Living on a limited income

Year level: Lower secondary Learning outcome Students develop a practical understanding living on a limited income Imagine you have an income of the basic wage or youth allowance to live on. List all the things you would need to spend money on to provide for your needs. Decide on the fixed amounts for rental and power to work out your budget for food needs. Visit your local supermarket and list the food products you would need to sustain you for a week. List the quantities and the prices of these items. Subtract the total from your allowance. Discuss How difficult was it to choose products? Were you able to purchase a wide variety of products? Do you think the quantity of goods you purchased would be enough to live on? How did your choices compare with other students? What sorts of things might you do to improve your access to food? What would you do if you had an unplanned expense such as increased rent, loss of income, large medical bill, having to buy new clothes to attend a job interview? How might an increase of $2 per week make a difference to your budget? Make a generalisation about living on a limited income. Write a reflection about how it might be to live in a developing country where the government provide fewer services. Assessment task   Write a reflection about how it might be to live in a developing country where the government provide fewer services.