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POCKET MONEY

= "money for small personal expenses" (Merriam-Webster)

 

(Page created on 12/02/2008)


Facts - Listening -
Activities to print
- Lesson plans - Games to print -
Cartoons
- Songs - Videos

 


Related pages :

MONEY (Vocabulary and Activities) - MONEY (Civilization) - 'Buy Nothing Day' -

YOUTH

 

 

 

FACTS :

  • Pocket money to allowance (moneystuff.co.uk)
    + Negotiating the change / Your rights as a shopper / Managing your money / Earning extras / Why Save?

 

LISTENING :

 

  • Spending Money (esl-lab.com)
    I. Pre-Listening Exercises II. Listening Exercises III. Post-Listening Exercises
    'Did you receive allowance from your parents when you were child? How about now?
    Did you have to do household chores to earn the money? How did you spend it?"

 

ACTIVITIES TO PRINT :

  • Activities to print (creditaction.org.uk)
    - A short Pocket Money Quiz (with answers on the next page)
    - How much pocket money / allowance should I get? It depends on a number of things...
    - Should I save any of my pocket money / allowance?
    - Can you find the money words hidden here in this Wordsearch?

 

LESSON PLANS :

 

  • Pocket money and pester power (British Council)
    Theme: Young people’s spending habits in the UK, teenagers working.
    Introduction
    1. Your consumer habits (with a questionnaire)
    2. Pocket money and pester power
    3. How do you compare?
    4. Class survey
    5. Discussion

    +
    CLASSROOM MATERIALS
  • TEENS AND MONEY - a mini-lesson with PowerPoint Slides and Word File (in.gov)
    "This mini-lesson includes learning objectives, background information, discussion questions, an activity and sources of additional information...
    Students will:
    Compare the advantages and disadvantages of spending now and spending later.
    Develop improved spending techniques and practices
    Determine if you should buy an item."

 

GAMES TO PRINT :

 

CARTOONS :

   


Allowance

(cartoonstock.com)

 

Pocket money increase
(nicholsoncartoons.com.au)


Minimum wage

(cartoonstock.com)


 


The only source of revenue

(cartoonstock.com)

 

 

SONGS :

  • Pocket Money by Carole King (metrolyrics.com)
    "No friends, no dreams, no pocket money.
    So, I'm gonna keep movin'.
    No pocket money."

 

VIDEOS :

  • POCKET MONEY (BBC)
    " Yvette's learning to deal with the financial side of life. She just bought a new phone with the money she saved up from babysitting. She has heard that British children get the most pocket money in Europe. She doesn't get much pocket money - but she's quite satisfied with what she is given."