Course: Knoll-Personal Finance

Topic outline

General
General
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Calculating Payments
Unit 2: Calculating Payments
- Week 2 Directions: Work on the project throughout the week when done with quizzes and skills. Other subjects can be worked on AFTER you are done with the items from this week and the project is shared.
  Monday: Complete Week 1 Assignments.
  Tuesday: Skills 2.1a and 2.1b *** Skills 2.2a and 2.2b
  Quizzes 2.1a and 2.1b
  Wednesday: Quizzes 2.2a and 2.2b
  Skills 2.3
  Thursday: Quiz 2.3 Review for test
  Work on project
  Friday: Test for unit 2. Project should be getting wrapped up
- Lesson 2.1 File
- Skills Practice 2.1 Rent 1 File
- Skills Practice 2.1 Utilities 1 File
- Lesson 2.2 File
- Skills Practice 2.2 Vehicle Loan 1 File
- Skills Practice 2.2 Vehicle Maintenance 1 File
- Skills 2.2b Updated Key File
- Lesson 2.3 File
- Skills Practice 2.2 Fuel Costs 1 File
- Projects
- Project 2.1 Get Your Bills File
- Project 2.1 Directions:
  Everything will be included on a single google doc.
  Title should be formatted as follows: Knoll - Project 2.1
  1. You are required to find actual available items and real costs for your bills. Include all resources that show the prices that you found for rent and other costs.
  2. Complete the table on a google doc rather than by hand. List the necessary costs.
Unit 3: Checks
Unit 3: Checks
- Agenda Week of 9/17:
  Monday: Sign Up for FSA IDs
  Unit 2 Test Complete 3.1 Skills
  Tuesday: 3.1 Quiz Complete 3.2 Skills
  Wednesday: 3.2 Quiz Complete 3.3 Skills
  Thursday: 3.3 Quiz Work on finishing project
  Friday: Unit 3 Test Project completed and turned in.
- Lesson 3.1 Writing a Check File
- Lesson 3.1 Skills Sheet A File
- Lesson 3.2 Using a Check Register File
- Lesson 3.2 Skills Sheet A File
- Lesson 3.2 Skills Sheet B File
- Lesson 3.3 Adding and Subtracting Decimals File
- Lesson 3.3 Skills Sheet A File
Unit 4: Calculating Wages and Income
Unit 4: Calculating Wages and Income
- Week 3: 10/8
  Monday: 4.5a Quiz
  Skills 4.5b 4.5c
  Tuesday:  4.5b 4.5c Quizzes
  Skills 4.6
  Wednesday:  Quiz 4.6
  Skills 4.8
  Thursday: Quiz 4.8
  Friday: Unit 4 Test
- Lesson 4.1 Hourly Wage File
- Lesson 4.1a Overtime Skills A File
- Lesson 4.1b Over Time Skills File
- 4.1b SKILLS KEY File
- Lesson 4.2 Hourly Wage pt 2 File
- Lesson 4.2 Wage Rates Skillls File
- Lesson 4.3 Rounding Time to 15min File
- Lesson 4.3a Rounding Time to nearest 15 Skills File
- Lesson 4.3b converting time to decimals practice File
- Lesson 4.3c Time Rounding and Decimals Sheet Skills File
- Lesson 4.4 Time Card Math File
- Lesson 4.4 Time Cards Skills File
- 4.4 Skills B and Key File
- Lesson 4.5 Tips and Equivalent Pay File
- Lesson 4.5a Tips Sheet Skills File
- Lesson 4.5b Equivalent Hour Rates Skills File
- Lesson 4.5c Equivalent Hourly Rates Skills File
- Lesson 4.6 Piecework File
- Lesson 4.6 Piecework Skills File
- Lesson 4.7 Comission File
- Lesson 4.7a Converting Percent to Decimals Skills File
- Lesson 4.7b Commission Skills File
- Lesson 4.8 Annual Salary File
- Lesson 4.8 Annual Salary Skills File
- Projects
Unit 5: Meal Planning and Saving Money
Unit 5: Meal Planning and Saving Money
- Week of 10/15
  Monday: Skills 5.1 and 5.2
  Tuesday: Quiz 5.1 and 5.2
  Skills 5.3a and 5.3b
  Wednesday: Quiz 5.3a and 5.3b
  Skills 5.4
  Thursday: Quiz 5.4
  Friday: Test Unit 5
- Lesson 5.1 Unit Prices File
- Lesson 5.1 Practice File
- Lesson 5.2 Coupons File
- Lesson 5.2 Practice File
- Lesson 5.3 Unit Conversion File
- Lesson 5.3a Practice File
- Lesson 5.3b Practice File
- Lesson 5.4 Menu Planning File
- Lesson 5.4 Practice File
- 5.4 Practice Answer Key File
- Project 5.1 File
Unit 11: Buying a Car
Unit 11: Buying a Car
Not available
Unit 8: Auto Insurance
Unit 8: Auto Insurance
- Week of 10/29
  Monday: college rep visit
  Tuesday: Guest speaker from State Farm.
  Wednesday:
  Skills 8.2
  Quiz 8.2
  Thursday: Unit 11 Test
  Work on Unit 8 Project
  Friday: Finish Unit 8 Project
- Lesson 8.1 Auto Insurance Part 1 File
- Lesson 8.2 Auto Insurance Part 2 File
- Lesson 8.2 Skills File
- Unit 8 Project File
- Possible Site for Project URL
Unit 7: Medical Insurance
Unit 7: Medical Insurance
- Agenda Week of 11/5
  Monday: Read notes, work on skills 7.2a
  Tuesday: Quiz 7.2a
  skills 7.2b
  Wednesday: Quiz 7.2b
  skills 7.2c
  Thursday: Continue working on 7.2c
  Friday: Quiz 7.2c
- Lesson 7.1 Notes File
- Knoll Notes for Part 1 File
- Lesson 7.2 Notes File
- Knoll's Part 2 Notes File
- 7.2a Skills File
- 7.2b Skills File
- 7.2c Example to do with class File
- 7.2c Extra Notes File
- 7.2c Skills File
- 7.2c Skills Key File
- Project 7.1 Revised File
Unit 12: Buying a House
Unit 12: Buying a House
- Agenda Week of 11/26
  Monday: Quiz 12.4 review for test
  Tuesday: Unit 12 Test
  6.1 Skills
  Wednesday:  Quiz 6.1
  skills 6.2 Demo on using spread sheets to create charts
  Thursday: 6.2 Quiz Go over expense tracking sheet
  Friday:
- Notes 12.1 File
- Notes 12.2 File
- Skills 12.2a File
- Housing Payments Research Assignment File
- Skills 12.2b File
- 12.3a Notes Calculating Monthly Payments File
- 12.3a Skills File
- 12.3a Skills Key File
- Notes 12.3b File
- Skills 12.3b File
- 12.3b Skills Answer Key File
- Notes 12.4 File
- Skills 12.4 File
- Project
- Unit 12 Project File
Unit 6: Calculating a Budget
Unit 6: Calculating a Budget
Unit 9: Interest
Unit 9: Interest
- Lesson 9.1 Notes File
- Lesson 9.2 Simple Interest File
- Skills 9.2a File
- Skills 9.2b File
- Lesson 9.3 Compound Interest File
- Skills 9.3a File
- Skills 9.3b File
- Skills 9.3c File
- Money in the Bank File
- Credit Card Project File
- Agenda Week of 12/17
  Monday: Buy vs Lease a Car article
  Tuesday: Unit Conversions worksheets (3)
  Wednesday: Baking with elementary kids
  Thursday: Make sure all missing work done
  Friday: Break!!
- Should You Buy or Lease a Car? File
- Measure Up Worksheet File
- Review Conversions 1 (cups, oz, gal etc) File
- Review Conversions 2 (oz, tbs, tsp) File
Unit 10: Investing in Stock Market
Unit 10: Investing in Stock Market
- Week of 1/2
  Wednesday: Stocks Skills
  Thursday: Stocks Quiz
  Friday: Stocks Test
  **** All days work on Stocks project
- Investing in the Stock Market Notes File
- Investing in Stock Market Skills File
- Unit 10 Project URL
Unit 13: Home Improvements
Unit 13: Home Improvements
- Agenda Week of 1/7
  Monday: (snow day)
  Tuesday: (snow day)
  Wednesday: 13.1b Skills 13.1b quiz
  Thursday: 13.1d skills 13.1d quiz
  Friday: 13.2a, 13.2b skills
  Canceled: 13.2b quiz
- Agenda Week of 1/14
  Monday: Unit 13 Test
  Tuesday-Thursday: Review for Exam
  Friday: Exam
- Lesson 13.1 Home Remodeling Part 1 File
- Skills 13.1a File
- Skills 13.1b File
- Lesson 13.1 Part 2 File
- Skills 13.1c Painting Area File
- Skills 13.1d Painting Cost File
- Skills 13.2a Perimeter File
- Skills 13.2b Molding Cost File
Unit 14: Home Party Planning
Unit 14: Home Party Planning
Not available
Semester Review and Final
Semester Review and Final
- Fall Semester Review Guide File
- How to study for this semester final:
  1. Go through the review guide notes reading each topic and making note of necessary equations that might need to be memorized
  2. Find each topic from the review guide and figure out which lesson that was from earlier in the year
  3. Choose a few problems from that lesson(s) skills practice to do and recheck to see if you are still an expert.
  4. Repeat this process for each topic and review the skills you think are hardest more than once.
  **** Necessary tables will be supplied to you on exam day.
Topic 16
Topic 16

Topic outline

General

Unit 1: Introduction

Assignments

Unit 2: Calculating Payments

Projects

Unit 3: Checks

Unit 4: Calculating Wages and Income

Projects

Unit 5: Meal Planning and Saving Money

Unit 11: Buying a Car

Unit 8: Auto Insurance

Unit 7: Medical Insurance

Unit 12: Buying a House

Project

Unit 6: Calculating a Budget

Unit 9: Interest

Unit 10: Investing in Stock Market

Unit 13: Home Improvements

Unit 14: Home Party Planning

Semester Review and Final

Topic 16