Personal Economics helps students assess their personal skills and interests, explore career options, learn job-hunting skills, and discover the value of an education. Volunteers and teachers may choose which activities are used in this eight-session course, and are also at liberty to select the sequence. A series of 45- to 55-minute activities, the program is recommended for students in the middle grades. The self-contained program kit includes detailed activity plans for the volunteer and materials for 32 students.

ACTIVITIES & KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
One:Marketing Yourself Students participate in an activity that reveals the importance of marketing oneself.
Two:Identifying Your Skills and Interests Students identify personal interests and skills and relate them to job opportunities.
Three:Job Opportunities Students use a newspaper to identify available jobs, and practice filling out a job application.
Four:Job Interviews Students discuss traits employers want in prospective employees, and evaluate mock interviews.
Five:Personal Budgeting Students learn about budgeting and use hypothetical information to create a sample budget.
Six:Family Finances Students discuss planning and budgeting, and establish priorities based on income and expenses.
Seven:Paying the Bills Students are introduced to financial institutions and practice writing checks from mock accounts.
Eight:Using Credit Wisely Students discuss advantages and disadvantages of using credit to make everyday purchases.
Nine:Stock Market Students explore the stock market as a way to add value to their existing earnings.
Ten:Analyzing Your Investments Students sell their stock from the previous activity and determine their profit or loss.
CONCEPTS budgets • careers • choices • credit • economy • employment • financial institutions • human resources • income & expenses • investing • jobs • markets • money • opportunity costs • price • profit • risk • savings & checking accounts • stock • wants & needs	SKILLS analyzing information & situations • budgeting • building self-esteem • charting & graphing • critical thinking • decision making • following directions • interviewing • making decisions • mathematical computations • planning • problem solving • role-playing • teamwork