CECmisc.76


TITLE:  $250,000 O'Boy

AUTHOR:  Carol Damm, Pine Hills School; Miles City, MT

GRADE LEVEL:  Appropriate for grades 7-12

OVERVIEW:  The original lesson from the Talents Unlimited
Elementary program called "Great Grannies Will" a great way
for students to spend money in a responsible manner and
gives them some idea about the expenses necessary for living
on their own.

PURPOSE:  This project helps students develop higher
thinking skills.  It allows students to opportunity to dream
as well as look at the reality of the expense of living on
their own.

OBJECTIVE(s):
Students will use the items in Grandma's attic in a unique
     way.
Students will use the money from Grandma's Will and the
     newspaper want adds and catalogues to furnish an
     apartment, and provide themselves with necessities
     needed to live on their own.
Students will keep a running total of the amount of money
     they spend.

RESOURCES/MATERIALS:
Catalogues, Newspapers, "Great Grannies Will" worksheet

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:
1.   Hand out worksheet that explains the provisions of
     Great Grannies will (see resources/materials).
2.   Students are to use the contents of Great Grannies
     Attic in a unique and unusual way listing them on
     paper.  EX.  Buttons can not be sown on a shirt but
     they may be used to make a picture.
3.   Explain that students may or may not receive the entire
     $250,000 but will depend on the uniqueness of their
     ideas.
4.   After the students have listed their unique ideas the
     $250,000 or a portion of it is theirs to spend.
5.   Give students newspaper want ads and catalogues and
     have them find and furnish an apartment that they will
     live in when they are on their own.  Students need  to
     make a comprehensive list of all expenses for a month.
     These expenses should include rent, food, necessities,
     school fees, car fees, insurance, and anything else
     they deem necessary.

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                    Great Grannies Will

Great Granny died recently and left you, her favorite great
grand child, $250,000.  However there is one slight "catch"
to work out before your receive the money.  She wants you to
go through her attic and find some use for every object in
it.  You are not allowed to sell anything or throw anything
away.  You must also use them in a different way than how
they were intended.

 1.  A box of assorted buttons
 2.  A bunch of faded pictures of Great Grannie's friends
     and relatives.
 3.  An adult "potty chair" from the 1800's (made of wood
     with a 12 inch circle cut out of the seat where a
     pan was inserted beneath).
 4.  A box of old books
 5.  A large Victorian plant stand
 6.  A one piece bathing suit worn by Granny in 1892
 7.  Six petticoats (three with hoops in them)
 8.  A cedar chest
 9.  Three white napkins embroidered in pink and blue
10.  Six plastic Easter baskets in which mice have been
     playing
11.  Seventeen player piano rolls (without the piano)
12.  A box of broken and half-used Christmas candles
13.  Thirteen empty dress boxes
14.  A twenty-inch stuffed baby alligator (with a torn leg)
     which Granny bought on a trip to Florida
15.  A large tin bucket
16.  A box filled with the Christmas cards sent to Granny
     over the last 20 years
17.  A 24" marble bust of President Buchanan
18.  Two quill pens
19.  Five of Grannie's old hats in five round hat boxes
20.  A large (three foot by four foot) cracked mirror in a
     wooden frame
21.  Three brass candlesticks
22.  Two old storm windows that do not fit the house