Unit 6: Family Project Packet

Here are the Rules!

1. Do not let your egg-babies die!
2. Do not let your children out of your sight (babies must be with you at all times!)
3. No babysitting
4. Injured children (cracks) can be taken to the doctor (Mr. Ring)
5. Eggnapping can either be taken care of through paying of ransom or through the police;
however, the police will impact grade (Mr.Ring)
4. All homes MUST be in the Westerville School District
5. Maximum of two kids per room in a home
6. Every working adult needs a car
7. Contact with outside agencies and field trips may be necessary
8. DO NOT purchase anything from the grocery store for this project
9. Complete the year long budget using take home income
This will be what you submit at the end of the project along with your children and family budget.
Basic Information: Day 1
Spouse Names:
1. Abby Phillips 2. Christina Shrigley
Childrens Name(s):
1. Bertha
Jobs:
1. Food Manager 2. Hair Dresser
Average Annual Income: Use Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm)
Job 1: Food Manager $48,700 per year
Job 2: Hair Dresser $25,300per year
Yearly Taxes: Based on 1st Quarter Grade Percentage
Ave. Salary X Grade Percentage = Take Home Salary; Ave. Salary - Take Home Salary
Job 1: Yearly Taxes - $1,771Take Home Salary - $23,529
Job 2: Yearly Taxes - $11,688 Take Home Salary - $37,012
Total Family Yearly Salary: $60,541
Child Care Costs and Budget: Day 2
You will be asked to figure out childcare for your child and complete your mock 12 month budget
by filling in your costs into the appropriate spots. No Family Child Care!
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Average Ohio cost of childcare: $8,482
Research a childcare option that could work for your family. You may need to contact a daycare
facility or get rough pricing from the internet.
Monthly cost of childcare: Choose daycare or in home care (circle one)
Childcare cost - $600 per month (use this cost in your budget)
Whom is providing your childs care: YMCA Delaware

Homes: Day 3
In this section you will be choosing a family home and identifying the mortgage that goes with
that home (Realtor.com, Zillow.com, King Thompson.com, etc.)
Home Size: 1,164sq. ft. Beds: 3 Baths: 1.5 Lot Size: none
Schools: Elementary - Whitter Middle - Genoa High - South
Mortgage/Rent: Use website mortgage calculator (down payment = 20% home cost, Interest
3.5%)
Cost - $67,000 Total, $247 per month
Address: 20 King Arthur Ct, Westerville, Ohio 43081
Home Insurance: Cost $960 per year, Cost $80 per month
Cars: Day 3
You will both need to find child safe cars and insurance. (cars.com and esurance.com)
Car 1: Make - Ford Model - Escape Year - 2007 Mileage - 78,023
Car 2: Make - Chevy Model - Malibu Year - 2003 Mileage - 60,000
Car Insurance: Cost $2,844 per year, Cost $237 per month
Food: Day 4
You will be asked to select 5 meals you plan to cook for a week and go grocery shopping to get
accurate costs of weekly groceries. Be sure to include ingredients into your shopping list.
Meal 1: Hot Dog on bun, water
Ingredients: Hot dog, bun

Meal 2: Macaroni, water

Ingredients: Macaroni, milk, butter

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Meal 3: Chicken and strawberries, water

Ingredients: Chicken and strawberries

Meal 4: chicken nuggets, water

Ingredients: chicken nuggets, water

Meal 5:Pizza,Water
Ingredients:Pizza Water

Grocery List Below:Add ingredients from your meals to your shopping list (use extra sheet if needed)
Food

Brand

Cost

Apples

Honey Crisp

$1.24 each

Strawberries

Meijer

$2.00

Bananas

Bananas

0.26 each

Blueberries

Meijer

$3.00

Milk

Mejer Fat Free Milk

$1.79

Orange Juice

Meijer

$2.50

Yogurt

Mejer Yogurt

2 for 4

Lettuce

Ice Burg

0.98

Hot Dogs

Mejer Hot Dogs

$4.29

Hot Dog Buns

Wonder White Hot Dogs

$2.99

Potato Chips

Food Should Taste Good

Sweet Potato Chips

0.99 each

Spaghetti

Wide Home Style

$2.79

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Pasta Sauce

Ragu

$3.09 each

Cheese

Kraft Natural Cheese

$3.39 each

Cereal

General Mills Minion

$3.19 each

Gatorade

Gatorade G2, Fruit Punch, 6

Pk/12 oz

$2.99

Rice

Lundberg White Rice Organic

Basmati - 32 oz

$6.89 each

Ketchup

38 oz Heinz

$2.89

Mustard

Heinz Yellow Mustard

$2.29

Ice Cream

Hudson Ice 56 oz

$3.49

Diapers

Huggies 92 ct

$24.99

Chicken Nuggets

64 ounces Tyson

$9.99

Broccoli

Crowns

$1.19

Corn

Yellow Sweet Corn

3 for $10

Green Beans

Green Beans

$1.49 per pound

Peanut Butter

Jif

$2.49

Jelly

Meijer Jelly

$1.79/each

Bread

Pepperidge Farm White

Bread

$3.49

Baby Food (5 jars)

Meijer Baby Food

$0.55 /each

Meal #1 Cost

Hot dog

$7.28

Meal #2 Cost

Chicken and strawberries

$10.00

Meal #3 Cost

Macaroni

$9.76

Meal #4 Cost

chicken nuggets

$9.99

Meal #5 Cost

Pizza

$7.00

Total: $155.06

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Budget: Day 5 Fill in the 12 month budget (see attached)
Were you able to save money after 12 months?

Yes every month we had extra money, we were never negative.

What seems like the most difficult part of having a family?

Keeping track of all the money and not just buying things for yourself.

What was the most eye-opening aspect of the project?

Seeing how expensive a child actually is.

How important is education in providing for a family?

Very important, no matter what usually, is you have more education you will make more than
someone who doesn't.

Journal Prompts: Write Journals Below

Day 1: Find out everything about your spouse. (birthday, favorite food, likes/dislikes, etc.)
Day 2: How do you decide who/where to employ to watch your child?
Day 3: What were the most important and least important factors in choosing a home and car?
Day 4: What insurance did you decide to purchase and what investments did you decide to
make?
Day 5: What factors played into where you shopped and the brands you chose to purchase?
Day 6: What did you learn from this assignment? (Costs, Responsibility, Relationships, etc.)

Day 1 - 11/16/1998, tacos, hate when people chew really loud, likes shopping, nails done etc.

Day 2 - We both work so we have to put our kid in daycare.

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Day 3 - most important- cost, least important- area located

Day 4 - car and house and we just added to our savings each month with the extra money we
had at the end of each month.

Day 5 - We definitely just went with the generic brands, they are way cheaper.

Day 6 - I learned how expensive a child actually is and how hard it is to keep track of all the
money, child care is also so expensive and it was crazy to see how much it was.

Rubric:
A

Soc 6.1.A:
Keep eggbabies alive
and safe

No cracks, dead
babies, or neglect
issues

Minor crack or a
minor neglect issue

Soc 6.1.B:
Run a
realistic,
family focused
budget

Outline and
include all realistic
costs of
opportunities for
your family

Soc 6.1.C:
Complete all
family
oriented tasks
Posting/
Directions/
Productivity

Lost a child, major

crack, or major
neglect issue

Lost more than one

child, multiple major
cracks, or multiple
neglect issues

No surviving egg
babies

Create a budget
with fairly realistic
costs and
opportunities for
your family

Somewhat unrealistic
budget for your family

very unrealistic
budget for your
family

No budget
submitted

Completed and
documented all
family activities

Completed all but

one family activity

Completed most of
the family activities

Completed some of
the family activities

Completed no
family activities

Successfully post
project to web
pages, follow
directions
accurately, and be
productive during
time allotted to
work on the
project.

Successfully post
project, follow
directions, but waste
class time

Successfully post
project, omit aspects
pertaining to
directions, and waste
class time.

Issues with posting

project on time, poor
following of
directions, and
wasting class time.

Incomplete
project.