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FACTS :

• Pocket money 'cut for youngsters'
  "The average weekly amount fell from £6.24 a week in 2009 to £5.89 a week this year,
  the bank's poll of eight to 15-year-olds found...
  "Teaching children how to manage their own pocket money is a great first step to building
  good financial awareness in our youngsters."
  (BBC)
  See Lesson plans

  

• What do you do with your pocket money? (CBBC Newsround)

• What do you spend your pocket money on? (CBBC Newsround)
  "Children in the UK are spending an average of £1.75 a day on the way to and from school, new research has revealed."

• Children's views on pocket money (headliners.org)

• Surveys of pocket money (BBC)

• Children's pocket money falls 17p (BBC)

• Scots children get most cash (guardian.co.uk)

• Over 75s still giving kids pocket money (smh.com.au)

LISTENING :

• Are you good at saving money ? (elllo.org)
  + questions + transcript
  
  

• Spending Money (esl-lab.com)
  I. Pre-Listening Exercises II. Listening Exercises III. Post-Listening Exercises
  'Did you receive allowance from your parents when you were child? How about now?
  Did you have to do household chores to earn the money? How did you spend it?"

ACTIVITIES TO PRINT :

• Worksheet: Kids' pocket money gets big boost (CBBC Newsround)
  A text with questions

LESSON PLANS :

• Weak Economy Hits Kids’ Pocket Money (20th September, 2010) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  See Facts

• Pocket money - 3 pages (english-4u.com)
  
  

• Pocket money and pester power (British Council)
  Theme: Young people's spending habits in the UK, teenagers working.
  Introduction
  1. Your consumer habits (with a questionnaire)
  2. Pocket money and pester power
  3. How do you compare?
  4. Class survey
  5. Discussion
  + CLASSROOM MATERIALS

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SONGS :

• Pocket Money by Carole King (metrolyrics.com)
  "No friends, no dreams, no pocket money.
  So, I'm gonna keep movin'.
  No pocket money."

VIDEOS :

• Pocket Money
  "A beautifully shot film accompanied by a simple, poignant poem read by two children to highlight the stark contrast
  between youngsters who have and youngsters who have not."
  (YouTube)

• POCKET MONEY (BBC)
  "Yvette's learning to deal with the financial side of life. She just bought a new phone with the money she saved up from babysitting.
  She has heard that British children get the most pocket money in Europe.
  She doesn't get much pocket money - but she's quite satisfied with what she is given."

• Kimberley Interview on Sunrise about Pocket Money (YouTube)