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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.

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: Intermediate
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity, Presentation

Go Green to Get Green, While Doing Good

Have students explore the wide world of eco-friendly accounting by discussing, researching and presenting on the some of the most interesting jobs in the field.

Topic: College prep
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Printed material

Students’ Guide to: Mastering the SATs

This one-page quick reference guide serves up a little bit of everything your students need to know to do their best on the SAT.

Topic: Other
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Printed material

Bank On It Winner Goodie Package

With Bank On It's third birthday this month, we want to help you celebrate in your classrooms!

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, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity

FutureMe

Having your students answer a few quick questions about what they’re into can show them the real accounting jobs they could have someday—if they pay attention in class.

Topic: Career options, Forensics, Fraud
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity, Group activity

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.

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: College prep
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Online activity, Printed material

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.

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: 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.