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Topic	State Standards and Benchmarks Assessed	Resources, Materials and Notes	QUIA.com activities and quizzes, tetss	Activities and Assignments
Developing a Business Mindset		What is a business? - handwritten notes from class Notes 9-8-09 (word document) - seeking profit, good and service Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index The Economy at a Glance SparkNotes: Measuring the Economy		Levi Strauss case study I, Pencil essay (copy handed out in class) Vocabulary Practice - Levi Strauss Activity Vocabulary Practice - Chapter 1 Textbook Intro to Economics - video lessons Venn Diagram creator - 2 circles Venn Diagram creator -- 3 circles
Communication	Resources 4.2: Students suggest modifications to existing systems and develop new or alternative ideas for systems to improve performance. (quiz link) Technology: 5.4 Students apply safe and ethical practices when using workplace technologies (quiz link ) Resources 4.1: Students evaluate the quality and performance of a variety of systems. (quiz link) Interpersonal Skills Benchmark 2.4 : Students demonstrate and/or teach a learned skill. (teaching lesson template and follow up quiz link)	Online Lives		Copyright (homework -- you need Internet access)

Personal Finance	Standard 1. RESOURCES: Students effectively manage time, money, materials, work space, and human resources. Benchmarks 1.3 Students prioritize and manage time, materials, work space, and resources to set and achieve goals *District Assessment 1.3 (teacher observation)* 1.1. Students prepare and analyze personal or business financial information. (quiz link) 1.2 Students assess individual skills, evaluate, and adjust their performance accordingly. (quiz link)	EverFi Financial Literacy Program	See Standards	Email Etiquette and Procedures (from online lives above) JHHS Network/Internet Guidelines (AUP) (from online lives above)
Business Structures	Standard 3. INFORMATION: Students acquire and use workplace information. 3.1. Students acquire and evaluate workplace information. 3.2. Students organize and update workplace information. 3.3. Students interpret and communicate workplace information. 3.4. Students use technology to process workplace information. 3.5. Students acquire and evaluate workplace information. (quiz link)	nolo.com Online Article: Choosing the Best Ownership Structure for Your Business nolo.com Learn About Business Structures Entrepreneur.com List of Articles about Business Structures Small Business Administration - Choose the Right Structure How Stuff Works - Business Structures (good section on taxation)	See Standards for quizzes Vocabulary Practice #1 Vocabulary Practice #2	Comic: Advantages and Disadvantages of Business Structures (partner/team) -- grade sheet
Corporations and Personal Finance		Stock Market		Stock Market Lesson Stock market Price Lesson Link
Ownership and Mortgages
Working as a Team , Office Communications	Standard 2: Interpersonal Skills Benchmark 2.1 Benchmark 2.2 Benchmark 2.3			Leadership and Teamwork
Marketing	Standard 5: Technology Benchmark 5.1 Benchmark 5.2 Benchmark 5.3	Subliminal "persuasion" (Parade.com)		Marketing Terms Utility Review for Quiz
Previous Years' Materials...
08-09 Developing a Business Mindset		What is business? (group poster photos) Intro to Course Day 1 -- What is business? Day 2 & 3 - Developing a Business Mindset with concept posters Supply and Demand -- the Lemonade Stand		Levi Strauss case study
Unit 1 Evaluation				Test Project Self-Evaluation
Unit 2 Personal Finance		Stock Market Price History		Lesson Link
Negotiation				Unit Feedback
Marketing		Subliminal "persuasion" (Parade.com)		Marketing Terms Utility Marketing Project