Plan a Charity Budget Together

Teach budgeting with a real-world, ethical twist.

Teaching context:
Excellent for group work in Year 9 or 10 Commerce or Economics classes, especially when students need meaningful engagement with money topics.

Basic AI Prompt:
Create a $10,000 charity budget scenario for students.

Enhanced AI Prompt:
Design a realistic classroom activity where students must allocate $10,000 to different global charities. Include charity profiles, funding categories, and ethical considerations. Structure it for Year 9.

Spice it up:
Ask for data sheets or infographics about each charity, or a mock pitch deck students can edit.

Lesson implementation:
Begin by discussing global inequality or current humanitarian crises. Use the AI to generate fictional or real charity summaries, each with goals, costs, and outcomes. Students work in teams to allocate a budget of $10,000 across these charities, justifying their choices in a written or oral presentation. This encourages empathy, financial literacy and critical thinking.

Scaffold by offering sample budgets or decision-making criteria. For differentiation, allow simplified versions or oral responses. This task fits beautifully during Harmony Week, World Vision's 40 Hour Famine, or International Human Rights Day. Students can present their budget in slideshow format, using Canva or PowerPoint. For extension, students create their own charity and budget for its launch.

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