Consumer Math: Biblical Stewardship & Personal Finance

Equip your high school student with essential life skills with Master Books Consumer Math: Biblical Stewardship & Personal Finance; a comprehensive, Scripture-integrated high school math curriculum that prepares students to make wise financial decisions in everyday life. Designed for 9th12th grade students, this course goes far beyond the classroomteaching budgeting, saving, taxes, career planning, housing, debt, compound interest, and more, all through the lens of biblical stewardship.

This hands-on course reinforces foundational math skills while developing critical thinking and practical financial literacy. Students will gain the tools they need to navigate major life decisionsfrom buying a car to preparing for retirementwith confidence and discernment.

What makes this Consumer Math course unique?

* Real-Life Math Applications: Teach your student to apply math in real-world situations like budgeting, managing living expenses, calculating taxes, and evaluating purchases.
* Biblical Perspective: Integrated Scripture studies guide students to view money, resources, and responsibility through a biblical worldview.
* Engaging Activities: Features real-life case studies that help students see biblical principles applied in action. Scripture Sleuth activities for Bible study, and application exercises to help reinforce the course concepts.
* Skill Development: Encourages the development of mental math skills, an understanding of budgeting, and good financial choices. The course emphasizes the biblical importance of generosity, saving, and wise spending.
* Teacher Guide Included: Engaging lesson reviews, thought-provoking assignments, and guided reflections make this course easy to teach and meaningful to complete.
* Additional Learning: Optional Master Books Academy online course provides additional learning opportunities and online labs. (COMING SOON!)

Course Overview:

Quarter 1: : Giving, Living Expenses, Debt, and Taxes
Quarter 2:: Budgeting for Essentials and Big Expenses
Quarter 3:: Major Financial DecisionsCars, Careers, Housing
Quarter 4:: Investing, Retirement, Business Math, and Review

Course Features:

* 45 minutes per lesson, 5x per week
* Convenient daily schedule, saving you time!
* Full-color student & teacher text
* Perforated, 3-hole punched worksheets
* Recommended Grade Level: 9th 12th
* One-year course to earn one math credit
* Supplemental video instruction is offered at MasterBooksAcademy.com

Consumer Math equips students with the confidence to face lifes financial challenges as wise stewards of Gods provision. Whether preparing for college, a career, or life at home, this course offers indispensable knowledge for every Christian high school student.

Curriculum Set Includes:
Consumer Math Student Book
Consumer Math Teacher Guide

Table of Contents

Quarter 1: The Big Picture & Key Skills
1. Introduction & Giving
2. Introduction to Living Expenses
3. Savings, Compound Interest, & Debt
4. Taxes
5. More Taxes & Review

Quarter 2: Budgeting
6. Getting Started with a Budget
7. More on Budgeting Income; Limiting Lifestyle (Food)
8. Budgeting & Medical Expenses
9. Budgeting for Big Expenses
10. Review

Quarter 3: Financial Decisions
11. Cars
12. Career Preparation
13. Housing, Part 1
14. Housing, Part 2
15. Decisions & Review

Quarter 4: More Applications, Investments, & Financial Review
16. Applying Math Skills to Daily Life
17. Savings: Understanding Saving Options
18. Savings: Mechanics & Retirement
19. Estimating Taxes, Business Math, & Review
20. Review