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
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