Budgeting, LEARNING TO BUDGET, Budget, Personal Finance

💰📊 Learning to Budget – Personal Finance Unit 🧠✨

To maintain strong personal financial health, students need to understand how to create and manage a budget 📝💡

This self-guided budgeting unit builds essential financial literacy skills students will use throughout their lives.

The materials are easy to follow, student-friendly, and fully supported by a PowerPoint presentation that aligns directly with the reading and activities 📽️📚

🎯 Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

✔️ Define budget and key budgeting terms

✔️ Explain why budgeting is important

✔️ Identify five benefits of budgeting

✔️ Describe how to create and maintain a successful budget

✔️ Create and manage a personal monthly budget

📦 What’s Included:

📽️ PowerPoint Presentation

📄 Analysis: Top Reasons People Put Off Budgeting

📘 Reading Comprehension Worksheets

📊 Analysis: Spending Percentage Guidelines for a Budget

🥧 Pie Chart: Budget Spending Guidelines

🧾 Case Study Analysis: Stephanie’s Monthly Budget

📝 Key Terms Worksheet

📅 Blank Monthly Budget Form

✅ Assessment

🌟 Why Teachers Love This Resource:

🧠 Builds real-world financial literacy

📚 Self-guided & easy for students to follow

⏱️ Great for independent, small-group, or whole-class instruction

🎓 Perfect for middle school, high school, or personal finance courses

💡 A practical, engaging unit that helps students build lifelong budgeting skills and take control of their financial future 💰✨