Classroom Resources :: Start Here, Go Places.

Topic: Career options, College prep
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Online activity

The Efficient Student: A Productivity Guide for Future CPAs

Build your productivity skills for high school and beyond.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 45 minutes
Format: Online activity

Accounting for Good: A Not-for-profit Career Exploration Activity

Students learn how non-profit accountants make a positive social impact.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Online activity

To Infinity and Beyond: An Accounting Career Research Activity

This activity will give you a glimpse into the skills, interests, and experience needed to start your CPA career by exploring some of the top industries where accountants work and the exciting roles t

Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 45 minutes
Format: Printed material

Understanding Long-Term Debt: A WebQuest Activity

Have students explore the major terms and formulas needed to assess the long-term health of an organization in this end-of-year WebQuest activity.

Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Practice exercise, Online activity, Printed material

Accounting Crossword

Test your students’ knowledge of key accounting terms.

Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Practice exercise

The Adviser: Picking the Right Depreciation

Picking the Right Depreciation Method

Topic: Career options, Other
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Practice exercise, Group activity

Explore accounting through mind mapping

Use mind mapping to explore how accounting relates to other business departments.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 45 minutes
Format: Online activity, Group activity, Presentation

Skill-building scavenger hunt

Show your students what the accounting world has to offer with this real-life job search.

Topic: Accounting principles, Other
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 45 minutes
Format: Practice exercise, Group activity, Presentation

Students turned teachers

This month, hand over the reins as your students research an emerging technology disrupting the accounting world and take center stage to educate their classmates on their findings.

Topic: Accounting practice, Career options
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Online activity, Printed material, Group activity

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.

Topic: Accounting practice, Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Printed material

"Bursting with Opportunity" Accounting Careers Intro Card

This folded card gives students an introduction to what exactly accountants do, the benefits of pursuing a career in accounting and words of wisdom from professionals in the field.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Printed material

Accounting Career and Educator Resources Posters

Want to pique your students’ interest in an accounting career? Anxious to tell other teachers about the free resources on our site? Then download these printable posters to tout Start Here, Go Places.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Practice exercise, Online activity

Read Between the Lines

Students further develop their reasoning skills by exploring CPA profiles and then taking a quiz.

Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Printed material, Group activity

S-H-G-P-O Bingo

Test students’ knowledge of accounting terms with this fast-paced variation on the familiar game of Bingo.

Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

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.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Practice exercise, Online activity

Let's Get Started

Students answer questions about what a career in accounting has to offer with a worksheet based off of StartHereGoPlaces.com content.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 45 minutes
Format: Practice exercise, Online activity

Why Accounting Could be Right for You

Students complete a worksheet using the information learned about the skills CPAs need and the salaries they can earn.

Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Online activity, Group activity

Analyze This and That

Students use their critical thinking and analytical skills to participate in a class discussion based on articles they’ve read in Start Here Magazine.