We are a few weeks out from what we are calling our Forms/ Statements product launch (Ok, maybe we need a better name for this product, so please send us your ideas!) The goal of this new product is to provide students with practice analyzing the various bills, agreements and statements that they will come across in their financial lives. These will be great to embed into your existing lessons. Examples of what we are cooking up are activities focused on pay stubs, credit card statements, credit reports and a rental agreement.

I wanted to give you a taste of what’s coming with our Analyzing a Rental Agreement activity which has the following elements:

• A few articles to provide background knowledge,
• A sample rental agreement featuring two fictitious characters, Francis and Jesse,
• A set of comprehension questions to check for student understanding of the rental agreement.

Please let us know what you think!

About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.