Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Brainstorm ideas for spending one million dollars.
- Listen to or read If You made a Million, How Much is a Million?, or Beyond a Million by David M. Schwartz
- Challenge the class to spend one million dollars as close as possible to the amount, without going over, and to do so around a theme. Read Project Guidelines.
- Discuss themes, such as:
- Dream vacation
- Bettering society
- Starting a family business
- Discuss categories within that theme, such as:
- Transportation
- Housing
- Food
- Entertainment
- Luxuries
- Read example, “Emily’s Idea”
- Small group or independent research and data collecting on Accounting sheets
- RESOURCES:
- Use a spreadsheet template to set up expense chart. Teach SUM formulas.
- Plan final project. Ideas may include:
- Poster board display
- Travel brochure/itinerary
- Diorama (box presentation)
- Blueprints, diagrams
- Business portfolio complete with graphs and charts
- Newspaper or magazine feature story complete with graphics and captions
- “Picture album” of project
- PowerPoint presentation of project
- Video production: commercial or documentary
- Grading rubric
- Student Sample Projects and Photos