Classroom Resources

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Topic: Accounting practice, Career options
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Online activity, Printed material, Group activity, Presentation

Ask a CPA

This multi-part, multi-week project allows students to explore potential career paths as a CPA. By interacting with real-world professionals, students can learn more about specific CPA careers.

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Topic: Financial literacy
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Online activity, Group activity

“Stay Out of the Red” Game

This eye-opening, 12-week game will help your students better understand budgeting and everything else that goes into supporting themselves once they get into the real world.

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Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Online activity

Future Job Descriptions

High school students pull from several resources to craft his or her own accounting future job description.

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Topic: Accounting principles, Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

It’s Your Future

Back to basics: buying, budgeting and big expenses.

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Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity

It’s About Supply and Demand

What makes something worth its price?

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

Pay Credit When Credit is Due

Comprehending the concepts of credit, credit ratings and credit scores.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

Risky Business – Or Not!

All about stocks and the factors of risk at a corporate level.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity

Taxes: Where Does Your Money Go?

Types of taxes and how they affect individuals.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

The Business of Credit

The dynamic relationship between credit ratings and loans.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

The Business of Interest

Calculating interest and developing sustainable business practices.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity

What Can I Afford?

How to determine best options, given cost efficiency.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

Why Does Money Have Value?

What’s behind everyone’s favorite medium of exchange?

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

Could You Start a Business?

Students see the importance of financial management for a small business through an introduction to key concepts.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

Finance and Responsible Lending

Teaching high school students the roles of banks and the decisions they make to determine when to lend money.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

Financial Planning for Catastrophe

This lesson will focus on the need to plan financially for unexpected disasters.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

Invest in Yourself

All about personal financial management strategies based on budgeting.

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Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

Filling Empty Pockets: Borrowing, Loans and Credit

Explore concepts of borrowing and credit, with an emphasis on credit cards. Learn how to build credit, weigh offers and keep out of trouble.

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