Syllabus
MS Business Foundations
Week 1
  • Students and Teacher Introduction

Week 2
  • Scavenger Hunt and Decimals

Week 3
  • The History Behind US Money

Week 4
  • Factors that Affect Decision-Making.
  • Understand the budgeting process
  • Create a budget
  • Learn how to analyze an earning statement.

Week 5
  • Learn about Checking Accounts
  • How to open a checking account.
  • Identifying the various parts of a check.
  • Discover the difference between investing and saving.
  • Calculating simple and compound interest.

Week 6
  • Connection between Math and Economics
  • How are economics and mathematics are related?
  • Gain an understanding of supply and demand.
  • Discover how inflation affects your purchasing power.

Week 7
  • Global Stock Market Game
  • Learning how to:
  • -Choose stocks
  • -Calculate gains and loses.

Week 8
  • Global Stock Market Game
  • Virtually partner with classmates and work together to invest money in the global stock market game.
  • As a class, you will be able to see how each team does with their investments and be able to compare and discuss the results.

Week 9
  • Taxes
  • How is tax money is used?
  • What are the various taxes deducted from a paycheck?
  • Compare your state tax rate with the state tax rates of your classmates.

Weeks 10 and 11
  • Business Ownership
  • Research various part-time businesses and decided which type of business you would like to own.
  • Create your own advertisements
  • Discover what break-even point means
  • Learn how to make your business profitable

Weeks 12 and 13
  • Financial Statements
  • Learn about various financial statements.
  • Explore the numerous jobs available in this field, their salaries, and benefits.

Week 14
  • Credit
  • Credit – is it good or bad – what purpose does it serve?
  • Credit card companies and their enticing offers

Week 15
  • Final
  • Take a final assessment
  • Complete a final survey
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