Teacher Candidate: Meredith Stark Date: 5 Feb 2017

Grade and Topic: Grade 10, Finance Length of Lesson: 45 minutes for 2
days

Mentor Teacher: Meredith Stark School: Bartlett High School

Unit Objective
A huge part of life is dealing with money. This includes financing and
budgeting for work, bills, trips, etc. Being aware of the usage of ones money
will help organize them for the future.

Lesson Objective

Content Learning Goals and Objectives

Given a city from the country France, the student will create a brochure full
of activities and prices that he/she will be able to do on the trip. The student
will research the given city and find three main landmarks they would like to
visit. The student will also need to find a place to stay for three nights, and
flights to and from that specified city. Given all this material, the student is
required to make a budgeted brochure about the city chosen. This brochure
must include costs of the flights, hotel, and the three landmarks that the
student picked. At the end, each student will have to figure out how much
spending money they need for food, shopping, traveling, and have a final
total.

Student Participation
The goal of this lesson is for students to learn how to use and budget money
wisely. Students will enjoy being able to visit each place and be able to
finance their way through this trip.

Standards
State/District, Common Core Standards

9.1.12.F.1 Relate a countrys economic system of production and

consumption to building personal wealth and achieving societal
responsibilities.

ITSE Standards(s)

4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making: Students use

critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve
problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and
resources.
b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.

Materials

Materials Used
1. Instruction sheet
2. Computer
3. School Library (one book source required)
4. Microsoft Word
5. Internet Access to:
a. Google
b. https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/go/checklist.html
c. Other traveling sites
6. Pencil and Paper
7. Printer
8. Possible Excel Sheet

Technology Integration
Students will be using the Internet to find images and information on the
given city. Word processing will be used to create a simple brochure, which
will need typing, format, and to add images. Students will then save their
work with the title Class Trip and send it into the Dropbox folder for their
class. A sample will be seen under Student Sample.

Background and Rationale

Students will have a full understanding of personal financing,

especially for social purposes.
This lesson will teach how to save money, and it will grow an
understanding of how to budget a big trip correctly.
Each brochure will be different for each student, depending of income
and interests of where they would like travel.

Procedures and Timeline

Introduction
Begin by having each student pick a city from a list that you
provide. Every city has to be abroad, making the student do heavy
research to the place they travel.
Ask each student why they chose the city they chose.
Give the students a few minutes to discuss their choices, and then
to write their answer down.
Begin a brief discussion on why the students were told to choose
cities, and explain how they are to create a brochure, as if it was
their travel plans.

Procedures

Prior to the Computer (10 minutes)

 Teacher Procedures:
1. After the Introduction, hand out blank pieces of computer paper.
Have each student sketch out the ideal layout they would like their
brochure would look like. This should only take a few minutes.

Student Procedures:
1. Students will receive a blank paper and will begin drawing out
the ideal layout of their brochure, which includes atleast three
pictures and descriptions with prices.

At the Computer (50 minutes):

Teacher Procedures:
1. Have students open both MS Word and an Internet browser.
2. Direct students to Google and a few cites to look at for tours and/or
hotels with prices.
3. Direct students through Word Document to show how to create a
brochure with both words and pictures.
4. Help students open and navigate through Excel to make a spreadsheet
to help keep up with travel information.
5. Monitor and assist as needed.

Student Procedures:
1. Open MS Word and an Internet browser.
2. Go to the websites directed to you by the teacher, or safely travel
through Google.
3. Create a title (Class Trip) to the Word Document.
4. Research places to see and stay with expenses and save the
information in your Word document.
5. Keep all information on a spreadsheet by using Excel.
6. Copy and Paste pictures with the different descriptions.
7. Add up the total cost of trip, please include traveling, shopping, dining,
and extra social expenses.
8. Save to the bottom of the brochure.
9. Decorate your brochure however you wish.
 10. Check for any errors and then print a copy.

After the Computer (20 minutes)

Teacher Procedures:
1. Place students in groups of 3 to 4 students.
2. Have students discuss how much money they would need to save to
take this trip.
3. Students will discuss the different ways they save money, and what
they could have done better.
4. Have students write a reflection on how they personally think their
brochure should be graded.

Student Procedures:
1. While in a group, students review all the brochures at the table.
2. Students will discuss how to better save financially for each trip.
3. Students will then write a reflection on their personal brochure,
including what grade they think they deserve and why.

Closure
Students will volunteer to walk us through the trip they will be taking outside
of the county. At the end of the class, the teacher will take all brochures for
evaluation.

Assessment Evidence

Brochure Rubric
Criteria 1 2 3 4
Three places Only one or Less than Three places All three
are two places three places are places are
presented to are are presented shown with
visit. Next to presented presented, will vague detailed
these three with no with little information description of
places there information information given. why the
needs to be a given. given on student
place to stay. each. would want
to travel
there.
At least three No pictures One or two Three Three or
pictures have were pictures are pictures are more
to be presented. poorly presented all pictures are
presented presented. over the presented in
with brochure. an orderly
information. fashion, and
This has to fits the
be neatly layout of the
shown and brochure.
organized.
Finances and There are no The total cost Included the Included both
prices have detailed of the whole total and the total and
to be shown prices for trip is the detail costs detailed cost
on every each trip. only thing of each trip. of every trip.
item and shown. This includes
place extra money
presented. on food
shopping,
and travel.
Reflections There was The The The student
not a reflection reflection went above
reflection was not was nicely and beyond
paragraph grammaticall written and and their
attached to y correct, organized. reflection
brochure. and did not paper. It
give an included
accurate everything
reflection of required with
the brochure. no
grammatical
errors.

Modifications
I am aware that modifications will be made for students who did not master
the objectives and for those ready for enrichment. However, modifications
are not covered in this course and are not part of this particular lesson.

Student Sample
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