Group 1: Applied Areas - Business

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Teacher Blogs: Mrs. Skinner, Alfred Thompson, Mr. Higgins, Helene Martin

Teacher Resources: Tonya Skinner's Lesson Plans: Business, Finance, Computers

The Classics

Do your students know "the classics" in your field? Do they know the best starting point for quality information?

Teacher Resources: Thinkfinity

Student Resources

• Organizations
  • Better Business Bureau
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Dow Jones
  • Federal Reserve: Credit Cards
  • Hollywood Stock Exchange
  • NASDAQ
  • U.S. Census Bureau (Business section)
• News Sources
  • Business Week
  • CNN Money
  • DealBook
  • The Consumerist
  • Economics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Mashable Business
  • NPR: Business
  • Planet Money
  • Yahoo Finance
• Content Resources
  • America Saves
  • Business of Art Articles
  • Consumer Search
  • Federal Citizen Information Center
  • Good Stuff? A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy
  • Protect Your Identity
  • Secrets of Making Money
  • Tax Information For Students
  • Wise Buys

Multimedia

Teaching Resources

• Personal Finance: Teachersdomain,

Student Resources

• Markeplace, PBS LearningMedia
• Bureau of Engraving and Printing: YouTube Channel
• College: YouTube Channel
• Consumer Product Safety Comission: YouTube Channel
• FDIC: YouTube Channel
• Federal Trade Commission: YouTube Channel
• Internal Revenue Service: YouTube Channel
• International Trade Administration: YouTube Channel
• NASA Hallmarks (companies with ties to NASA): YouTube Channel
• Making Home Affordable: YouTube Channel
• Small Business Administration: YouTube Channel
• US Cenus Bureau: YouTube Channel
• US Currency: YouTube Channel

Interactives and Social Media

Interactives

• Access, Analyze, Act
• NerdWallet
• Your Life Your Money
• Test Your Money Smarts
• Virtual Stock Exchange Games

Tools

• Choose to Save Calculators
• Currency Exchange
• Salary Calculator
• Stockmapper

Financial Calculators and Conversions

• Currency Conversion - Option 1, Option 2
• Inflation Conversion - Best Option (formulas)
• Income Calculator - Option 1,
• Interest Calculator - Easy Option
• Money Counter - Option 1,
• Monthly Payments Calculator - Option 1
• Payroll - Best Option (formulas)
• Phone Bill Calculator - Option 1,
• Savings Estimator - Option 1
• Sales Tax Calculator - Option 1
• Tip Calculator - Option 1

Career Exploration

• Content: Occupational Outlook Handbook
• General Resources; CareerOneStop,
• Services: CareerBuilder, Monster

College Exploration

• College and University Rankings, Peterson's, College Board

ReadWriteThink Interactives

• Acrostic Poem, Alphabet Organizer, BioCube, CD/DVD Creator, Comic Creator, Comparison Map, Compare/Contrast, Crossword Puzzles, Diamante Poem, Doodle Splash, Drama Map, Essay Map, FlipBook, Graphic Map, Letter Generator, Persuasion Map, Profile Publisher, Timeline, 2 Circle Venn, 3 Circle Venn, Word Matrix

Topical Ideas

Background information and links to quality websites, activities, webquests, and teaching materials

• 42explore: Advertising http://www.42explore.com/advertis.htm
• 42explore: Buying a Car http://www.42explore.com/buyingacar.htm
• 42explore: Economics http://www.42explore.com/econ.htm
• 42explore: Entrepreneur http://www.42explore.com/entrep.htm
• 42explore: Money http://www.42explore.com/money.htm

Use the links on the left to move through this online workshop.

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