Culminating Activity – Unit 5

Essential Question:
How would you spend $1,000,000?

Description of Activity:
Students will work to research and plan how they would spend $1,000,000
based on a theme. They will present to the class with a written report or
display board describing how they spent their money by grouping purchases
into categories. Students will then use their data to practice percent skills
and make circle graphs.

Steps of Activity:
1. Students will choose a theme for spending their $1,000,000.
2. Students will make a list of major categories of items needed based
on their theme.
3. Students will make a list of each specific item needed for each major
category.
4. Students will research costs for each item purchased.
5. Students will record in an organized way exactly how the $1,000,000
was spent.
6. Students will create a presentation for the class of the $1,000,000
plan.
7. Students will complete a table of all major expenses by writing them
as fractions, decimals, and percents.
8. Students will construct a circle graph of the $1,000,000 that was
spent.