Students read a handout about taxes and respond to questions to explore the relationship between working and taxes.
Students play a game and answer questions to learn about prepaid cards and explore whether they’d consider using them.
Students analyze statements about taxes to better understand how taxes affect people’s paychecks.
This lesson plan can be used as a review for the first unit test. The product created by the students (either a PowerPoint or poster) can be graded and/or used as review material for the 1st unit test (cheat-poster maybe?).
This studio discusses in great detail the design of urban environments, specifically in Providence, RI. It will propose strategies for change in large areas of cities, to be developed over time, involving different actors. Fitting forms into natural, man-made, historical, and cultural contexts; enabling desirable activity patterns; conceptualizing built form; providing infrastructure and service systems; guiding the sensory character of development: all are topics covered in the studio. The course integrates architecture and planning students in joint work and requires individual designs and planning guidelines as a final product.
This readings-based course analyzes the structure and operation of government systems in developing countries, with particular emphasis on regional and local governments. Major topics include: the role of decentralization in national economic reform programs, the potential impact of decentralized governments on local economic development, determination of optimal arrangements for sharing fiscal responsibilities among levels of government, evaluation of local revenue and expenditure decisions, and assessment of prospects and options for intergovernmental fiscal reform. Emphasis is on basic economic concerns, with consideration given to political, institutional, and cultural factors.
The Use of Blockchain Technology in the Insurance IndustryThe Use of Big Data in Retail BankingThis research topic looks at the use of big data in retail banking. It assesses the potential benefits of using big data to improve customer segmentation and target marketing campaigns.
You use an EBT card (Oregon Trail Card) to receive your food and cash benefits. It works like a debit card. Benefits are deposited into your account each month. You use your card and PIN number to buy food or withdraw cash.
Lecture notes for risk and valuation models for financial risk management , part 1
This lecture discusses how to value a series of cash flows such as perpetuities, annuities, growing perpetuities and growing annuities. Additionally, it discusses how to solve for variables other than present value or future value of cash flows.
This activity finds you hungry and thirsty, with money in your pocket for the vending machines. First, you must determine which machines take coins or bills. Then, you must use appropriate bills or coins to make and pay for a selection. But please don't shake the machine if your selection becomes lodged in the window—your computer can't take the abuse!
Students will learn that the Federal Reserve uses interest rate policies to promote maximum employment and price stability. They will participate in an activity to demonstrate how a change in the target range for the federal funds rate transmits through the economy.
Breakdown of money illusion
Most of us use credit cards, and many of us have credit card debt. Economists and personal finance gurus disagree on the best strategies for paying off that debt across multiple credit cards. Check out our February 2023 issue of Page One Economics®: Focus on Finance to see why.
When someone needs to purchase a major appliance or vehicle, how do they go about making a decision on what to buy? This unit will help students develop skills to answer that question and give practice in making purchasing decisions on their own.
This video gives an overview of the five components of a debt and the corresponding keys of each of the components on a TI BA II Plus financial calculator.
Students will define compound interest, distinguish it from simple interest, calculate compound interest using a compound interest rate calculator, and apply the concept to real-life scenarios.
Class Time Needed: 90 minutes
Have you ever thought about Accounting as a career choice? With a refreshing, funky approach, this course will introduce you to the basic concepts, principles and techniques of being an accountant. You will learn about the importance of accounting in modern societies and have the opportunity to explore two different Accounting specialisations- Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. This course is a MOOC that runs twice per year and is being offered partially in Chinese (Mandarin) and fully in English as a partner project between Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Australia and Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China. "Who's Counting: An Interactive Introduction to Accounting" by Charles Darwin University is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless individual parts labelled otherwise.
Getting excited about saving for the future can be hard. We are not as emotionally tied to the future as we are to the present. In this Page One Economics®: Focus on Finance, we look at the psychological forces of delayed gratification and self-control, which help us work toward the future benefits of saving money.
A video about why budgeting and finance matter in brand and product management.
Music: Creative Minds by bensound.com