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Congratulations you have just married the love of your life. Now that the honeymoon is over you have some things to think about. You have to start planning your future life together. Where do you and your spouse want to reside? Who will be the best realtor for you? How will you pay for your mortgage?

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You will determine the safest neighborhoods in your area by researching the crime rates online and looking at past incidents.

You will also learn how to compare realtors by looking at reviews of past clients. You will have to determine if these are credible sources.

You will also learn about interest rates by researching the rates that various banks will provide you for your mortgage loans.

You will then collaborate all of the information you found into a video presentation with your spouse.

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1. First you will be broken into groups of 2. Your partner will serve as your “spouse”. 2. You will pretend that you met at the University of Akron, and that you are looking to find a house in the

surrounding area. Use a search engine (ex. Google) to find the crime rates of Green, Wadsworth, Hudson, Cuyahoga Falls, and Canton. Determine where it will be safest for you and your spouse to reside.

3. Next you will compare reviews of competing realtors in the area. Remember the 5 W’s to determine if the source you are getting your review from is credible.

Realtors you may want to research:

1. www.incredibleagents.com2. www.zillow.com/directory3. www.homethinking.com

The 5 W’s – Make sure you can answer these 5 questions about the source you are getting your information from

Who?What?When?Where?Why?

Make sure to answer all of these questions about each source that you use. Make sure to cite your information that you have used at the end of your video presentation.

4. Next you will try to find competitve loan rates from banks in the area. Please keep track of which bank is able to provide you with the lowest interest rate. 1. Huntington Banks2. Fifth-Third3. Key Bank

5. Finally, you are to collaborate all of this information into a video showing what neighborhood you two have decided to live in, which realtor earned your trust, and which bank could provide you with the best rates. Make sure to cite all of the internet sources that you used throughout your research. You may make the video with Moviemaker and even share it on YouTube.

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CATEGORY 4 3 2 1Delegation of Responsibility Each student in the group

can clearly explain what information is needed by the group, what information s/he is responsible for locating, and when the information is needed.

Each student in the group can clearly explain what information s/he is responsible for locating.

Each student in the group can, with minimal prompting from peers, clearly explain what information s/he is responsible for locating.

One or more students in the group cannot clearly explain what information they are responsible for locating.

Quality of Sources Researchers independently locate at least 2 reliable, interesting information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Researchers independently locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Researchers, with some adult help, locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Researchers, with extensive adult help, locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Plan for Organizing Information

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered and in the final research product. All students can independently explain the planned organization of the research findings.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information in the final research product. All students can independently explain this plan.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered. All students can independently explain most of this plan.

Students have no clear plan for organizing the information AND/OR students in the group cannot explain their organizational plan.

Video Quality Students have developed an informative and entertaining video that answer all 3 questions and properly cite their sources.

Students have developed and informative video that somewhat answers all 3 questions and properly cite their sources.

Students have developed a video and have answered at least 2 of the questions. Some information is properly cited.

Students developed a video that answers less than 2 of the questions and does not cite their sources.

Date Created: Oct 15, 2012 08:43 pm (CDT)

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You and your future spouse have successfully made in through some of life’s new challenges as newlyweds. You learned the importance of finding credible sources for reviews so you are being provided with the correct information. You also learned how to compare interest rates. Congratulations for making it through these tough times together.

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