Using Cash Clash in the Classroom

Time: One 45-minute class period; 2-4 quizzes per period

Overview: Students play Cash Clash, a competitive financial literacy trivia game.

Introduction: In Cash Clash, players compete against each other in timed, head-to-head trivia.

Objectives:
Through the game, the student will…

• - Engage in friendly competition with their peers
• - Apply reasoning and deduction skills to pick the correct answer in multiple choice questions
• - Test their general knowledge of financial literacy with questions covering these topics:
  • - Income & Careers
  • - Taxes
  • - Spending Wisely
  • - Budgeting
  • - Saving
  • - Investing
  • - Insurance
  • - Fraud & Identity Theft
  • - Credit & Credit Scores
  • - Borrowing & Loans

How to set up a private game for your class:

• - Have all players go to the following URL: https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-cash-clash
• - From your computer, or a student's computer, create a Match by clicking "Create Match" and set it to "Private". (note that the creator of the match will be part of the game, but doesn't need to answer).
• - Choose from three preset game modes:
  • - We recommend "Versus" or "Teams" to start (Hardcore Versus is quite unforgiving because players aren't allowed to make mistakes).
  • - In "Versus," each student plays solo.
  • - In "Teams," students can form teams by picking a color.

The "Consensus" setting controls how teams answer.

• - Enabled - any team member can change the team's answer
• - Disabled - the choice with the most votes is submitted

• - You can fine tune each game mode further by clicking the "Custom" tab and tweaking the settings in it:
• - Once you've set up the game mode to your liking, you can invite your students by clicking the "Invite Friends" button.
  • - This will copy a URL to your clipboard. Send this URL to your students and ask them to paste it in the address bar of their browser.
  • - They should join the game automatically (they can customize their character before joining).
• - Depending on your preference and how you think your students will best respond, you can change the scoring system:
  • - Progressive - The default setting. Correct answers start at 100 points, then increase in value as the game goes on. No extra points are given for speed or answering first.
  • - Order - Points are given based on who was the quickest between players
  • - Fixed - Each question awards the same number of points
  • - Speed - Points are given based on how quickly the question is answered
  • - Streak - Players earn more points for consecutive correct answers; an incorrect answer resets the streak