- Create shopping lists made up of pictures clipped from flyers.
- Divide the shopping list into categories.
- interview people from different stages of life for budgeting advice
- keep track of one week’s purchases. Describe factors influencing the choice and consequences
- collect pictures showing evidence of life style choices
- create imagined budgets for people in different life situations (unemployed, college student, CEO)
- visit a grocery store with a shopping list to make choices using unit pricing
- look in newspapers, magazines, and advertisements to find coupons. Evaluate their value
- practice making change as though in a store
- make a grocery list with the help of the newspaper and use a calculator to figure out the cost
- create your own grocery store using empty boxes and containers. Practice pricing them
- plan a menu and find the lowest cost for food preparations
- create a radio or tv ad to encourage savings
- create a list of money saving techniques
- look through flyers - talk about the food and prices. Ask questions like: What is the most expensive item you see? What is the least? If you had $10 what would you buy? What sorts of things are grouped together?
 |
|
