Financial Institutions

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to… Describe the role of the 5 financial institutions Describe what financial services are available to them AGENDA Journal Group Project Gallery Walk Journal 3.1 Why are saving and investing an important part of financial success? What are some successful saving and investing strategies that you are aware of? Saving and investing are two different strategies, talk about each of them

Dear Mr. Bird… Collect the Unit 1 test corrections! Sincerely, Mr. Bird

Financial Institutions Group Project You’re going to make an informational poster about one of five financial institutions involved in saving and investing. You’ll be graded on both how good your poster looks and how complete the information is Your group needs to be experts, so that whenever we talk about your institution in class, we can direct our questions to you.

Questions to guide your Quest If you asked 100 people why they were at the institution, what would they say? (services) What makes your institution unique and different than the others (esp. credit unions and banks) What life situations are going to make people need your institution?

Gallery Walk Go around the room and look at everyone’s poster Add the information found on the poster to the back of your note sheet

Questions to guide your Quest If you asked 100 people why they were at the institution, what would they say? (services) What makes your institution unique and different than the others (esp. credit unions and banks) What life situations are going to make people need your institution?

Review Game of Champions Take a piece of printer paper and fold it in half. Then, fold that into thirds (so you end up with 6 boxes) Rip your paper on the lines On 5 of the boxes, write the letters A-E (one letter on each, and big enough that I can see what letter it is from the front) Each letter represents one of the financial institutions (in the order of your note sheet) Kobe the last one

If I had some extra money lying around that I wanted to use to get rich, where should I go?

I have 2000 bucks that I have to use to pay off the mob in two weeks I have 2000 bucks that I have to use to pay off the mob in two weeks. Where should I go?

I do not have 2000 bucks that I need to pay off the mob in two weeks I do not have 2000 bucks that I need to pay off the mob in two weeks. Where should I go?

I have some expensive jewelry that I stole from the mob I have some expensive jewelry that I stole from the mob. I want to make sure that it’s protected, in case they try to steal it back. Where should I go?