Year 7 lessons
Year 7 lessons
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Session 1: Spending decisions
This lesson offers insights into needs, wants and priorities as well as personal and external influences that affect spending decisions.
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Session 2: Budgeting
Students will learn what a budget is, why budgeting is important and how to analyse a budget before setting their own savings goals.
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Session 3: Getting a job
Explore different types of jobs and ways of working. The lesson ends with students’ having an opportunity to determine what kind of work they’d like for their future.
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Session 4: Inflation
This session teaches students what inflation is, how it’s measured and how inflation affects people’s everyday lives.
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Session 5: The critical consumer
Students explore various pressures that influence spending decisions before diving into what makes adverts persuasive.
![two-cartesian-plots-icon_disc_on_transparent_background-900x900 two financial graphical plots](https://resources.ftflic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/two-cartesian-plots-icon_disc_on_transparent_background-900x900-2.png)
Session 6: Budgeting for a holiday
Learning is consolidated in this activity where students create a holiday budget for a profile, making spending decisions along the way.