Number | Requirement in Brief |
B-101 | Open a savings account and learn about interest. |
B-102 | Make and follow a savings plan. |
B-103 | Find out about financial services. |
B-104 | Follow a purchase plan. |
B-105 | Ask an adult how he/she keeps track of income and expenditures. |
B-106 | Create a personal budget. |
B-107 | Learn about credit cards. |
B-108 | Borrow money from a family member and pay interest on it. |
B-109 | Make something and price it to sell. |
B-110 | Work as a salesperson at a money-making event. |
B-111 | Participate in a fund raiser. |
B-112 | Make a plan to donate money to your church or synagogue. |
B-113 | Learn about travelers' checks. |
B-114 | Learn about a contract. |
B-115 | Draw up a contract with a family member to do some kind of service. |
B-116 | Learn about the stock market. |
B-117 | Visit a stock exchange. |
B-118 | Figure the cost of owning a pet. |
B-119 | Find out about insurance. |
B-120 | Go with your family for a major purchase. |
B-121 | Learn about selling or buying a home. |
B-122 | Learn about the cost of living in the past. |
B-123 | Comparison shop. |
B-124 | Get information from three stores on one item and make a chart. |
B-125 | Compute tax on an item. |
B-126 | Eat at a restaurant, figure the tip, and pay the bill. |
B-127 | Write a business letter requesting product information. |
B-128 | Write a business letter stating dissatisfaction with a product. |
B-129 | Buy a product with a rebate coupon and send it in. |
B-130 | Buy a mail order item. |
B-131 | Send in a warranty card. |
B-132 | Swap services for something you want. |
B-133 | Organize and use coupons. |
B-134 | Compare prices between a full-service grocery store and a warehouse store. |
B-135 | Compare prices between a grocery store and a convenience store. |
B-136 | Compare prices between a grocery store and a food cooperative. |
B-137 | Compare prices between different brands at the same store. |
B-138 | Find out how much money your family spends on food and figure out how to lower the bill. |
B-139 | Find out how much your family spends monthly on utilities. |
B-140 | Watch TV commercials at different times of the day and try to figure out who they are marketing to. |
B-141 | Write your own ad for a product. |
B-142 | Review your recent purchases and decide if they were good or bad. |
B-143 | Pretend to spend $500. |
B-144 | Be treasurer of your group for one month. |
B-145 | Be in charge of refreshments for four Camp Fire meetings. |
B-146 | Be part of the Camp Fire product sales. |
B-147 | Sell tickets to a Camp Fire event. |
B-148 | Help make a budget for a Camp Fire outing. |
B-149 | Keep a record of your own expenses on a club trip. |
B-150 | Learn how a Camp Fire store operates. |
B-151 | Learn about the council's finance committee. |
B-152 | Work as a sales person at a council event. |
B-153 | Participate in a club fundraiser. |
B-154 | Serve on the purchasing committee for a club event. |
B-155 | Learn how to run a formal business meeting. |
B-156 | Learn the proper way to introduce a special guest at your meeting. |
B-157 | Write a letter to a business asking for a tour, then write a thank-you note afterward. |
B-158 | Make a calling chart for your Camp Fire club. |
B-159 | Learn how to take minutes at a meeting. |
B-160 | Learn how to lead a discussion. |
B-161 | Be in charge of a committee. |
B-162 | Read about the development of computers. |
B-163 | Watch how information in entered in a computer. |
B-164 | Learn how a computerized check-out system works. |
B-165 | Find out how computers are used in business. |
B-166 | Collect information on different kinds of computers. |
B-167 | List items in your home that use microprocessors. |
B-168 | Talk to someone with a computer-related occupation. |
B-169 | Learn how information is encoded on punch cards. |
B-170 | Learn something from a computer. |
B-171 | Write a story about how computers will be used in the future. |
B-172 | Survey people of different ages about how they view computers. |
B-173 | Learn flow chart symbols used by a computer programmer. |
B-174 | Take a course on how to operate a computer. |
B-175 | Write a computer program. |
B-176 | Visit a computer store. |
B-177 | Learn about computer software. |
B-178 | Make a computer wish list. |
B-179 | Read a computer or video game magazine. |
B-180 | Make up your own computer game. |
B-181 | Compare video games. |
B-182 | Learn to operate a business machine. |
B-183 | Visit a job placement agency. |
B-184 | Talk to someone in a business career you are interested in. |
B-185 | Read the help wanted ads and look at some jobs that might interest you. |
B-186 | Talk to someone who interviews job applicants. |
B-187 | Ask someone to explain payroll deductions to you. |
B-188 | Write a story about yourself in a business job in the future. |
B-189 | Talk to someone with a home business. |
B-190 | Get a Social Security card and memorize your number. |
B-191 | Find out about unemployment services. |
B-192 | Talk to a working parent and one who stays home to
care for children. Find out what they like and dislike about their lifestyles. |
B-193 | Tour a workplace and talk to people in a variety of jobs. |
B-194 | Find out the laws in your state about young people working. |
B-195 | Read the "Situation Wanted" ads and write your own "Situation Wanted" ad. |
B-196 | Spend a day on the job with someone. |
B-197 | Talk to people who do and don't belong to a union and get their opinions on unions. |
B-198 | Find out about businesses owned by men and by women. |
B-199 | Locate three consumer representatives. |
B-200 | Find out what a not-for-profit agency is. |
B-201 | Take a behind-the-scenes tour of a business you like. |
B-202 | Trace a product to its original source. |
B-203 | Find out about repair places in your community. |
B-204 | Talk to store managers about shoplifting. |
B-205 | Visit an advertising agency. |
B-206 | Learn about the Better Business Bureau. |
B-207 | Find out about the notary public. |
B-208 | Visit a communications business. |
B-209 | Learn about products manufactured in your area. |
B-210 | Learn how angry customers are handled. |
B-211 | Find out how merchandise is ordered. |
B-212 | Learn about postal package rates. |
B-213 | Learn about sending letters and packages to a foreign country. |
B-214 | Write for free government pamphlets. |
B-215 | Learn about business insurance. |
B-216 | Help someone new learn about local businesses in your area. |
B-217 | Learn how to get gas and electricity hooked up for your home. |
B-218 | Learn how to use a telephone directory. |
B-219 | Use the yellow pages. |
B-220 | Learn how to start a business. |
B-221 | Learn how someone keeps up to date in their field. |
B-222 | Learn about your chamber of commerce. |
B-223 | Learn how a store is made safe for shoppers. |
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