You are a high school senior who lives in a rural community.  You have recently gotten a job at a prestigious high technology firm 30 miles away.  This is very good job, which will give you excellent experience and preparation for your future.  Right now you are borrowing the family car or your parents need to drop you off and pick you up.  They are often late.  You will be clearing $300 per week during the summer and $200 during the school year.  You need to convince your parents that you are financially capable of purchasing the car, the insurance and gas.  The problem is, your Father wants you to find a used car, your mother wants you to have a safe car and you want a sports car.
 

Each person needs to:

• Select a car (make, model and year)
• Find the best source of financing for the vehicle
• Locate the best insurance coverage and rates
• Present the findings in a visual form during a family forum

There are many sites on the Internet where you can look find information on purchasing cars, insurance and procuring financing..  You will be using:  The Kelly Blue Book, Automall,Quotesmith. Another site is the search engine Infind where you will need to search for "car buying."  You may also choose to visit local car dealerships, insurance agents and financial institutions.
 
 

1. You will need to work in teams of 3 and assign the role of mother, father and student
2. Once you have picked a role, you need to do research on cars, insurance and financing, selecting the best one for your
    role as outlined in the introduction.
3. You must do a visual presentation, which may be in the form of an oral argument, paper, graph, chart, spreadsheet,
     powerpoint presentation or combinations of 2 or more.

Evaluation

Your final project will be based on the following components:

1. Your rationale for the selection of the car, insurance and financing.
2. Your presentation technique
3. Your participation in the group.
Click in the work evaluation above for your project rubric

Conclusion

By now you as a group have reached consensus on purchasing a car, procured financing and obtained insurance information.  The process that you went though in locating information and supporting your decision with a presentation have given you real, lifelong skills.