Instead of merely distributing knowledge, I looked for a way for students to understand the importance of budgeting and internalize it effectively. It is novel in that it is a new idea, using an interactive game to teach budgeting (though I did find it online so it could be argued that it is not very novel). It is effective since it lets students see the importance of budgeting and the consequences of poor money management. It is whole since it references many aspects of budgeting and financial literacy that have been taught in pervious lessons in this unit.
