COUPON FRENZY!

A Homemade PowerPoint GameBy

Jeanette Gordon & Kristen UrickUniversity of Georgia

Let’s Play!

Game Directions

Story

Credits

Copyright Notice

Game Preparation

Objectives

Items

The Story of “Coupon Frenzy”!Taylor is a Senior in high school, and will graduate in two

weeks! He/ she has been accepted to a major University, and has received the HOPE scholarship. However, Taylor’s parents have only allotted him or her $1150 to shop for the new dorm. The University requires that Taylor be equipped with specific items (found on items link). Taylor decides that he/she should begin the shopping so Taylor heads to the mall. When Taylor arrives he/she finds that the mall is having “Coupon Frenzy!” day. All Taylor has to do is answer a question at each store to receive a specific percentage off the purchase in that store. Taylor soon realizes the only way he/she can afford all of the items needed is to receive a majority of the coupons. Taylor cannot wait to begin his/ her bargain shopping!

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Game DirectionsThe goal of the game is to

purchase all of the items with the most amount of money left over.

To play the game you have to pick a store to start with and try to answer the “Coupon Quiz!”

To win the game you have to purchase all of your items, and return home with the most money!

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Game PreparationPrint out ITEMS: Slide 5

Print out Taylor’s balance sheet: Slide 29

SHOP!

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Shopping Items Bed-in-a-bag Pillow Laundry Supplies Bath Towels Shower Basket Curtains/ blinds Rug/ carpet Telephone

Refrigerator Microwave Desk Desk Chair Lap Top w/ Printer

Combo Folding Chair Decorations One Month Food

Supply

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CreditsAll teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are

cited.

• Originally designed by Jeanette Gordon & Kristen Urick, University of Georgia, May 23rd 2003, with the title “Coupon Frenzy”!

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Educational Objectives

• Audience– Grades 9th – 12th

• Subject Area: Business Education– Basic concepts in finance

– Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of basic economic concepts and how they are applied in the business functions and activities.

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Copyright• Copyright 2003 Jeanette Gordon & Kristen Urick• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all

teachers and students of non-profit schools. • Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-

profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.

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Time to play “Coupon Frenzy”!

• Let’s begin playing the game!• Select a store at the Coupon Frenzy Mall• Once you enter the store answer the

question to receive your discount• Travel around the mall to purchase all of

your items!

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Coupon Frenzy Mall

“Coupon Frenzy” MallLinens& Stuff

Laundry

BathLinens

Let theBig Dawg

Eat!

CoolWindow Covers

Folding Chairs Plus Decorations

PillowWorld

Appliances

Bubble BathExtravaganza

ComputersUnlimited

Electronics

Carpets Plus

The Desk Outlet

Furniture Accessories

KitchenAccessories

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Bed-in-a-bag: $80.00

An economy is a system of managing theproductive and employment resources of

a CountryCommunityBusinessAll of the above

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Refrigerator: $100.00

Buying this item will increase productionand consumption in the economy which iscalled

Economic growthExpansionRecessionEconomic cycle

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Telephone: $10.00

A wavelike pattern of economic activity thatincludes temporary phases that undulate fromboom to bust is called the

Business circleBusiness cycle InflationEconomic cycle

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Lap top with printer: $1000.00

You will increase retail sales when you buy this itemand send the economy to the ______ phase, whereproduction is at high capacity, unemployment is low,retail sales are high, and prices and interest rates arelow or falling.

RecessionGrowthDeclineExpansion

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Pillow: $20.00

If you do not buy an item, you may contribute toa ______, which is generally described as adecline in business activity or a downturn in the economy.

RecessionExpansionDeclineGrowth

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Curtains: $100.00

After a recession the economy will move into the_____ phase, where levels of production,employment, and retail sales begin to improve,allowing the overall economy to experience somegrowth from its previously weakened state.

StableRecoveryGoodBad

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Bath Towels: $75.00

______ is the value of all goods and servicesproduced by workers and capital located in

theU.S., regardless of ownership.

Index of leading economic indicatorsEconomic valueGross domestic productService value

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Shower Basket: $10.00

The ______ is a composite index, reported monthly

by the Conference Board, that suggests the future

direction of the U.S. economy.Service valueEconomic valueIndex of leading economic indicatorsGross domestic productCoupon Frenzy

Mall

A

C

B

D

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Desk: $100.00

A steady rise in the general level ofprices is called_______.

DeflationGrowthIncrease of price indexInflation

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Rug/Carpet: $60.00

________ involves falling prices.Decrease of prices indexDeclineInflationDeflation

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Desk Chair: $50.00

To maintain _____, your income must rise as the prices rise.

PowerMoneyPurchasing powerStatus

Coupon FrenzyMall

A

C

B

D

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Microwave: $45.00

The U.S. government measures inflation

using the ________.Consumer price indexInflation rulerScale raterInflation calculatorCoupon Frenzy

Mall

A

C

B

D

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Folding Chair: $50.00

As you purchase items your ________ mayvary as it measures the rate of increase inprices of items purchased by a particularindividual.

Personal inflationPersonal ratePersonal increasePersonal finances

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A

C

B

D

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Laundry Supplies: $100.00

The _______ of buying this item ismeasured as the value of the next bestalternative that must be foregone.

CostConsequenceOpportunity costRewards

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A

C

B

D

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Decorations: $50.00

______ is the ability of a good or service to

satisfy a human want.SatisfactionUtilityOpportunity costReward Coupon Frenzy

Mall

A

C

B

D

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Food Supply: $ 150.00

______ is having the extra satisfactionderived from having one more

incrementalunit of a product or service.

UtilityMarginal costOpportunity costMarginal utilityCoupon Frenzy

Mall

A

C

B

D

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CORRECT!!!!•Congratulations!

•You may receive this coupon

•Take the given percentage off of this purchase

Return to Question

INCORRECT!•You cannot receive this

coupon•You must pay full price for this item

•Good luck next time!Return to Question

Balance SheetItem % of Coupon Amount Before

CouponAmount After

CouponBalance

1500