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
- News Sources
- Content Resources
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
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
- 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.