Accounting covers accounting principles and practices, the complete accounting cycle and creation of financial reports. Use of the general journal and special journals, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and proper financial reporting.This course provides instruction in the basic accounting procedures used to operate a business including sole proprietorship, partnerships, and corporations. The accounting procedures presented will also serve as a sound background for employment in office jobs and preparation for further education and training. The complete accounting cycle is covered, students learn how to us generally accepted accounting principles to prepare, analyze, verify financial transactions, reports and economic information to make decisions for organizations.The course trains students in the basics of manual and computerized accounting. Students learn accounting topics including ethics, accounting principles, computing accounting, accounting terminology, job specific accounting, and clerical duties related to accounting. Students also gain real-world applications in income tax, personal finance, and stock market.

In this lesson, students will identify sources of income and expenses. They will develop a budget in order to be able to explain the importance of personal financial decisions and how it can affect everyday life.

Students are sometimes clueless when it comes to saving money. It is important that our students learn that saving their money not only helps them achieve financial goals, but actually earns them extra money. In this lesson they will learn that there are a variety of ways in which to save, depending on whether they have short-term or long-term goals.

This lesson will introduce students to identifying wants and needs, what is a budget, and how do personal preferences affect/influcne speending habits.

How do circumstances influence individuals in making sound and purposeful financial decisions ensuring personal economic success in both a national and global economy? Why is it important to create a budget and set goals?

In this problem-based learning module, students will research the needs vs wants of a typical family in the US. They will also research the basic bills a typical family pays throughout a month, create a budget plan for a fictional family assigned to each group, and present budgets to authentic audience.

This resource informs consumers about the dangers of identity theft and ways which consumers can protect themselves before and after it happens.

This lesson introduces students to identity theft and phishing, including common methods used in the crime of identity theft. Students also learn about the consumer protection agency (the FTC) that handles this fast-growing financial crime.

In this challenging instructional task students relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money.