Skint!: What's in a wallet?

This lesson will focus on what is stopping Jamie from asking Carly out on a date and the costs of down time such as drinking, smoking and café culture.

Subject area: social studies, numeracy

Experiences and outcomes: speaking to others, gaining understanding around social impact, using numbers and budgeting, working out percentages

• Begin by reading Skint! up to page 83 as a group.
• Facilitate a conversation about the costs of social time using the discussion points.
• Then ask your learners to try the activities from the living costs, budgeting and purchasing activities sheet.

Useful resources

• You can use the numeracy exercises on the BBC Skillswise(this link will open in a new window) website to work out percentage savings.