Title: Identify strategies for earning and saving money.
Course: Family and Consumer Sciences Exploratory I (19903-18) > Section: Examining Consumer and Family Resources

Identification should include strategies to earn money such as

- babysitting
- washing cars
- walking dogs/pet sitting
- lawn maintenance
- shoveling snow
- running errands.

Strategies for saving should include

- setting a goal to accumulate money for a special purpose
- regularly setting aside a portion of earnings and/or gift money
- using effective comparison shopping for food, clothing, and other purchases.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Why is it important for young adults to earn money?
- Why is it important for young adults to save money?

Communication

- How can communicating with others help you discover ways to earn money?
- What resources are available to help you find ways to earn money?

Leadership

- How is comparison shopping for food similar to comparison shopping for clothes? How are the two different?
- How can working to earn money help you develop leadership skills?

Management

- Why is it important to have a plan for saving on a regular basis?
- What can be the long-term results of saving money? Of not saving money?