Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship

Description

Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship gives eighth graders practical tools for managing money and turning ideas into action. Students explore budgeting, saving, smart spending, and the basics of how businesses work. Through a hands-on venture project, students practice planning, problem solving, and teamwork.

What students learn

• Build a simple budget that balances income and expenses
• Explain the value of saving and setting financial goals
• Describe how a small business creates and delivers value
• Develop a basic plan for a product or service
• Work as a team to pitch and refine a business idea

Signature project

Student teams design and pitch a small business, complete with a simple budget and plan.