Students will have access to a series of videos of real business created by youth/business kids. Students will watch and learn tips on how to start their own business.

Students will learn two basic types of U.S. business organizations: for-profit and non-profit. Students will become familiar with different business structures. Students will identify advantages and disadvantages of each entity.

Students consider economic factors in patenting a new invention. They then research an already-patented health product and assess its profitability, followed by inventing their own similar but imaginary products and persuading others that it is "worth" patenting.

In this lesson, students can use their desktop publishing skiills to showcase information about a selected profession is to make a career brochure.

Students will read each statement and select the statements that are true about themselves. The responses will be used to generate a list of careers in the student's top two or three career clusters.

Students will view the videos to get a sneak peek into what they will be doing in the careers they are interested in.

Students will become familiar with vocabulary terms related to careers and occupations. Students will also brainstorm careers that requre a high school diploma, a 2 year degree, and a 4 year degree.

The Problem
You are wealthy individual who wishes to give some of your money to a worthy charity. How will you decide on which charity to give your donation, and how do you expect your money to be spent?

Students will review a list of charitable organizations and then decide which charity is the best fit for donations.

EXTENDED PRODUCT (Optional): Groups will form Fundraising Teams for a charity (the groups will choose the charity). It is the job of the Fundraising Team to present to potential donors and convince them to donate to the charity. Groups prepare a presentations that gives an overview of the charity and explains how donor funds are spent within the charitable organization. The potential donors (i.e. the rest of the class or real potential donors) can ask questions to make sure that their money is going to be spent wisely.

Students will learn about the four types of business organizations: sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and franchise. Students will play a concentration game to better understand the features, advantages, and disadvantages of each type. Students will then analyze four scenarios and recommend the type of business organization that is most appropriate for each case. The lesson concludes with an analysis of how each type of business organization plays an important role in the U.S. economy.

Students will be introduced to basic spreadsheet design. Students will learn basic spreadsheet formatting. Students will use formulas to calculate totals.

Students will choose a college based on their career goals and aspirations. In this lesson, students will select a career field, choose a field of study (major), and research college cost. Students will learn how to chart, graph, analyze and present the total cost of college in a spreadsheet.

Students follow along with a demonstration that portrays horizontal formatting applications. Students then compare, contrast, and label ten printed entries that show left, right, center, and justified alignment, as well as the use of expanded spacing and right tab with dot leaders.

Students will navigate important information about ethics, rules, and laws by playing a prepared PowerPoint presentation and complete a written assignment while accessing information in the PowerPoint.

Students use a storyboard (from among eight possibilities) which represents an ethical dilemma related to the use of computers to create a PowerPoint presentation. After completion, students view and rate each other's presentations which are set to loop continuously.

Using Microsoft Excel, students will learn how to use if statements and calculate using formulas and words. Instructional materials and student data files are provided in a Zip File.

Students will learn how to perform horiztonal and vertical lookups using Microsoft Excel.

Students will use the lesson activities to plan, create, and deliver presentations using Microsoft Powerpoint. This unit includes all the needed data files and documents to teach the required objectives for presentations. Download the zip file to access Data Files, Keys, and Resources needed.

Students will learn to create budgets in Microsoft Excel using three activities that can be downloaded from the zip file.

This assignment gives students an opportunity to click and explore to discover how to control the appearance of an Excel spreadsheet.

This unit includes all the needed files and documents to teach the required objectives for the Word Processing. The unit includes five lessons with approximately 3-4 assignments. Word1- focuses on using the MS Word Window and Proofreading, Word2- focuses on Business Letters, Word3-focuses on Memos, Word4 - focuses on Reports with Citations, and Word5-foucses on review activities. Download the Zip file to access lessons and click on the folder entitled "Word". (Some lessons may need to be slightly modified to align with software.)