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Consumer Math Lifepac - Unit 7 Worktext
Consumer Mathematics 7 introduces students to their rights as consumers, both in purchasing products and services and in banking. Students also explore their responsibilities as consumers, learning about the psychology behind advertising techniques and the impact of the choices they make as consumers.
In this course, students will study:
· Consumer rights for purchases and services
· Consumer rights for banking and loans
· Their responsibilities as a consumer
· The psychology behind advertising
Course Objectives
· Recognize rights and responsibilities as consumers.
· Identify the laws and regulations that protect your bank account.
· Identify the laws and regulations that protect you when applying for a loan.
· Identify advertising and sales techniques and their purposes.
· Recognize deceptive sales techniques.
· Read and understand the terms of a warranty, including the time frame a warranty applies, what is covered, what is not covered, and the limitations.
· List tips for smart shopping.
· Be able to define the Cooling Off Rule.
· Evaluate a hypothetical consumer purchase using the PACED decision-making process.
· Access consumer websites and gather information needed to make a hypothetical purchase.
· Understand options for consumer complaints.
Homeschoolers appreciate the Alpha Omega curricula for their ease of use and quality instruction. There are 4 different teaching options available to help you meet your math education needs: Lifepacs, Horizons, Switched on Schoolhouse (flash drive for Windows only) and Monarch (online). Please see each option for the full course description. Christian content is included in the Lifepac, Switched on Schoolhouse and Monarch curricula.
A complete, Christian math curriculum that emphasizes skill mastery. Each Complete Boxed Set contains ten LIFEPACs and a teacher guide. The only exception is the Grade K Boxed Set, which contains two student books and a teacher guide. LIFEPACs only (no teacher guide) are also available for use with multiple students. Review and self-tests are built into the curriculum. LIFEPACs are thin, consumable student work texts. They are colorful in the elementary grades, but become less colorful as the grade level increases. Each set of ten LIFEPACs provides a year-long curriculum.
The spiral-bound teacher's guide contains a curriculum overview, teacher's notes, answer keys, and suggested guidelines (for scheduling, grading, study methods, etc). Daily lesson plans are not included. Teacher guides for grades K-1 provide more detailed teaching instruction than guides for grades 2-12. Why? Because the LIFEPAC curriculum facilitates the independent study approach. Starting in second grade, written instruction is included in each LIFEPAC so that the lessons are largely self-instructional. The teacher's responsibilities include introducing each LIFEPAC, setting a schedule, completing teacher checks, being available for student questions, administering and grading tests, and developing additional learning activities.
You might be wondering, "What's the difference between this curriculum and Horizons Math?" After all, both programs come from the same publisher and follow a similar scope and sequence up to the sixth grade. The main difference, in my opinion, is that Horizons is not self-instructional (written instruction is not included in workbooks). Another difference is that LIFEPACs offer standard practice problems whereas Horizons offers a greater variety of problems (mazes, decoding, etc) as well as standard drills, but LIFEPACs provide many more problems per workbook page. ~ Anh
Placement TestsPractical application of math in the areas of family finances, occupations, business, and transportation. Helps students to solve real-life problems in budgeting, banking, and taxes. Boxed set includes ten LIFEPAC workbooks, review test and a solution key (which includes answers to the Lifepac questions), self-test, and test. LIFEPACS ONLY set includes just the Lifepacs, and workbooks and solution key are also sold individually. Prerequisites are Algebra I and Geometry.
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Brand: | Alpha Omega Publications |
Grades: | 10-12 |
ISBN: | 9780740342783 |
Length in Inches: | 10.875 |
Width in Inches: | 8.375 |
Height in Inches: | 0.125 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.35 |