Financial Operations -

This course presents basic topics in macro and microeconomics, and the principles and practices of banking, credit, and consumer lending in the United States.  Additional emphasis is placed on wamoney, credit and banking, economic growth and stability, use of limited resources, characteristics of different economic systems and institutions, taxation and budgeting, labor managementrelations, and sales.  The students become familiar with the major functions of banks and other financial intermediaries, central banking by the Federal Reserve System, and modern trends in the finance industry.  The students are also introduced to credit functions, principles of credit risk evaluation, loan creation, debt collection, and stocks and bonds. 

Week 11 - 18

Week #11 -Students will:  Identify the characteristics of consumer credit products- 

 moneyskill.org - lesson 10-12

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/money101/     Lesson 9 take quiz

http://practicalmoneyskills.com/personalfinance/creditdebt/cards/ 

http://practicalmoneyskills.com/personalfinance/creditdebt/cards/proscons.php

Week #12- STUDENTS Will:Identify the basic functions of Credit Cards & Outline the information needed on a credit application.

www.Moneyskillskill.org  #13 & 14 find best credit card www.bankrate.com

http://www.balancetrack.org/creditmatters/index.html Take quiz

http://practicalmoneyskills.com/personalfinance/creditdebt/identitytheft/

http://practicalmoneyskills.com/personalfinance/creditdebt/debt/

www.moneyskill.org #17 &18  summarize this article http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090701/six-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-starting-a-business.html

  www.moneypower.org take the  50 question quiz

Moneypower.org - 35 questions from all categories & 15 questions

moneyskill #19 & 20

watch- http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2008/10/11/intv.merritt.jobs.cn

Week #18 Students will Identify and demonstrate effective interviewing skills  with local business professioals. 

Prepare a video on getting a job - sources:

Interview Tips
http://ww2.wpunj.edu/wpcpages/career/interviewtips.htm

Preparing for the Interview
http://ww2.wpunj.edu/wpcpages/career/interviewprepare.htm

The Interview
http://ww2.wpunj.edu/wpcpages/career/interviewthe.htm

Questions you may be asked
http://ww2.wpunj.edu/wpcpages/career/interviewquestions.htm

Good questions to ask
http://ww2.wpunj.edu/wpcpages/career/interviewask.htm
Monster Interview Centre
http://interview.monster.ca/

Interview with Potential Employers:  January 12.

websites -help in getting a job

The following websites.

http://www.questcareer.com/tips.htm

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/interview/Six_common_job-interview_questions__20061109-090925.html?subtopic=Interview+Preparation

http://www.career.vt.edu/Disabilities/onlineresources.htm

http://www.quintcareers.com/employment_application.pdf

http://www.quintcareers.com/jobseeker_glossary.html

http://www.quintcareers.com/teen_job-seeking_hints.html

http://www.quintcareers.com/finding_summer_jobs.html

http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/coversamples.htm

summarize use your own words 5 sentences or more.  Your http://www.howtochooseacareer.com/choosingrightcareer.html

Choosing the right career http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/07/11/how-to-choose-a-career-the-simple-dollar-way/

http://www.quintcareers.com/choosing_major.html#

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-1771-Salaries-and-Promotions-20-Highest-Paying-Jobs/?ArticleID=1771&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=22a002453773444cbeca7572ea5b66df-309565842-RJ-4

Journals Jan. 12, 2009

If you had all the money you needed how much would that be?  Where would you spend your money on and why?words:  Discernible, distinct, evident, intelligibility, limpid 

If you had $400 to spend on business attire for a year where would you shop? What would you buy and show me.Words: Deplorable, excoriating, castigated laudable, kudos

If you could buy anything you wanted what would it be and why?   folly, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, indiscreet

Do your parents talk to you about money, savings and investment? If so, what and if not why?rash, preposterous,, ludicrous, injudicious, willies

What would you teach your child about money? And what age would you start and why?

What do you want to know about money before you go to college? Why?

Do you have a budget? Do your parents? Why or why not?

What would you do differently to get the most out of this class?

Journals - Due Nov 25- use the vocabulary words in the journal.

1)Why do you use Facebook/Myspace?How much time do you spend on it? Do you think it is a good way to communicate? What do you think the future of facebook/myspace will be like?vocab: discombobulated, addle, moil, arrant, pellucid

2) What does Thanksgiving mean to you? How do you celebrate it? What can you do this year to make it special?vocab:  self-aggrandizing, pompous, priggish, cordial, genial

3) If you lost every material possision what would you miss the most? Why? vocab:capricious, temerity, stalwart, virago, resolute

4) What do you think makes a good friend? Vocab: meager, lilliputian, pittance, plethora, surfeit,

5) What do you like to do in your free time?Vocab: Brink-, Brouhaha, Bleak, Bizarre, Blather-

ARTICLES due Nov 25 - summarize in your own words

·  http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/moneyhappy/118245

·  www.moneyandhappiness.com/blog/?p=88 

·  http://www.moneyandhappiness.com/get_started.htm

·  http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2008/01/teach-your-teen-the-basics-of-money-management/ 

·  http://www.mrsmicah.com/2008/01/19/college-money-matters/

·  http://financialplan.about.com/od/studentsandmoney/a/TeenCreditCards.htm 

http://moneytalks4teens.ucdavis.edu/games.cfm?std=7

http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/pop/games/p_road_trip.html  http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/at_school/trainingcamp/ff/play.php  http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/cgi-bin/english/qs/disp_cat.pl http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/flash/countdown/countdown.html

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
www.stocksquest.com     http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/money101/index.html  http://www.moneyskill.org/                     

http://www.howthemarketworks.com/