Students will gain an understanding of checking accounts by keeping a fictitious checkbook and register.
Students are interested in check writing, and the idea of having their own checking account.
A representative from a local bank is invited to visit the class and explain the proper way to write a check and the use of checks. Allow students to fill out a checking account application form and a savings account application to help them gain experience in this area. Show the students how to make a check on the computer. Show the students the website where the can pretend to choose a box of checks. Make the checks into a checkbook by stapling or binding if you have access to a binding machine.