On your Quest #1 page create a text box.
Go to the Tips for Teens site: http://www.themint.org/teens/.
From the left side menu choose "How to Learn and Earn"
Choose a level of education that you plan to obtain.
In the text box tell me:
1. Your highest level of education?
2. What you will earn in the first year on the job?
3. What you will have earned after 40 years on the job?
From the left side menu choose "How to Decode your Paycheck"
In the text box tell me:
1. What are the two standard deductions you will see on your check stub?
From this same page click on credit history (in the 3rd paragraph under the heading "Required Deductions"
2. In a one to three sentences explain how employers use a person's credit history when hiring that person?
Go back to "How to Decode your Paycheck"
Click on the link to Live on a Budget
From Live on a Budget choose Determining Your Budget from the menu on the left.
From your first year on the job earnings, what does the Budget determine your take home pay will be? (Enter your first year salary and click Build Your Budget)
Enter the amount you wish to save and how you will save it-CDs, Savings, or Money markets?
Choose how you will live, what car you will drive, cell phones etc.
At the end, do you have enough money to live? If not, go back and rebudget
In your text box write a five to seven sentence summary about what you learned from this activity? Do you need to earn more? Go for more education? Cut back on your spending? Where are you most likely to cut back? What is essential in your life?
Go to the Tips for Teens site: http://www.themint.org/teens/.
From the left side menu choose "How to Learn and Earn"
Choose a level of education that you plan to obtain.
In the text box tell me:
1. Your highest level of education?
2. What you will earn in the first year on the job?
3. What you will have earned after 40 years on the job?
From the left side menu choose "How to Decode your Paycheck"
In the text box tell me:
1. What are the two standard deductions you will see on your check stub?
From this same page click on credit history (in the 3rd paragraph under the heading "Required Deductions"
2. In a one to three sentences explain how employers use a person's credit history when hiring that person?
Go back to "How to Decode your Paycheck"
Click on the link to Live on a Budget
From Live on a Budget choose Determining Your Budget from the menu on the left.
From your first year on the job earnings, what does the Budget determine your take home pay will be? (Enter your first year salary and click Build Your Budget)
Enter the amount you wish to save and how you will save it-CDs, Savings, or Money markets?
Choose how you will live, what car you will drive, cell phones etc.
At the end, do you have enough money to live? If not, go back and rebudget
In your text box write a five to seven sentence summary about what you learned from this activity? Do you need to earn more? Go for more education? Cut back on your spending? Where are you most likely to cut back? What is essential in your life?
http://www.themint.org/teens/