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. Kirsten Swank 2. Kaytlin Blythe
Childrens Name(s):
1. Lux Cassidy Swank 2. Landen Anthony Swank
Jobs:
1. Unemployed 2. Waitress
Average Annual Income: Use Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm)
Job 1: Unemployed $__None___________ per year
Job 2: Waitress $ 18, 540 per 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 - $7,044.20 Take Home Salary - $11,494.80
Job 2: Yearly Taxes - $ 0 Take Home Salary - $0
Total Family Yearly Salary: $ 11,494.80
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 - $__0___ per month (use this cost in your budget)
Whom is providing your childs care: Kirsten Swank since Unemployed

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: ____288______ sq. ft. Beds: ___1____ Baths: ___1____ Lot Size:
____none_____
Schools: Elementary - ____State Hill Elementary__________ Middle - ___Worthingway Middle
School__________ High - __Thomas Worthington High School_____________
Mortgage/Rent: Use website mortgage calculator (down payment = 20% home cost, Interest
3.5%)
Cost - $_____6180______ Total, $_____515______ per month
Address: _______1481 Bunch Line Dr. Westerville, OH
43081___________________________________________________________
Home Insurance: Cost $_____120__________ per year, Cost $___10___________ per month
(CAR AND RENTER INSURANCE BUNDLED INTO $10 per month- Allstate)
Cars: Day 3
You will both need to find child safe cars and insurance. (cars.com and esurance.com)
Car 1: Make - _____honda______ Model - ____odyssey EX-L_________ Year - _2004______
Mileage - _193,360_______
Car 2: Unemployed, dont need another one! Make - ___________ Model - _____________
Year - _______ Mileage - ________
Car Insurance: Cost $__120________ per year, Cost $______10______ per month
( CAR AND RENTER INSURANCE TOGETHER^^^)
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: Pace Ready Meal $2.00
Ingredients: Southwest style chicken

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Meal 2: Craft Deluxe Mac and Cheese $2.48

Ingredients: Noodles, Mac and cheese sauce

Meal 3: Hormel Compeats $2.50

Ingredients: Chilli with Beans

Meal 4: Cambells SpaghettiOs 4 pack $3.62

Ingredients: Spaghetti sauce, original pasta

Meal 5: Dinty Moore Beef Stew Microwave Bowls $2.25

Ingredients: Beef stew with fresh potatoes and carrots

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

Brand

Cost

Apples

granny smith

$3.76

Strawberries

dole

$3.99

Bananas

organic

$2.06

Blueberries

meijer

$3.99

Milk

meijer fat free

$1.79

Orange Juice

simple orange pulp free

$3.99

Yogurt

lifeway kefir

$2.99

Lettuce

iceburg

$0.98

Hot Dogs

Meijer

$4.29

Hot Dog Buns

Wonder

$2.29

Potato Chips

lays

$2.50

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Spaghetti

prince

$1.09

Pasta Sauce

Ragu

$3.09

Cheese

Kraft

$5.00 for 2

Cereal

General Mills

$2.88

Gatorade

Gatorade

$5.79

Rice

Rice-A-Roni

$1.00

Ketchup

Heinz

$2.89

Mustard

Frenchs

$1.79

Ice Cream

Purity

$3.49

Diapers

Pampers

$8.99

Chicken Nuggets

Banquet

$1.15

Broccoli

Meijer

$1.29

Corn

Meijer

3 for $2.00

Green Beans

Pero Family Farms

$3.49

Peanut Butter

Jif

$2.49

Jelly

Smuckers

$1.99

Bread

Pepperidge Farm

$2.79

Baby Food (5 jars)

Meijer baby

$2.75 for 5

Meal #1 Cost

Pace ready meal

$2.00

Meal #2 Cost

Craft Deluxe Mac and cheese

$2.48

Meal #3 Cost

Hormel Compeats

$2.50

Meal #4 Cost

Campbells Spaghetti Os

$3.62

Meal #5 Cost

Dinty Moore Beef Stew

$2.25

Total: $___99.44_________
Budget: Day 5 Fill in the 12 month budget (see attached)
Were you able to save money after 12 months?

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No because we got awful jobs

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

Learning to compromise with your partner

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

Life is expensive. Why do we have to be punished and have to buy these things, what if I
wanted to be a dog.

How important is education in providing for a family?

The better the education you have, the better job you can get to support your family.

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 - Birthday: April 2nd Favorite Food: Mac and Cheese Likes/Dislikes: Like sleeping, dont
like seafood.

Day 2 - I am unemployed so I will be watching the children.

Day 3 - Most important was budgeting our money, least important is how small the apartment is.

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Day 4 - We have Allstate insurance. There was a bundle deal for car and renters insurance. It is
bundled together to be only $10 a month.

Day 5 - Whichever is the cheapest affected our decision on which brand we would purchase.

Day 6 - Kids are a lot of money, it is insane! Relationships are a lot of work to work together and
compromise on what you want to buy and how you want to raise your children.

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.