Cash Course 3: Impulse Buying

Cash courses are a series of short units designed tointroduce students to essential financial literacy topics. It’s the basics ofstuff they need to know to be able to develop good money habits and makeinformed financial decisions.The workbooks are interactive pdf’s, so can be completed ona computer. Activities are designed to be self directing, with individual tasksand some group or class discussions if you choose to lead the topic this way.Students completing this Cash Course will learn about thetemptation and consequences of impulse buying.

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4-8 hrs

Social Sciences
Mathematics and Statistics

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Student learning

Through this unit, students will learn:

1. What impulse buying is

2. What causes us to impulse buy

3. Ways in which sellers try to get you to purchase goods on impulse

4. Ways to reduce your impulse buying

5. The consequences of impulse buying

Curriculum links

Personal Financial Management is a fundamental part of a young person’s education. The Cash Course series is designed to support the development of the key competencies. The series also has links to the Social Sciences and Mathematics and Statistics learning areas.

Download includes:

  • Cash Course 3: Impulse Buying - Student workbook
  • Cash Course 3: Impulse Buying - Sample answers

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[Document ID] Resource Name
[CA3-001-1] Cash Course 3 - Impulse Buying (Workbook).pdf
[CA3-002-1] Cash Course 3 - Impulse Buying (Sample Answers).pdf