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Be Independent / Life Management Skills OrganizerBe Independent / Life Management Skills Organizer
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Arizona Department of Education
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9th - 12th
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Career & Technical Education
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Be Independent / Life Management Skills

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Living independently is about more than managing money. Learn how to manage time, balance responsibilities, and calculate overtime and income with a set of activities about life management skills.

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Concepts

life skills, time management, budgeting, income, income tax, independent living, social security

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the math-specific worksheets about income tax and time management in a math unit about real-world examples of financial issues 
  • Bring into a teen issues class, health class, or economics class when discussing financial independence and budgeting
  • Send some of the activities home for learners to complete with parents

Classroom Considerations

  • Does not contain a table of contents to organize the materials, but each worksheet is helpful nonetheless

Pros

  • Promotes applicable math skills, as well as lending a critical eye to the ways students spend their time
  • A great addition to any unit about personal finance or time management

Cons

  • None

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