Financial Aid Lesson Plans

Students explore the concept of financial aid. In this financial aid activity, students use their tax forms and W-2 forms to fill out financial aid forms. Students predict how much financial aid they qualify for.

Students explore the concept of financial costs of college. In this financial costs of college lesson, students read an article about college costs. Students research the cost of college for the school of their choice. Students discuss ways to pay for college such as financial aid.

Students who are working in groups of 3-4, to evaluate three financial aid packages offered to the same student. The group will determine which package is the best choice for the student, based on all the information available. Since there is no one right answer, each group will defend their choice to the rest of the class.

Students explore the proposed Affordability in Higher Education Act. They synthesize their knowledge by acting as lobbyists representing different special interest groups with opposing perspectives on the proposed bill.

Students begin the lesson by estimating the cost of a college education and comparing them to actual data. After reading an article, they discuss the processes of the college loan corporations. They listen to a lecture about how to wade through all of the information and work together to create a brochure to help other students.

Young scholars share opinions about the levels of education needed for specific jobs. They participate in a fishbowl discussion about access to education for students at different income levels and interview an adult about career preparation.

Students assume the role of community college instructors researching the feasibility of resource (chemicals, supplies, equipment) sharing between community colleges. They explore safety issues pertaining to chemical transport, storage, and disposal.

Students examine college costs in different states. In this college cost lesson, students create a table and determine the average cost of college for the states listed. They organize the data into measurement categories. Students create a histogram, analyze the data, and explain the graph.

This instructional activity explores structural racism by revealing the important role that family wealth plays in shaping life chances how opportunities to accumulate wealth have been racialized, and the roots and consequences of the current race-based wealth gap.

Learners research and design an educational earthquake Web site, using the current disaster in Afghanistan as a starting point. They begin by reading and discussing As Many as 2,000 Feared Dead in Afghan Earthquakes which is imbedded in this plan.