This documentary movie was created by ESPN and is part of their 30 for 30 series. The film shows the impacts and reasons behind the large number of millionaire athletes declaring bankruptcy and becoming “broke.” This film is an excellent resource to use in an Economics, Personal Finance, Financial Management, and or Financial Literacy course. This product is a two page document of ten questions pertaining directly to the film while encouraging students to analyze the film and the choices presented within it. This product includes a Microsoft Word and PDF version of the resource. If you are interested in other Social Studies and Personal Finance resources please check out my Project Education Store.

This resource has been updated with good links (January 2020) and is a great resource to use in a Personal Finance or Financial Literacy course. The purpose of the web quest is to get students to understand the importance of budgeting and how to manage debt and borrow money responsibly. Four websites are used in this web quest. They are: Debt Test - Students answer questions to test their knowledge about debt. Money Quiz - Students complete a quiz about personal finance. Financial Services - Students complete questions about financial services. Video - Students watch a brief video about Warren Buffet and borrowing money The webquest guides students through a variety of websites about loans, borrowing money, and debt. This would be a good resource to use for an independent student activity. This resource includes a Microsoft Word version and a PDF version of the webquest. If you are interested in other Social Studies and History resources please check out my Project Education Shop.

In this activity, students will complete the Federal Budget Challenge. This challenge is an internet activity that can be found at Federal Budget Challenge. Students will be learning how complex and difficult the process of governmental budgeting is and the scope of the United States spending. This activity includes the necessary link to access the challenge and also five response questions to challenge students thinking and reasoning. This activity is designed to be used with computers and/or tablets. Students can complete individually, in small groups, or as a class depending on available computer resources. This resource includes a Microsoft Word and PDF version. If you are interested in other Social Studies and History resources please check out my Project Education Shop.

This document includes questions to be used after showing the documentary "The One Percent" The questions are extended response questions to assess student understanding and encourage extended thinking.

Within this document, students will examine two publicly traded companies and answer questions based on their stock market value, history, and profitability. Students will have a link to a website to help explain what some of the confusing terms may mean.

This document includes response questions to be answered when completing a Personal Finance/Financial Literacy unit on Debt and/or Budgeting.

This assessment is a perfect way to wrap up a unit on the stock market in a beginner economics/financial literacy/personal finance course. The assessment includes 20 questions that vary in difficulty. The questions pertain to a unit about the Stock Market in the United States. This document includes open-ended and opinion based questions that can also be used to start discussions in class.