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Gina Vernaci started as a temporary assistant in Cleveland’s Playhouse Square. Today, she’s the Senior VP of Theatre Operations - Playhouse Square is the second largest theatre district in the country. Hear her fascinating story.
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Learn how to make a great impression at your next job interview with this self-paced lesson. Includes videos from a professional career counselor, interactive practice opportunities to get you thinking about your strategy, and more activities you can try at home on your own.
It's Your Paycheck! is designed for use in high school personal finance classes. The curriculum contains three sections-"Know Your Dough," "KaChing!" and "All About Credit." The lessons in each of these sections employ various teaching strategies to engage students so that they have opportunities to apply the concepts being taught. Each lesson includes black-line masters of the handouts and visuals needed to teach the lesson. This content from Econ Lowdown also features alignment to national Financial Literacy and/or Economics standards.
Lesson 1: Invest in Yourself
Students solve word puzzles with varying degrees of knowledge. They discover that more knowledge (human capital) leads to more productive outcomes. The students identify ways in which people invest in human capital and the link between investment in human capital and earning income. This content from Econ Lowdown also features alignment to national Financial Literacy and/or Economics standards.
All of the lessons are correlated with the National Personal Finance Standards and the National Standards in Economics. See the Lesson Correlation section (pdf) for more information.
Lesson 2: "W" Is for Wages, W4 and W2
Students compute the gross pay for a fictional character named John Dough given his hourly wage and the number of hours worked. They compare gross pay to net pay. They learn what FICA and federal income taxes are. They learn how to complete a W-4 form and what a W-2 form is. This content from Econ Lowdown also features alignment to national Financial Literacy and/or Economics standards.
Each lesson is accompanied by a SMART Notebook file that contains visuals and handouts (whenever practical), along with definitions of terms and review questions.
Students participate in an activity to learn about checking accounts, savings accounts and check cashing services. Students learn the components of a check, and they organize and enter information into an account register - in order to determine the balance. Students learn why maintaining account records is important. Students balance a monthly account statement.