Consumer Education
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Legal validation: 15/03/2011
Numeracy
Shopping and pocket money
Into: Teaching financial and money skills 
Lesson plans Primary schools
This series of activities are designed for 6-11 year olds. The activities focus on thinking about financial choices and a range of opportunities are provided to explore these concepts with children - how the consequences of our choices might impact either on our own lifestyle, or how the consequences of our choices might impact on other people and the environment. - Content: SHOPPING AND POCKET MONEY Concepts: Managing resources, consequences of consumer choice, advertising and (...) Read more
Children
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Citizenship
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Consumer Skills
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Numeracy
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PSHE
Budgeting
Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Secondary schools
This section is aimed at key stage three pupils (11-14). The session aims to explore and challenge pupils’ pre-conceptions about earnings, spending and lifestyle, and to develop pupils’ understanding of the difference between one’s needs and wants. Learners are able to budget in order to manage their own personal finances, and evaluate the consequences when making financial decisions. Critical thinking and enquiry Pupils should be able to: Research, plan and undertake enquiries into (...) Read more
Teenagers
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Numeracy
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PSHE
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Business Studies
Personal finance
Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Adult education
Competences: Learners are able to explore information around personal finances and how they maybe able to use this to either improve or adapt their own budgeting skills. Time: 60mins -2 hrs (depending on ability and discussion work). Curriculum Context: | Life Skills/ Lifelong Learning, numeracy. Group: Adults – out of education for some time, immigrants, basic skills. Teaching and Learning Tools Introductory discussion work Check your “consumer profile” activity My priorities (...) Read more
Adults
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Literacy
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Consumer Skills
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Numeracy
Shopping and money
Into: Teaching financial and money skills Teaching materials and resources Primary schools
Resources Flipchart /whiteboard. Visual chart of coins. Plastic /real coins. Class shop containing a range of ‘real’ products from the local shops/supermarkets marked with large price labels and pictures of the coins that will be needed to pay for it. Additional Materials What did you buy today? Download the ‘What did you buy today’ Activity Sheet. My feelings about my purchases. Download the ‘My feelings about my purchases’ Activity Sheet. Further Information The Pfeg (...) Read more
Children
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Citizenship
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Consumer Skills
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Mathematics
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Numeracy
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PSHE
Needs v wants
Into: Teaching financial and money skills Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools
Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions Set of Bradley family character profile sheets - ’Needs & Wants’ activity Set of worksheets ‘Can You Afford It?’ one each Further Information Personal Finance Education Group Young Enterprise FSA Money Made Clear Learn about Money - An interactive website teaching about money management Money, money, money - An online guide to basic finance from the Citizenship (...) Read more
Teenagers
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Numeracy
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PSHE
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Business Studies
Paying for goods and services
Into: Teaching financial and money skills Teaching materials and resources Adult education
Finance Discussion (Tutor Led) The tutor will introduce the session and ask students to list what they might spend wages/ allowances on. The tutor will list and display these so that students see them. The tutor should then recap with students and may have to prompt if key. Brief discussion and tutor notes on: What we go shopping for? Budget? Want v safety? My Consumer Profile This may not be appropriate for some learners, the tutor should gauge students impression of (...) Read more
Adults
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Literacy
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Consumer Skills
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Numeracy
Spending and saving
Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Secondary schools
This section is aimed at key stage three pupils (11-14). The sessions aim to explore different attitudes to spending and saving, to get pupils to think about the different responsibilities one has at different life stages and to know how and where to get advice if they experience financial difficulties. Learners are able to budget in order to manage their own personal finances, and evaluate the consequences when making financial decisions. Download the Spending and saving lesson plan. (...) Read more
Teenagers
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Citizenship
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Consumer Skills
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Mathematics
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Numeracy
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Business Studies
Understanding financial terms
Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Adult education
Competences : Learners are able to recognise and understand key financial and consumer words/terms and to consider how they may impact on their own finances. Time: 2 units 60mins each Group: 16+ Course for adults with learning difficulties Curriculum Context: Life Skills/ Lifelong Learning/Citizenship Assertiveness/ confidence building and self-advocacy Teaching and Learning Tools Fair/ Unfair statements worksheet What do these words or symbols mean? Activity Consumer word (...) Read more
Adults
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Literacy
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Consumer Skills
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Numeracy
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Home Economics
Budgeting
Into: Teaching financial and money skills Teaching materials and resources Secondary schools
Resources Whiteboard Pens Flipchart paper to make a note of pupil suggestions during discussions Access to the internet Set of worksheets ‘Can You Afford It?’ one each Set of Bradley family character profile sheets (Needs & Wants) Further Information Personal Finance Education Group Young Enterprise FSA Money Made Clear Learn about Money - An interactive website teaching about money management Money, money, money - An online guide to basic finance from the Citizenship (...) Read more
Teenagers
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Consumer Skills
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Numeracy
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PSHE
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Business Studies
How can you pay?
Into: Teaching financial and money skills Lesson plans Secondary schools
Teenagers
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Mathematics
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Quiz
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Numeracy
Buying a mobile phone
Into: Teaching consumer rights Lesson Plans Primary schools
This series of activities are designed for KS2 pupils and focuses on choosing, using and paying for a mobile phone. - Content: MOBILE PHONES Concepts: Consumer values and behaviour, using goods and services, consumer responsibility, communicating satisfaction or dissatisfaction, consumer rights, advertising and packaging. Skills: Seeking information and advice, communicating, problem solving, resolving conflict, assertiveness. Attitudes: Self reliance, responsibility, critical (...) Read more
Children
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Consumer Skills
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Mathematics
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Numeracy
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ICT
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