Introducing Your Final Project

PERSONAL FINANCE FINAL PROJECT
Comprehensive Assessment - Fall Semester 2017

Congratulations on your upcoming
wedding and marriage!
I am certain that you will be blessed
with a child very soon, as well!
I am so happy for you.

You and your partner will be starting a “Family Simulation” project for class.  Each couple will create a shared BLOG that is separate from the regular course lesson BLOG. Both will have "ADMIN" rights, so the BLOG will appear under each partner's BLOG list. the Project BLOG will contain daily posts on those days that the class meets. Some posts will have several documents to be posted. ALL documents created in this simulation will be EMBEDDED in the shared Project BLOG. It is then necessary to SHARE all documents where both partners have "EDIT" rights to the document. There will be SAMPLE documents in the direction, so that you may know the expectations for this simulation.

Within your Google DRIVE, you will create a Folder titled "Personal Finance Fall 2017". Within this Personal Finance folder you will need to create a folder for each of the below categories.  There will be many documents that you will be working on, so staying organized is essential to your success with the project.

Create folders with each of the following titles:

Planning a Wedding

Family Budget

Renting an Apartment

Buying a Vehicle

Selecting Insurance

Starting a Retirement Account

Having a Baby

Investments

All of the forms and templates that you will need will be provided for you through a link to shared documents from your instructor. This link will be provided in the direction post in the COURSE BLOG just as usual instruction for the course is provided. 

IMPORTANT: You MUST be logged into Google with your North Star Charter email address, or you access will be denied. 

When writing your summaries for each activity be certain to write each part consistently in the third person, as if you are telling a story about two people. When writing about one of your fictional character always use their first name never the word “I”.  Keep in mind, when you are talking about the entire family, you may use “we” or the word “our”.