The Adviser: Fraud Detective
Teach your students why internal controls are needed to avoid accounting fraud.
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Classroom Resources
Create your roadmap: Individual ‘Pathway to CPA’ poster
Becoming a CPA can feel distant and vague, especially to high schoolers. This activity helps students visualize their personal paths and create tangible steps for achieving this ambitious career goal.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CPA Task Match
What exactly does a VP of Operations do? This game allows your students to find out. They’ll use Real-Life CPA profiles and context clues to match responsibilities with the CPA who might have them.
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FIND THE FRAUD—CRACK THE CASE
This group activity challenges students to research real cases of fraud that the FBI has solved recently. It’s a good opportunity for your students to think about what went into solving the case.
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Self-Analysis for a Stellar Career
This activity is designed to help you help your students consider their personalities when exploring their career options.
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The Secret to Choosing the Right College
Deciding where to go to college is a complex decision. This worksheet helps students consider what’s most important to them so they can choose the right college or university.
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Who Wants to be an Accountant
Have your students work their way to a successful career in accounting by being the first team to choose 10 correct definitions for accounting terms.
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Pin the Task on the Accountant
Use a recent periodical and a truly random selection process to discover the connections between current events and the accounting process.
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Start Here Magazine Issue 11
Being a CPA in the FBI, how to preserve your social media reputation, and how a summer internship rocks are just a few highlights of the magazine.
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Bank On It® Game and Educators' Guide
It’s easy to incorporate this fun, interactive accounting-principle-based game into the classroom with the included Educators’ Guide.
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Start Here Magazine Issue 10
Brush up on apps that will help high school students prepare for college and get an in-depth look at why Gen Y is so interested in accounting.
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Start Here Magazine Issue 9
Take a (thankfully) rare glimpse at what the world would be like without CPAs and find out the best-kept secrets about the accounting profession.
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Start Here Magazine Issue 8
Get tips for networking on social media, planning finances early on and deciding if community college is right for you.
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Start Here Magazine Issue 7
Everything readers need to know about trendy accounting jobs, related salaries and what it takes to get there.
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Start Here Magazine Issue 6
Read up on the salary benefits of being a CPA, the demand for CPAs and the industries that need CPAs.
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