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Consumer Math Lifepacs (Set of 10) Only
SKU
010611
ISBN
9780740342837
Grade 10-12
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Traditional
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Charlotte Mason
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Religious Content
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Auditory
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Presentation
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Curriculum progresses through well-defined learning objectives. Emphasizes mastery before moving to the next topic.
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Medium Teacher Involvement
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No other materials needed
Everything you need is included.
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Our Price
$70.25 
Description
For refill or additional students, Consumer Math LIFEPACS only set includes just the LIFEPAC workbooks. No answers, tests or teacher information is included.
Publisher's Description of Consumer Math Lifepacs (Set of 10) Only
Consumer Mathematics is a life skills course that introduces students to the concept of financial literacy with practical applications to consumer concepts. Many of the math concepts students have studied or are currently studying in core courses will be applied to consumer math scenarios, providing opportunities to apply math concepts to real financial scenarios. Students will learn about practical financial concepts that will prepare them to become smart consumers with responsible spending and saving habits.
In this course, students will study:
· Personal financial planning
· Money management
· Financial institutions
· Saving and investing
· Consumer credit basics
· Consumer lending basics
· Smart consumer practices
· Life and health insurance
· Responsibility and financial planning
Course Objectives
Upon successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
· Describe components of a financial plan, including establishing a budget.
· Analyze how career choice, education, and skills affect income.
· Set financial goals.
· Describe strategies for spending wisely.
· Compare tools, services, and resources of financial institutions.
· Identify financial risks and strategies to minimize them.
· Describe key features of different types of savings and investment accounts.
· Understand how credit scores are developed.
· Define key financial terms associated with credit cards.
· Understand mortgage lending processes.
· Compare renting vs. buying benefits and disadvantages.
· Recognize their rights as a consumer.
· Recognize options for life and health insurance.
· Identify other types of insurance.
· Use research and evaluation strategies to make financial decisions.
Category Description for Alpha Omega Mathematics
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.
Category Description for Lifepac Mathematics
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 Tests Category Description for Consumer Math Lifepac (Aop)
Practical 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.
Details
| Product Format: | Softcover Book Set |
|---|---|
| Brand: | Alpha Omega Publications |
| Grades: | 10-12 |
| ISBN: | 9780740342837 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 1.25 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 3.15 |
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