Classroom Resources :: Start Here, Go Places.

Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Lesson plan, Printed material

The Adviser: Sweater Weather

Have your students explore their creative side with this supply and demand activity.

Topic: Accounting practice, Career options, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Printed material

Potential, Prestige & Purpose: A primer to the accounting profession

Courtesy of our sister site, ThisWayToCPA.com, this booklet is the go-to resource for anyone who wants to learn more about the accounting profession.

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: 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.

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: Accounting principles, Career options, Financial literacy
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Printed material, Group activity, Presentation

Where did you first learn about accounting?

Get a class discussion going with your students about how they first learned about accounting and how it’s part of the world around us.

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, College prep
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity, Printed material

Self-Analysis for a Stellar Career

This activity is designed to help you help your students consider their personalities when exploring their career options.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Printed material

All-About-Auditing Toolkit

Help your students learn more about auditing as an accounting career path—from what exactly it entails and where it can take them to how they can get there with this collection of printable materials.

Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Practice exercise, Printed material, Group activity

Tic-Tac-CPA

It’s the classic game of tic-tac-toe, now with an accounting twist. Test your students’ knowledge and help them prepare for exams with several ways to play.

Topic: Career options, College prep, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity, Printed material

Path to CPA

What does it take to be a CPA? Find out on this interactive journey.

Topic: Career options, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Printed material

Recruitment Posters

Let us help you recruit students into your classes with our brand new three-poster series.

Topic: Career options, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Printed material

Career Guide

This handy guide is a great place to start when pondering the possibilities of a career in accounting.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Printed material

Futurizer Wheel

We don’t have a crystal ball, but the Futurizer Wheel is close. Give it a spin to see what a career in accounting could hold.

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, Career options, College prep, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity, Printed material

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.

Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles, Career options, College prep, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity, Printed material

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.