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Topic: Other
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Flexible
Format: Lesson plan

Shady business: What would you do?

Students can explore two much-needed accounting skills and attributes (ethics and big-picture thinking) through an essay response detailing how each of them would handle a questionable work situation.

Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Flexible
Format: Group activity

Outsmart the Opposition

If your class likes Bank On It, they’re going to love this head-to-head competition. It allows teams to leverage their opposition’s missed game questions against them to secure sweet victory.

Topic: Other
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Flexible
Format: Printed material, Group activity

Intro to interviewing: Developing skills to help you land the job

Knowing how to interview is an important skill for students to have—throughout their lives. Like any skill, doing it well takes practice. This mock interview experience and class discussion can help.

Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity, Group activity, Presentation

Sustainable Luxury: An In-Class Accounting Competition

This two-part team accounting competition challenges students to think out of the box to make a luxury hotel more green. The winning idea will rely on teamwork, research, analysis—and a presentation.

Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Flexible
Format: Practice exercise, Group activity

Welcome to the coffeehouse: A team accounting challenge

Being a good accountant requires strong critical thinking skills. This week-to-week challenge helps students develop those skills by running a local coffee shop chain and evaluating strategic choices.

Topic: Other
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 15 minutes
Format: Practice exercise, Printed material

Educator Crossword Puzzle

In honor of National Crossword Puzzle Day, we’ve created a special one just for you. It’s time to flip the script and show your students how it’s done by putting your accounting knowledge to the test.