Travis R. Martin, CPA, MBA

Students research and apply their knowledge of mutual funds by creating their own fund. They then “sell” their fund to the class in a PowerPoint presentation.

When we discuss comparison shopping, I have the students practice the concepts by researching an item that they all have access to – cell phones. The class learns how to compare different service providers, as well as how to use Consumer Reports and internet sites like cnet.com to research product reviews.

The average family spends over $6,000 on groceries a year. Aside from big ticket items like houses and cars, food represents one of our biggest expenditures.
Fortunately, there are a lot of ways to save money at the grocery store. My Personal Finance classes participate in two different activities that help drive home this point.

I am throwing the doors open to my archive. Every lesson/activity/unit that I use in class that works reasonably well (or has the potential to work well in the capable hands of someone else) will be posted on my website under the “lesson plans” link. And you can have them. All for the low price of free.