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Cost of College
Career
Paying for College: FAFSA
Grade Level: 12 and parents
ASCA Standards Addressed:
Learning Strategies
1. Demonstrate critical-thinking skills to make informed decisions
7. Identify long and short-term academic, career and social/emotional
goals
9. Gather evidence and consider multiple perspectives to make informed
decisions
Self-Management Skills:
1. Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility
2. Demonstrate self-discipline and self-control
4 Demonstrate perseverance to achieve long and short-term goals
5. Demonstrate perseverance to achieve long and short-term goals
6. Demonstrate ability to overcome barriers to learning
10. Demonstrate ability to manage transitions and ability to adapt to
changing situations and responsibilities
Social Skills:
9. Demonstrate social maturity and behaviors appropriate to situation
and
environment
Core and/or Indiana Standards Addressed:
Academic Development
9-12.1.7
9-12.1.8
9-12.1.9
Developmental Asset(s) Addressed:
Career Readiness
Financial Literacy
Fiscal Responsibility
Self-management
Differentiated Instruction/Cultural Awareness:
Sign language interpreter for deaf students, if needed (staff)
ESL interpreter for our Spanish-speaking students, if needed (staff)
PowerPoint Presentation for Visual Learners

Learning Objective(s):
Students and parents will learn the basic definitions and concepts of filling
out the FAFSA. The presentation will be delivered by a Financial Aid
representative from a partnering institution, and will include interactive
elements, such as the opportunity for participants to test their knowledge
while playing Financial Aid Jeopardy. They will have the options of choosing
from several categories surrounding the topics of Financial Aid and students
who answer correctly will receive prizes.
Collaborative Partners:
Financial Aid representative from partnering institution.
Materials Needed:
PowerPoint
Financial Aid Jeopardy
Classroom that seats 100
Candy
Prizes (college materials, i.e. t-shirts, pennants, pens, etc.)
Activity Summary:
Students and parents will have the opportunity to learn from a Financial Aid
representative about ways to save and pay for college and also participate
in Financial Aid Jeopardy. They will have the options of choosing from
several categories surrounding the topics of Financial Aid and students and
parents who answer correctly will receive prizes.
Learning Activities: 90 minutes
Purpose of the Lessons/Confidentiality/Informed Consent (5 min)
Pre-test survey (5 min)
Financial Aid representative introduction and Cost of College PowerPoint
presentation (10 min)
Introduce 529 College Savings Plan options ( 10 min)
Discuss Mint Software services available for budgeting purposes (10 min)
Differentiate between scholarships, grants, subsidized/unsubsidized loans,
work-study options. (15 min)
Tips on how to save for college and graduate in four years (10 min)
Discuss Cost of Attending college (10 min)
Pass out general financial aid materials for students to keep and reference
throughout game ( 1 min)
Pull up Financial Aid Jeopardy PowerPoint: Bulldog Blitz.pptx ( 1 min)
Ask one student to start the game by selecting a category and amount ( 1
min)
If student answers correctly, they get to choose the next topic, but choose a
different student every time (if possible) to answer the question
correctly.
If student answers correctly, throw them a piece of candy!
Get through the entire game. At the end of game, do a drawing and choose
three names to get special prizes, which will be college gear donated
from

different universities (10 min)

Wrap up (2 min)

Evaluation Plan:
After this lesson, students should be well versed in the different forms of
loans,
scholarships and other financial aid opportunities. They will be
introduced to
the FAFSA and become familiar with the loan options and common
terms and
definitions. This game will be interactive, so we will be able to see
how
knowledgeable the students are throughout the game. The post-test
that will
be administered after the unit will also give us insight as to how
prepared
students feel for the cost of college and financial aid process
Process Data:
Student and parent attendance and participation during FAFSA lesson
Perception Data:
Pre-test survey will help measure the perception that students and parents
have about the costs of college and the process of filling the FAFSA
Outcome Data:
Post-test survey will help determine if students and parents gained
additional knowledge during the presentation, and also how confident they
feel about college access and affordability.
Follow Up:
Check in with students and parents after the lesson to acquire qualitative
data about the quality of the presentation and the takeaways.
Check in with CLD Staff during Lesson 2, to determine if students were able
to articulate what they learned from the FAFSA lesson.

Follow-Up Plan:
During Lesson 2, the facilitator will check in with students and ask them to
share what they learned from the FAFSA lesson. This small group discussion
will help students remember some of the key takeaways from the FAFSA

lesson.
References/Resources Used:
Financial Aid Jeopardy