LESSONS

• 7 HOME OR AWAY? Students compare and contrast the costs of living away from home to those of living at home.
• 9 DECORATING A ROOM Students work out areas and costs involved in decorating two rooms.
• 11 MEASURING FOR FLOOR COVERINGS Students use basic formulae for measuring for carpets.
• 13 BUYING HOUSEHOLD ITEMS Students select, compare and contrast the prices of household items.
• 15 RENTING A HOME OF YOUR OWN Students assess the merits and demerits of renting accommodation and understand the costs involved in this.
• 17 BUYING A HOME OF YOUR OWN Students assess the monies needed to buy a house and work out differences in house prices in England, considering why they exist.
• 19 A LIFE OF POVERTY Students assess the ways in which poverty can cause problems and illustrate this in written and pictorial form.
• 21 HIRE PURCHASE MATTERS Students learn the good and bad points about hire purchase and work out how much it can cost the consumer.
• 23 SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY Students consider the benefits of savings.
• 25 POST OFFICE PROBLEMS Students solve the problems given to them, using basic Maths knowledge.
• 27 USING THE BANK Students consider what a bank statement 'means' and practise writing out a cheque and a paying-in slip.
• 29 EARNING A LIVING Students learn about terms used on a salary slip and terms used in employment.
• 31 REWARDS FROM TEACHER Students use Maths skills to calculate money in a variety of given situations.
• 33 LOTTERY FACTS AND FIGURES Students identify and select key facts and figures about the National Lottery.
• 35 BUDGETING Students consider why there is a need to budget and work out the money needs of a family.
• 37 I NEED A HOLIDAY Students calculate the costs of a family holiday.
• 39 HOLIDAY MONEY Students convert English currency to the Euro, and vice versa.
• 41 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN Students compare and contrast different costs for a night out.
• 43 A DAY OUT Students find out the total cost of a day out, as well as calculating distances and length of time for travel.
• 45 A NEW WARDROBE Students select a wardrobe of clothes to a given total cost and consider the discounts that might be available to them through sales, working out the costs involved in these.
• 47 WEDDING DAY 1956 Students break down the costs of a wedding in 1956 and compare those with the costs of a wedding in 2002.
• 49 WEDDING DAY 2002 Students break down the costs of a wedding in 2002 and compare those with the costs of a wedding in 1956.
• 51 BRINGING UP BABY Students calculate the costs of having children.
• 53 LOANS FOR ANY PURPOSE Successful students will be able to calculate various examples of loan rates and will be able to differentiate between good and bad practices in loans.
• 55 IT'S GOOD TO TALK Students investigate the costs involved in using the telephone.
• 57 A FEW PIECES OF FURNITURE Students select, compare and break down furniture costs for a room.
• 59 NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE Students summarise and conclude, from figures given, about the nature of the 'north-south divide'.
• 61 ONE-PARENT FINANCES Students break down and assess the amount of money a single parent needs and gets - and the differences between these.

APPENDICES:

• 62 (1) HOUSE PRICES For use with page 17, BUYING A HOME OF YOUR OWN.
• 63 (2) POVERTY For use with page 19, A LIFE OF POVERTY.
• 64 (3) HIRE PURCHASE For use with page 21, HIRE PURCHASE MATTERS.
• 65 (4) AT THE BANK 1 For use with page 27, USING THE BANK.
• 66 (5) AT THE BANK 2 For use with page 27, USING THE BANK.
• 67 (6) WAGE SLIP For use with page 29, EARNING A LIVING.
• 68 (7) LOTTERY WINNERS For use with page 33, LOTTERY FACTS AND FIGURES.
• 69 (8) WEDDING DAY COSTS For use with pages 47 and 49, WEDDING DAY 1956 and WEDDING DAY 2002.
• 70 (9) WHICH PHONE FOR CRAIG? For use with page 53, IT'S GOOD TO TALK.