLearning

Are you looking for a way to help your students take meaningful, interactive notes that can be used in person or as E-Learning Packets? Look no further! This purchase includes: ★ 50 Pages of Google Slides with Activities ★ 38 Pages of Guided Notes w/Answer Keys for each section (*Can be edited and customized to meet your individual needs!) This product is based on Chapter 1 of the McGraw Hill Understanding Economics Textbook. The Slides and Interactive Guided Notes are divided into three sections and cover a variety of topics including: ★ Scarcity and the Science of Economics ★ Our Economic Choices ★ Economic Growth Follow me to be the first to know about my sales, freebies and new products! Look for the green star near my store name and click it to become a follower to receive updates directly to your inbox. If you have any questions, please send me an email! -Kellie @ Loquacious Learning Email: loquaciouslearning.tpt@gmail.com Pinterest: LoquaciousLearning Instagram: LoquaciousLearning Facebook: LoquaciousLearning

Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further! This Station Activity will get your students moving while helping them review content that they’ve learned throughout the unit. How the Lesson Works: ★ This lesson is made up of six stations that will allow your students to discuss the following topics: Station 1 - Two Truths and a Lie (Vocabulary Review) Station 2 - Analyze the Issues (Reading an Article about Presidential Opinions on Money & Giving an Agree/Disagree Opinion) Station 3 - Connect the Dots (Connecting the Concept of Scarcity to Personal Lives) Station 4 - Jot It Down (Watch a Video and Give Opinions on AEIOU Chart) Station 5 - What’s the Difference (Identifying the Differences Between Socialism and Communism) Station 6 - What’s Your Thought? (Determining Pros and Cons of Different Types of Economies) ★ This activity can be completed by individual students or by teams of students with one answer sheet. ★ The stations are designed to be completed in ten minutes. The entire lesson will take sixty minutes to complete. ★ Many of the stations involve writing opinions rather than facts, so there is not always necessarily a correct or incorrect answer. I’ve included a sample answer sheet to give you an idea of how students can respond to these prompts. ★ This purchase includes the six station cards, supplemental files for three of the stations, a student answer sheet, a sample completed answer sheet, a Notes for Teachers document explaining each station with tips and tricks. ★ All files come in a PDF format. Required Materials: ★ Two of the stations require devices for watching videos on YouTube. Any device with an internet connection will work.

This game was designed to help introduce students to the basics of economics. This lesson was planned using Chapter 1 of McGraw Hill Education’s Understanding Economics textbook. Topics reviewed in this game include types of goods, opportunity costs, factors of production, basic economic systems, and vocabulary. You can use physical locks and a lock box or a digital Google Form with this game. (The form is included with your purchase.) This purchase includes: A detailed document outlining each clue card, setup, and running the game An answer sheet for students An editable Google Slides document for all of the clue cards A digital breakout Google Form that is set to accept the correct answers for this game Feel free to download the preview for more information. Notes: Breakout games involve additional setup such as printing clues, color coding clues (if you let students work in teams), and in some cases writing on supplemental files with invisible ink Supplies needed for this game include invisible ink pens, black light flashlights, and QR Readers If you purchase this breakout and are not able to get all of the supplies, please get in touch with me. I can help you create alternate ways to present the clue to students if needed. Most of these games involve clues that have a uniform answer, regardless of where the game is played. However, some games involve numbers such as pages in a dictionary or atlas. In these cases, the explanation document will tell you that you need to customize the answer based on your resources. Please try the game at least one day before you would like to try it with your students and get in touch with me if you have any questions. I usually respond to emails within a few hours. Try it out beforehand to ensure that you completely understand how each clue can be solved.

This game was designed to help introduce students to the basics of economics. This lesson was planned using Chapter 7 of McGraw Hill Education’s Understanding Economics textbook. Topics reviewed in this game include types of competition, economic philosophies, spillover effects, Federal Regulatory Agencies, and vocabulary. You can use physical locks and a lock box or a digital Google Form with this game. (The form is included with your purchase.) This purchase includes: ★ A detailed document outlining each clue card, setup, and running the game ★ An answer sheet for students ★ An editable Google Slides document for all of the clue cards ★ A digital breakout Google Form that is set to accept the correct answers for this game Notes: ★ Breakout gameinvolve additional setup such as printing clues, color coding clues (if you let students work in teams), and in some cases writing on supplemental files with invisible ink ★ Supplies needed for this game include invisible ink pens, black light flashlights, and QR Readers ★ One of the clues on this puzzle requires access to Jigsaw Planet.com. If you do not have access to this website at your school, please let me know and we can create an alternate clue. ★ If you purchase this breakout and are not able to get all of the supplies, please get in touch with me. I can help you create alternate ways to present the clue to students if needed. ★ Most of these games involve clues that have a uniform answer, regardless of where the game is played. However, some games involve numbers such as pages in a dictionary or atlas. In these cases, the explanation document will tell you that you need to customize the answer based on your resources. ★ Please try the game at least one day before you would like to try it with your students and get in touch with me if you have any questions. I usually respond to emails within a few hours. Try it out beforehand to ensure that you completely understand how each clue can be solved. Here’s what other teachers are saying about this lesson: ★ Great Resource! ★ My students enjoyed using this resource as a review for their test. They had to think and I loved that it made think critically to find the answer. ★ I use this as a supplement to a unit that needs to be condensed down due to extended learning of a different unit. It is a great academic complement!

This game was designed to help introduce students to the concept of labor and wages. This lesson was planned using Chapter 9 of McGraw Hill Education’s Understanding Economics textbook. Topics reviewed in this game include types of unions, vocabulary, legal actions, and labor laws. You can use physical locks and a lock box (click here to purchase an official Breakout Box) or a digital Google Form with this game. (The form is included with your purchase. Click here to learn how to make your own digital breakout forms!) This purchase includes: A detailed document outlining each clue card, setup, and running the game An answer sheet for students An editable Google Slides document for all of the clue cards A digital breakout Google Form that is set to accept the correct answers for this game Feel free to download the preview for more information. Notes: Breakout games involve additional setup such as printing clues, color coding clues (if you let students work in teams), and in some cases writing on supplemental files with invisible ink Supplies needed for this game include invisible ink pens, black light flashlights, and QR Readers If you purchase this breakout and are not able to get all of the supplies, please get in touch with me. I can help you create alternate ways to present the clue to students if needed. Most of these games involve clues that have a uniform answer, regardless of where the game is played. However, some games involve numbers such as pages in a dictionary or atlas. In these cases, the explanation document will tell you that you need to customize the answer based on your resources. Please try the game at least one day before you would like to try it with your students and get in touch with me if you have any questions. I usually respond to emails within a few hours. Try it out beforehand to ensure that you completely understand how each clue can be solved.

Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further! This game was designed to help students learn about managing personal finances. Topics reviewed in this game include basic taxes, student loans, mortgages, auto loans, credit card debt, personal finance vocabulary, and interest calculation. The clue files include fictional student loan and credit card statements, which are nearly identical to what real statements look like. Students will have to budget to purchase a home, calculate the payoff for their student loans based on the standard 10-year repayment plan, compare auto loan companies to determine the best deal for their financial situation (provided for the story), calculate the interest for credit card debt, define basic personal finance terms, and do some research to understand basic tax terminology. You can use physical locks and a lock box or digital forms on a Google Form with this game. (The form is included with your purchase.) This purchase includes: -------- *A detailed document outlining each clue card, setup, and running the game *An answer sheet for students *An editable Google Slides document for all of the clue cards *A digital breakout Google Form that is pre-set to accept the correct answers for this game Feel free to download the preview for more information. Notes: -------- *Breakout games involve additional setup such as printing clues, color coding clues (if you let students work in teams), and in some cases writing on supplemental files with invisible ink *Supplies needed for this game include invisible ink pens, black light flashlights, and QR Readers *If you purchase this breakout and are not able to get all of the supplies, please get in touch with me. I can help you create alternate ways to present the clue to students if needed. *Most of these games involve clues that have a uniform answer, regardless of where the game is played. However, some games involve numbers such as pages in a dictionary or atlas. In these cases, the explanation document will tell you that you need to customize the answer based on your resources. *Please try the game at least one day before you would like to try it with your students and get in touch with me if you have any questions. I usually respond to emails within a few hours. Try it out beforehand to ensure that you completely understand how each clue can be solved. *The page that you download is only one page. This document is a PDF that links to a Google Doc with about thirty pages of documents related to the lesson. The file is set up this way to ensure that you always have access to the newest version of the document. If you have any questions, please send me an email! -Kellie @ Loquacious Learning

Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further! This game can be used as an introduction or review of money, banking, and the Federal Reserve. Some of the topics covered on this lesson include calculating loan payments, the creation of the Federal Reserve, vocabulary, types of money, and how banks earn money. You can use physical locks and a lock box or digital forms on a Google Form with this game. (The form is included with your purchase.) This purchase includes: -------- *A detailed document outlining each clue card, setup, and running the game *An answer sheet for students *An editable Google Slides document for all of the clue cards *A digital breakout Google Form that is pre-set to accept the correct answers for this game Feel free to download the preview for more information. Notes: -------- *Breakout games involve additional setup such as printing clues, color coding clues (if you let students work in teams), and in some cases writing on supplemental files with invisible ink *Supplies needed for this game include invisible ink pens, black light flashlights, and QR Readers *If you purchase this breakout and are not able to get all of the supplies, please get in touch with me. I can help you create alternate ways to present the clue to students if needed. *Most of these games involve clues that have a uniform answer, regardless of where the game is played. However, some games involve numbers such as pages in a dictionary or atlas. In these cases, the explanation document will tell you that you need to customize the answer based on your resources. *Please try the game at least one day before you would like to try it with your students and get in touch with me if you have any questions. I usually respond to emails within a few hours. Try it out beforehand to ensure that you completely understand how each clue can be solved. *The page that you download is only one page. This document is a PDF that links to a Google Doc with about thirty pages of documents related to the lesson. The file is set up this way to ensure that you always have access to the newest version of the document. If you have any questions, please send me an email! -Kellie @ Loquacious Learning