You may have heard it said before, but it’s never too early to start preparing for your financial future. In this project-based learning iBlock, students will explore key concepts in personal finance and map out a plan in order to give them a secure financial future. Tasks include creating a budget, preparing savings and credit accounts, building an investment portfolio, and presenting the final product.
Here is a sample content standard for this iBlock:
Having an organized system for keeping track of spending, saving, and investing makes it easier to make financial decisions. (National Standards for Personal Financial Education: Spending 12-9)
Get Your Dream Job
iBlocks Project Based Learning Objective:
As a young child, you probably remember an adult asking you those famous words, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As we continue through school, we learn about employment opportunities and aspire for a “dream job.” However, many candidates often become overwhelmed with the process of landing their dream job before they even realize if it is a good fit. In this Get Your Dream Job PBL iBlock, students will explore and identify how to determine if a career is tailored to one’s desired lifestyle goals, skills, and passions. They will create a vision board, build a portfolio, craft application materials, participate in a mock interview, and even showcase their hard work at a career fair! Students will definitely be future-ready with this experience!
CTE Alignment: Advanced Manufacturing, Construction, Supply Chain & Transportation, Arts, Entertainment, and Design, Hospitality, Events, and Tourism, Financial Services, Education, Healthcare & Human Services, Public Service & Safety, Agriculture, Energy & Natural Resources, Digital Technology, Marketing & Sales, Management & Entrepreneurship
Here is a sample content standard for this iBlock:
Integrate and evaluate visual and technical information (e.g., in research data, charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. (NYS Next Gen. ELA: RH7)
Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary to express the appropriate complexity of the topic. (NYS Next Gen. ELA: 9-10W1c)
