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Lesson Plan 3

The World We Live In Lesson Plans
The integration of curriculum areas of life skills (self-esteem, communication, and consumer issues).

This theme covers lessons on

  1. Making Wise Consumer Choices
  2. Goal Setting: Personal & Practical
  3. Stress: What is it?, How Does it Effect Us?, and What Can We Do About It?

Click here for a sample lesson #3 (PDF)

Links

To determine the true costs of interest, see the following website:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/calc/loancost_smm.asp

A useful website to compare appliance energy usage is
http://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/seahome/housewaste/quiz/cornel36.htm

A good website that explains the Energy Guide stickers is
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-home.htm

See the following website for interesting information on "rent to own" purchases:
http://www.consumersleague.org/rto_warn.htm



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