Week 4-7 Digital Learning: LESSON PLAN

4/13/20-5/7/20

Title and Description of Activity Time Due

Required
Choice
Optional

Going for Broke: Personal Finance Project

Required 4 Days Project

❏ Going for Broke – You need to go to Office 365, then
Due
select Class Notebook. I have added you all to my “Lacey’s
May
Georgia Studies” notebook where you will find your “Going
6th.
for Broke” packet. You will edit and type directly onto the
document in the notebook and I will edit from there.

*To get to Office 365: Go to the Cobb county website, click

on the “parents” tab at the top, then select “Office 365 Sign-
in”. You will need to select OneNote.

✓ You will need to complete Career and Schooling by

Wednesday.
✓ You will need to complete Home by Friday.

*You will not be able to move on to the next section until the
day it’s listed on the schedule. There are many pieces to this
project, and you need to take your time when making
selections. I will put each new section and anything you will
need with it on my website on the morning of the day it’s
listed on the schedule.

*Most questions can be answered using the instructions ON

the packet itself. If you ask me questions about the project, I
will first ask you if you read the instructions and everything in
the charts.
❏ Going for Broke: Career and Schooling
• Naviance
• Net Pay per month Calculator
• Health Insurance Chart
• School Debt Chart

❏ Going for Broke: My Home

• Rent Cafe
• Rent.com
• Zillow
• Apartment Finder

✓ Do NOT enter personal information into ANY of these

websites. You can get all needed information from the
overview pages without inputting your information.
✓ You are allowed to use another website not listed here.
Just make sure you write it in your packet.
✓ You MUST choose a location in the general Atlanta
area such as, Smyrna, Marietta, or Atlanta.

• Renter’s Insurance
❏ Going for Broke: My Bills 2 days
✓ Step 1: I need to check your career/home pages
✓ Step 2: Make sure you read ALL instructions in the
packet for Bills before you begin filling it out.
✓ Step 3: Complete the Questionnaire at the top of the
“Bills” page, honestly.
✓ Step 4: Use the chart below to complete the charts
based on the information you chose for your “home”.

• Bills Chart
❏ Going for Broke: Transportation

✓ You have the option of purchasing a vehicle or

choosing a “non-vehicle” mode of transportation that is
much cheaper.
✓ READ EVERY INSTRUCTION and DETAIL as some
non-vehicle modes of transportation you will not be
able to choose from depending on where you live.

• Vehicle Chart
• Non-vehicle transportation chart

❏ Going for Broke: Furniture

✓ READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS on my website AND in the

packet. There are instructions on the website NOT
listed in the packet.

• Furniture Chart

❏ Going for Broke: Food!

✓ Make sure you complete the “food habits” chart before

you choose a meal plan. You will use the “food habits”
chart on my website to see if you need to add any
money to your final totals. Then use the “Meal Plans”
chart to choose a meal plan for the month. Think about
how you eat now and use that information to complete
this section.

• Food Section
❏ Going for Broke: Leisure and Entertainment

✓ There are 4 different charts you will need to look at to

complete this section. They are all on the same
webpage, located at the link below. You will need to
read it in full to understand your choices. There may be
some hidden additional costs, so I will know if you read
it all or not.
✓ You HAVE to choose a “Clothing”, “Grooming”, “Pet”,
and “Extras” option.
✓ Read ALL instructions on the packet to know what you
CAN and CAN NOT do.
✓ For “Cell Phone Plan”—just put $75.00, option 0.

• Leisure and Entertainment Chart