Summer jobs teach younger generations some essential skills and work ethic, while also emphasizing the importance of managing money and saving. However, data shows that there's been a decline in summer jobs among teenagers. This week's episode of FinCap Friday explores the reasons behind this phenomenon and your students will get a chance to weigh in:

Click here to access the Kahoot quiz and discussion prompt. If you're short on time for this activity, try our simplified No Tech version, containing embedded questions right in the slide deck!

Check out all the FinCap Friday episodes here! They're not date-dependent so many of the 195+ in our catalog dating back to August 2018 may work throughout the year! 

About the Authors

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!

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Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.

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