Curated OER
What Can You Do With Money?
Learners watch a Biz Kidz video about money, learn what they can do with money, and fill out worksheets on what they learn. Students learn about spending, saving, donating, and investing.
Curated OER
Rights and Responsibilities: Making the Connection
Students examine the Bill of Rights. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students identify the responsibilities that accompany the 5 basic guaranteed rights in the Bill of Rights. Students interview a community member regarding...
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Cybercrooks lure citizens into international crime
Students fill in a graphic organizer about suspicious websites and why they should stay away from them. For this website lesson plan, students read about crime on the Internet, and how these cybercrooks steal identities. Students fill in...
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Managing Your Money
Students use the internet to gather information on saving money. They describe the history of money and the responsibilities of the United States Mint. They list their own personal goals and keep a journal as they operate a lemonade...
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Fairness in Taxes
Students identify and describe two criterion of tax fairness: benefits received and the ability to pay and distinguish between wealth and income as measures of ability to pay.
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Emissions Trading
Learners produce manufactured good, barter for sales, encounter government officials, make choices about emissions, trade carbon credits and share findings in order to understand how carbon trading could affect industry from an economic...
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Radio Program #14-The Back to the Land Movement
Students identify the impact of the "Back to the Land" movement on the Appalachian area. They interview people who have moved back or know someone who has moved back to the Appalachian area. Students graph out profiles of "typical"...
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Teaching Economics As If People Mattered
Learners work together to brainstorm and answer questions related to economics. They compare and contrast the different types of wealth. They discuss how wealth is different than income.
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Bank Comparison Activity
Pupils experience the responsibility of finding a bank that fits their needs. They describe the role of planning and maintaining a balanced budget. Students view brochures from various banks or websites to various banks.
Wolters Kluwer
Small Business Guide: Do You Have the Right Stuff to Run a Small Business?
Very comprehensive site with links to all of the roles you must be experienced in to run a small business successfully. Roles such as tax collector, manager/boss, sales/marketing/advertising executive, accountant, etc. are discussed.
Wolters Kluwer
Small Business Guide: Accounts Receivable
This article describes recording sales on account in a sales and cash receipts journal and then posting to an accounts receivable ledger. It also describes the relationship between the accounts receivable ledger and the general ledger....
Wolters Kluwer
Small Business Guide: Working With Your Accountant
This site advises small business owners when to hire an accountant to help with financial statements. Links for selecting an accountant and preparing financial statements for an accountant are included.
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General Ledger: Small Business Accounting
This site describes the general ledger and its importance in an accounting system and its relationship to the subsidiary ledgers. The site explains how to set up the general ledger, how the General Ledger Creates an Audit Trail, and more.
Wolters Kluwer
Small Business Guide: Managing Your Business Finances
Financial management and its key concepts are outlined at this site. Additional links on subjects such as cash flow management, credit and collections, and financial analysis are provided.