How does money make you feel?
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I know that money can create a range of feelings in different situations.
Key learning points
- Money can make people feel a range of emotions including happiness or sadness.
- Money spent is no longer yours. Spending money unwisely can lead to regret and unhappiness.
Keywords
Feelings - Something that you feel through the mind or through the senses.
Common misconception
Pupils might not have the vocabulary knowledge to understand all the feelings words within these slides.
Give pupils easy to access visual, verbal or written definitions of the words or alternatively change the choices so suit the class.
Teacher tip
Your pupils will all have slightly different socio-economic backgrounds and this lesson is about the feelings that money evokes. It's worth setting up some ground rules before you begin so that the children feel safe enough to share their thinking on what can be a very sensitive topic.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick the words below that are emotional feelings.
Q2.Tennis balls cost £1.50 but Aisha only has 90 p so she doesn’t have enough. Andeep offers to lend her the rest. How much will Andeep need to lend her?
Q3.Sunglasses cost £12 but Laura only has £10.85 so she doesn’t have enough. Jacob offers to lend her the rest. How much will Jacob need to lend her?
Q4.You should never give away your money to other people. True or false?
Q5.Tick the situations where you are giving money.
Q6.Andeep asks Laura to lend him £3. If Laura agrees, she won’t be able to afford what she wants to buy. She feels a bit pressured. Should she lend him the £3 or not?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which scenario might make Alex feel cross?
Q2.Which scenario might make Sofia feel grateful?
Q3.Which scenario might make Aisha feel frustrated?
Q4.Jacob has brought £1 to spend at the cake sale. Izzy has brought £2 to spend. Which of these feelings is most likely to describe how Jacob might feel knowing he’s less money to spend?
Q5.Aisha goes to buy some sweets but gets to the till and realises she hasn’t got enough money. Which of these feelings is most likely to describe how Aisha might feel stood at the till?
Q6.Andeep saves up to buy a new game but when he gets to the shops he realises the game has been reduced in price.
To help you plan your 3 financial education lesson on: How does money make you feel?, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 3 financial education lesson on: How does money make you feel?, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
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