Daily+Lessons

8/22/12 Seats Name Game Ice Breaker Course Syllabus media type="custom" key="22683426" width="190" height="190"

8/23/12 Room Rules Books Computer Rules Log onto wiki Why I'm taking Business Basics (Type 1 Writing) - 4 lines explaining why you are taking Business Basics. About Me Collage

8/24/12 Work on "about me collage" Present collages If time allows - groups of 3 come up with an icebreaker game that is feasible for you to facilitate.

8/27/12 - 9/6/12 Career Research Project:

Type I Writing: In 10 lines describe your life at age 25.

[|Why is education important?]

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Use the following links to find a business career that you would be interested in. Be sure to have some reasons why you chose that career. [|Business Careers site 1] [|Best Business Jobs]

Type II Writing: In 10 lines or less tell me which business career you found to me most appealing and give two reason why this career fits you best.


 * [|Details]
 * [[file:period2businessbasicsspring2012/Career Research Project - BB Prezi.doc|Download]]
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Monday: Introduction and part I Tuesday: Introduction and part I Wednesday: Finish part I and start part II Thursday: Work on part II Friday: Finish part II and start part III Create a prezi account [|here] be sure to select the "Edu Enjoy" account. Use your school e-mail address and password!!
 * Timeline/Benchmarks:**

Tuesday: Work on part III Wednesday: Work on part III and hand in all papers from part I and II Thursday: Share Prezi with class

Finished Early: Work on personal collage


 * Resources:**

Personality style inventories 2. [|CX-Online] Print your results and turn in with your packet. 3. [|Career zone] 4. [|JA] media type="custom" key="20670821"
 * 1.[|Princetonreview.com]**

[|Occupational Outlook Handbook] [|CX-Online]
 * Sites to use for researching careers :**
 * [|Princetonreview.com]**


 * Military Career:**
 * [|Today's Military]**

9/7/12 Chapter 5 Pre-Test

9/10/12 Aluminum Foil Activity

9/11/12 Read Chapter 5.1 and complete study guide
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:period2businessbasicsspring2012/Chapter 5 outline questions.doc|Download]]
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Types of business activity

9/12/12 Sole Proprietor Activity [|Lemonade Stand]

9/13/12 Partnership [|Lemonade Stand] Writing Assignment

9/14/12 - 9/15/12 Forms of business activity [|Video] Read and complete chapter 5.2 study guide
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:period2businessbasicsspring2012/Chapter 5.2 outline.doc|Download]]

Friday Business Review: Choose one of the articles you read this week, and explain how it may have an impact on your life. Give two reasons for your selection.

9/18/12 JA Economics

9/19/12 Mission Statements Look for a company's mission statement online and share with class Review Camp Cannonball and Central's mission statements Watch video on how to create a mission statement media type="custom" key="20753160"

Students create personal mission statements using the following outline
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Mission Statements [|Personal Mission Statement Builder]

9/20/12 Read chapter 5 section 3 and complete vocabulary pictures worksheet (see teacher for example) Lecture / Discussion Organizational Charts: [|Functional] [|Matrix]

9/21/12 - 9/25/12 Friday - Newspaper Review - Choose an article you read this week and explain it's impact on our community. Please give 2 examples of it's impact.

Franchise Project
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9/26/12 Chapter 5 Review

9/27/12 Chapter 5 Test

9/28/12 JA - Economics

10/1/12 Present Franchise Project

10/2/12 Finish Franchise Presentations

10/3/12 Entrepreneur Characteristics Activity
 * [|Famous Entrepreneurs] - Read a few stories about famous entrepreneurs
 * 20 minutes - Research entrepreneurs and read about their life and success. As you read look and think about specific characteristics that you notice about them.
 * [|website for success stories]
 * 30 minutes -In groups of 3 - grab a piece of roll paper and some markers. Outline one group member on the roll paper. Draw (not write) characteristics of an entrepreneur.
 * Present your entrepreneur to the class

Homework: Write a paragraph highlighting 3 characteristics you possess and 1 characteristic you need to develop, so when combined would make you a successful entrepreneur.

10/4/12 JA - Economics http://www.markwhitacre.com/fbibacksmark.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443635404578033684191275730.html?mod=CRE_hp_LEFTTopStories&mg=blogs-wsj#articleTabs%3Dvideo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye17GBmBvqs

10/5/12 Business Article Review - Write a paragraph about one business article you read this week that was most surprising to you. Be sure to give 3 facts about the article and __UNDERLINE__ those three facts in your review. Also, please provide the name of newspaper the article was printed in, date of the paper, and the article title.


 * Entrepreneur Guest Speaker Assignment
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:period2businessbasicsspring2012/Business Leader Interview.pdf|Download]]
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 * Chapter 6.1 overview[[file:BB Chapter 6.1 REVISED 2012.pptx]]
 * [|Stats on Business and Companies]

10/9/12 JA- Economics

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 * Watch the following TED talk and fill out the video summary sheet


 * Read and complete 6.1 outline

10/11/12
 * Young Entrepreneur Report - [|Samples]**
 * Spend 20 minutes searching online for a young entrepreneur
 * If after those 20 minutes you still can't find someone use the following link
 * **[|Young Entrepreneur]**
 * **[|Business Week Young Entrepreneur]**
 * Create an informational sheet about this person on Word. Your creating a "flyer" so make it look visually appealing.

Be sure to include the following (in your own words not copied from the Internet):
 * 1) how they got started
 * 2) type of business (service, producer, intermediary)
 * 3) description of business (detailed information about the business)
 * 4) what are they doing now
 * 5) link to the official website
 * 6) picture
 * 7) other information you found that is interesting

Share information with class - When finished print a copy to hand in and also upload your Word document to your wiki page. Draw a line, using the insert horizontal rule button on the editing toolbar, under your last post. Then type the name of your Entrepreneur and post the Word document.


 * Grading:**
 * All information from above is included and labeled 14 points
 * Creativity and Layout 6 points
 * Uploaded to your wiki page 5 points

10/12/12
 * Business News Articles**: After reading your articles for today, please turn in all of your notes from this week. You should have 6 articles that are labeled with the date, newspaper, name of article, and notes. Notes __**should not**__ be copied directly from the Internet, they must be paraphrased.

Complete Young Entrepreneur Report from Thursday Chapter 6 Section 2 Overview Read Chapter 6 Section 2 and complete the outline

10/15/12 SBA Scavenger Hunt


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10/16/12 Scavenger Hunt review Chapter 6.3 Overview Read and complete outline for 6.3

10/17/12 Business Plan Activity Chapter 6 Review

10/18/12 Complete Chapter 6 Review Review Game

10/19/12 Chapter 6 Test Shark Tank
 * Friday Current Business News Review:** Read and record your two articles for today and turn in your notes from this week. Be sure to have 10 articles with the date of the newspaper, name of the newspaper, name of the article, and your own notes (not copied from the internet).

10/22/12 Business News Review Chapter 6 Test [|How I Made My Millions]

10/23/12 JA Economics

10/24/12 Business News Article [|click here] Read Article [|here] Write down the three most important facts from this article and circle the one you feel is the most important [|Inflation Calculator] [|Annuities Calculator] [|What is the Stock Market]

[|List of companies on NYSE] from this site you can select a tab, like industry, and see companies listed on the NYSE that are in specific industries [|List of companies on the NASDAQ]
 * Homework:** Create a list of at least 20 stocks to choose from for Friday's "Stock Draft"

10/25/12 Stock Packet Activity 2, 3, and 6 Stock Market Video - Fill out worksheet during video

10/26/12 Stock Draft Stock Market Wiki Assignment
 * Friday Business Article Review**: Choose one article you read this week and in one paragraph explain how this article may affect the stock of a particular company.

10/29 and 10/30 No School

10/31/12 Stock Market Wiki Assignment

11/1/12 JA Be Entrepreneurial

11/2/12 Stock Wiki Assignment
 * Friday Current Business News Review:** Read and record your two articles for today and turn in your notes from this week. Be sure to have 4 articles with the date of the newspaper, name of the newspaper, name of the article, and your own notes (not copied from the internet).

11/5/12 Complete Stock Wiki Assignment

Create Account on Stock Market Game - media type="custom" key="21322944" Link to [|STOCK MARKET GAME]
 * 1) Watch video below to get signed into the game (The video was made for last years class so the dates will not match correctly)
 * 2) Be sure to fill out trading cards for the first 8 trades that you make

11/6/12 Stock Market Research - Be sure to fill out trading cards.

11/7/12 [|Branding quiz] Assign marketing group project

11/8/12 JA Be Entrepreneurial

11/9/12 No School
 * Stock Wiki Assignment Due**

11/12/12 Work on marketing group project

11/13/12 JA - Economics

11/14/12 Work on marketing group project

11/15/12 JA Be Entrepreneurial

11/16/12 Business Leader Interview - Alexxus Work on marketing group project

11/19/12 Finish group project all materials due by end of period

11/20/12 Present group projects

11/27/12 Business Leader Interview - Ben
 * Complete Group Quizzes (follow instructions below)**
 * 1) **Open each groups quiz and on a separate piece of paper (for each quiz) write your name, group number (of the quiz your taking), number for each question, and the answer.**
 * 2) **Example:**
 * **Mr. Stormes**
 * **Quiz 2-2**
 * **1. B**
 * **2. D**
 * **3. C**
 * **4. Marketing**
 * **5. Functions of Marketing**

11/28/12 Groups: grade student quizzes Chapter 10 Test

11/29/12 Junior Achievement

11/30/12 Business Leader Interview - Taheerah Type 1 writing - Identify the functions (duties) the following type of managers would focus most of their attention: Top Executives, Mid-Level Managers, and Supervisors.

Functions of Management Activity

Wanted Ads for different levels of management - Create a newspaper wanted ad for each of the levels of management. The ad should include a made up job opening which lists the type of work this manager would be required to do and the characteristics needed for this type of career. *See the job postings in the newspaper before you create your own. Read Chapter 7 Section 1

12/3/12 Business Leader Interview - Nnaemeka Complete Job Ads Student read and create outline for section 1

12/4/12 Tic-Tac-Toe Management Activity

12/5/12 - 12/10/12 Who is a leader? [|Leader Video] [|Starting a Movement]

How do you become a leader?

The Importance of Human Relations:
 * 1) self-understanding - Working/Thinking/Learning Styles Activity
 * 2) understanding others - Paper Plate Activity
 * 3) communication - Drawing Activity
 * 4) team building - Frogger Activity
 * 5) developing job satisfaction

Who Influences You and How? Balloon Activity - Make a balloon dog

Read chapter 7 section 2 and complete the outline
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:period2businessbasicsspring2012/Outline 7.2 Leadership Blank.docx|Download]]
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12/11/12 Business Leader Interview - Dominique JA - Economics

12/12/12

Ethic - principles of conduct governing an individual or group

Ethical behavior should meet these standards: [|Ethics enforcer] [|Core Values] - Important principles that will guide decisions and actions in the company. [|Ethical Dilemmas w/ partner - Find two ethical dilemmas from this link and do the following:]
 * 1) It's Lawful
 * 2) It is consistent with company values and policies
 * 3) It does not harm some while benefiting others
 * 4) If actions and results become public, it will not embarrass the company
 * 1) Choose either business or educational dilemmas
 * 2) Read each dilemma
 * 3) Be able to explain the dilemma in detail
 * 4) Have an answer and why you chose that answer

Chapter 7 Review Packet

12/13/12 JA Be Entrepreneurial

12/14/12 Review for Chapter 7 Test

12/17/12 Business Leader Interview - Austin Chapter 7 Test Start Accounting - Term flash cards

12/18/12 Business Leader Interviews - Brandon and Jordon

Accounting Rap [] Discuss the Accounting Equation and complete the work together and on your own on page 9.

12/19/12 Business Leader Interviews - Brady and Brionna

Accounting Concepts: Business Entity – keeping personal and business records separate Explain first 5 transactions that affect the accounting cycle Page 13 Work Together and Own Your Own

12/20/12 Business Leader Interviews - Jared and Kennedy Explain the next 6 transactions Page 17 Work Together and On York Own

12/21/12 Business Leader Interview - Shyheim

Review same 11 transactions, but with numbers

1/2/13 - 1/3/13 Application Problems 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 Mastery Problem 1-4 Review Answers

1/4/12 Complete Study Guide Review for Test

1/7/13
 * JA Business Plan Due**
 * Stock Trading Cards Due**

1/8/13 Accounting Chapter 1 Test

1/9/13 and 1/10/13 Final Review Packet and Go Venture Business Simulation

1/11/13 Answers for Final Review Packet Review Game

1/14/13 and 1/15/13 Time to Study for Final and Go Venture Business Simulation