Consumer Awareness  Module
 

Unit 2:  Managing Personal Finances

Learning Outcomes:

Learners will . . . 

• Discuss and reflect upon personal expenses and budgets.

• Estimate percentages.

• Illustrate personal budgets with pie charts.

• Locate and use printed and Internet information to assist in large budget decisions.

• Identify and evaluate variables in financial decision-making.

Technology Objectives:

Learners will. . .

• Navigate identified websites.
• Gather and analyze financial information from websites.

Literacy and ESOL Skills Addressed:

Learners will. . .

• Scan information in a textbook or webpage.
• Summarize key ideas from group discussion.
• State preferences, describing advantages and disadvantages.
• Express personal ideas orally and in writing.
• Interpret graphic representations of budgets.
• Read and analyze case studies.
• Acquire technical vocabulary necessary to discuss financial decision-making.

EFF Skills Addressed:

Learners will. . .

• Advocate and influence.
• Analyze written information from diverse sources and reflect on underlying meanings.
• Organize and present information orally and in writing to serve purpose, context and audience.
• Integrate newly acquired knowledge with prior knowledge.
• Analyze accuracy, bias and usefulness of new information.
• Understand, interpret and work with pictures, numbers, and symbolic information.
• Identify problems and use information from diverse sources to understand the problem and find solutions.
• Set and prioritize goals.
• Work cooperatively and respectfully in large and small group settings.
• Use technology to acquire information and accomplish goals.

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