2015 Introductiontobusiness

Business
& Technology Curriculum:

Elective One Semester

Introduction to Business

Adopted 2015

The following Intro. To Business course includes the following:

1. Interdisciplinary Connections are integrated throughout activities in the
curriculum map.
These connections include but are not limited to the following:
Mathematics- Problem Solving and Algebraic Solution Development
Art- Marketing and Advertising activities
Cross discipline lessons i.e. Psychology/Human Behavior
Social Studies Economics, Historical trends and issues, U.S. Domestic and
Foreign Policy

2. Modifications for students in special education In-Class Support Classes are based
each student's individual IEPs.
Modifications include but not limited to the following:
Extended time
Large print
Guided notes
Graphic organizers
Less choices
DEPARTMENT: LYNDHURST HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS (1/2 YEAR)
This course fulfills the .5 credit graduation requirement in Economics, Entrepreneurship & Financial Literacy
Time Period
Economic Issues
Affecting
Business
(7 Sessions)
Standards
6.5.12-A4
6.5.12-A5
6.5.12-A7
6.5.12-B4
6.5.12-B9
8.1.12-A5
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.2.12-C2
9.2.12-D2
9.2.12-E8
9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
Essential Question
Concept/Content
Skills
S.W.B.A.T.:
Define fundamental
What are the
business concepts
fundamental
Wants versus Needs
including goods,
economic concepts of
services, profit,
business?
Private Enterprise System
needs, wants.
What is Business?
Profit versus Nonprofit

organizations
What are the

foundations of the
Private Enterprise
System?
Supply and Demand and

its impact on Competition
What is the role of

competition in the
marketplace?
Socialism
Identify and classify

businesses in the local
community.
Explore fundamental
economic principles by
participating in the
Lemonade Stand
Identify the four
factors of production. simulation.
Assessment
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
Teacher prepared exams Glencoe Introduction

and quizzes.
to Business: Ch.1-2
In-class projects and
activities.
Wall Street journal
readings and activities.
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
Activities Workbook
Ch.1-2
MoneySkill.org
Current Events.
Communism
Mixed Economies
How do other
Contemporary Issues
economic systems
compare to that of the
United States?
What are the
contemporary
challenges faced by
United States
businesses?
Core Activities
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Take a single product and

analyze the factors of
Lemonade Stand project.
production that produced
Money Skill Business
Explain the economic it in a poster.
Modules Warm-Up
role and forms of
Create 4 teams. Assign
competition in
each team a form of
Student Activities
business
economic system to
Workbook Chapters 1-2
research. Students will
Correlate the
discuss theory behind the
concepts of supply
system, advantages and
and demand to
disadvantages, and
competition in the
countries that utilize that
marketplace.
system. Results given in a
Compare and contrast PowerPoint presentation.
Describe the Private
Enterprise System.
other economic
systems to that of the Break the class in groups.
Supply three groups with
United States.
a substantial supply of
similar items; provide one
Identify the major
group with a limited supply
challenges facing
todays businesses. of another item. All teams
must negotiate and barter
so that each group ends
up with all items.
Reinforce the principles of
Wall Street Journal in

the Classroom
Lemonade Stand
Simulation

Page 2 of 24
supply and demand and

market competition.
Unit Terminology: Business; Profit; Nonprofit Organization; Private Enterprise System; Capitalism; Competition; Entrepreneurs; Factors of Production; Rights; Pure Competition;
Monopolistic Competition; Oligopoly; Monopoly; Karl Marx; Privatization; Globalization; Strategic Alliance; Quality; Technology; Outsourcing; Employee Empowerment; Scarcity; Supply
and Demand; Business Cycle

Time Period
International
Business
(7 Sessions)
Standards
6.5.12-A3
6.5.12-A8
6.5.12-A10
6.5-12-B2
6.5.12-B3
6.5.12-B8
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A3
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-A6
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B2
8.1.12-B3
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B7
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B12
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C1
9.1.12-C3
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-A3
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-C2
9.2.12-E8
9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
Essential Question
Concept/Content
Skills
Core Activities
S.W.B.A.T.:
Select a country and
Explain and interpret basic create a visual and writeeconomic indicators.
up of research findings
including:
Define basic terms
Major imports and

associated with
exports
international trade.
Geographic location
Political Ideology
Explain how changes in
Comparative
exchange rates impact the
Economic Indicators
purchasing power.
Currency and
What are the global Measuring Economic
Exchange Rates
economic
Performance
Evaluate international
Trade Agreements
organizations and
trade principles and
Affiliations with
initiatives?
Specialization and Global policies.
Economic
Competition
Organizations
How do we measure
Analyze labor and
Labor Statistics and

economic
Ethics, tradition, and
environmental issues
Workforce
performance?
culture in foreign markets. raised by economic
Composition
globalization.
Traditions customs
How has/is U.S.
and business
business
Evaluate the activities and
practices
changed/changing as
impact of major
a result of
international institutions.
DECA Style Role Plays
globalization?
Compare and contrast
protectionism and freetrade.
What is International Imports and Exports
Business?
Levels of International
What are the
Involvement
difficulties of entering
a foreign market?
Obstacles to International
Business
Why has the world
become a global
Multinational Economic
economy?
Organizations
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Assessment
International Research
Project
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
Glencoe Introduction
to Business: Ch.3 & 10
Teacher prepared exams Glencoe Intro to

and quizzes.
Business Student
Activities Workbook
Ch.3 & 10
activities.
MoneySkill.org
Wall Street journal
the Classroom
Current Events.
DECA Role Plays
Modules Warm-Up
Student Activities
Workbook Chapters 3 &
10
Describe various customs

and traditions of foreign
countries.
Unit Terminology: GDP; Standard of Living; Inflation; Deflation; Budget Deficit; National Debt; Budget Surplus; Multinational Corporation; Balance of Trade; Exchange Rate;
Comparative Advantage; Specialization; Protectionism; Quota; Embargo; Free Trade; NAFTA; EU; ASEAN; Imports; Exports; Tariffs; GATT; World Bank; International Monetary Fund;
and World Trade Organization

Time Period
Standards
Government and 6.5.12-A1

Business
6.5.12-A2
(6 Sessions)
6.5.12-A4
6.5.12-A6
6.5.12-B1
6.5.12-B3
6.5.12-B4
6.5.12-B5
6.5.12-B9
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A3
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B7
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B12
8.2.12-C3
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C1
9.1.12-C3
9.1.12-C4
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-A3
9.2.12-A4
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-C2
9.2.12-D2
9.2.12-D3
9.2.12-D4
9.2.12-E1
9.2.12-E8
Essential Question
Concept/Content
Skills
Core Activities
Page 4 of 24
Assessment
Government Regulations S.W.B.A.T.:

Pair students up and
Teacher prepared exams
regarding Competition.
and quizzes.
Identify government assign a regulation

regulations designed regarding competition or
Government Agencies.
business-related
to promote fair
How does
government agency. Have activities.
competition in the
government balance Government Protection
students research the
marketplace.
the needs of business for: Business, Creative
association or regulation Wall Street journal
Explain the role of

with the needs of
Properties, Production.
various government and prepare a 5-minute
consumers?
presentation on their
agencies and their
The Role of Government
findings.
Current Events.
impact on business
How does the
As Provider: Goods and
and society.
government protect Services, Supporting
Discuss the methods Create an Excel

outside interests such Business.
worksheet identifying the Modules Warm-Up
by which the
as the environment?
role the government plays
government can
Government Funding
in competition, business Student Activities
promote or restrict
How is government including Incentives.
agreements, copyright,
Workbook Chapter 11
economic activity.
funded to support its
Compare and contrast and production.

role?
Government Resource
Business Plan
the roles of Federal,
Allocation.
Students
will
add
a
Government Regulation
State, and Local
section to their business Section
governments in
business regulation. plan identifying how the
government will impact
Explain the
relationship between the functioning of their
proposed business.
political parties and
taxation policies.
Identify the
governments role in
workforce
development.
Discuss the various

forms of social
services provided by
the government.
What is the
governments role in
business?
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
to Business: Ch.11
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
Activities Workbook
Ch.11
MoneySkill.org
the Classroom
DECA Role Plays

Page 5 of 24
9.2.12-F1
9.2.12-F3
9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
9.2.12-F6
Unit Terminology: Sherman Antitrust Act; Clayton Act; Federal Trade Commission; Environmental Protection Agency; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Federal
Communications Commission; Interstate Commerce Commission; Monopoly; Oligopoly; Contracts; Copyright; Patent; Trademark; Revenue; Privatization; Tax Incentives; Welfare;
Social Security; and Medicare;

Time Period
Forms of
Business
Ownership
(7 Sessions)
Standards
6.5.12-A4
6.5.12-A7
6.5.12-A8
6.5.12-A9
6.5.12-B1
6.5.12-B2
6.5.12-B3
6.5.12-B4
6.5.12-B9
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-A6
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B3
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B6
8.1.12-B7
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B11
8.1.12-B12
8.2.12-C2
8.2.12-C3
9.1.12-A1
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A4
9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C1
9.1.12-C3
9.1.12-C4
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-A3
9.2..12-B2
Essential Question
Concept/Content
What are the primary Forms of Business

forms of business
Ownership.
ownership?
Types of Businesses
What are the five
principle types of
Functions of Business
contemporary
business?
Relationship between
each element
What are the six
general functions of
business?
How do all elements
in a business unit
interact together to
achieve a common
goal?
Skills
Core Activities
Page 6 of 24
Assessment
S.W.B.A.T.:
Business Plan Project:
List and identify the Select the primary form of and quizzes.
pros and cons of the business ownership for
their proposed business In-class projects and
primary forms of
activities.
business ownership. venture, and justify the
Compare and contrast rational for their selection

Wall Street journal
the various types of
businesses including: Select the primary type of readings and activities.
business for the proposed
Producers
venture. Identify who the Current Events.
Processors
primary customers would
Manufacturers
be in this type of business. Money Skill Business
Retailers
Modules Warm-Up
Wholesalers
Identify and describe Create five teams assign

each team a form of
Student Activities
the fundamental
functions of business business ownership (sole Workbook Chapter 6
proprietorship,
including:
partnership, corporation, Business Plan Form of
Production
non-profit, franchise).
Business Ownership and
Marketing
Each team will prepare for Type of Business.
Management
a debate to support their
Finance
form of ownership as the
Accounting
best way to go for a
Information Tech.
newly established
Explain the
relationship between company.
functioning units and
the whole company. Create a poster of the
Apply ownership and various types of

businesses. Select a realtype of business
world business that fits in
principles to realeach category and explain
world application.
why. Include pictures of
the actual businesses.
Field Trip to a Franchise
to learn about differences
in the running of the
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
to Business: Ch.6
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
Activities Workbook
Ch.6
MoneySkill.org
the Classroom

9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
Page 7 of 24
business environment.
Unit Terminology: Sole Proprietorship; Partnership; General Partnership; Limited Partnership; Corporation; Closed Corporation; Open Corporation; Unlimited Liability; Limited Liability;
Cooperative; Non-Profit Organization; Franchise; Franchiser; Franchisee; Producer; Processor ; Manufacturer; Retailer; Wholesaler; Intermediary; Production; Procurement; Marketing;
Management; Finance; Accounting

Time Period
Small Business
and
Entrepreneurship
(7 Sessions)
Standards
6.5.12-A4
6.5.12-B3
6.5.12-B4
6.5.12-B9
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B3
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B7
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B12
9.1.12-A1
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A4
9.1.12-A5
9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C1
9.1.12-C2
9.1.12-C3
9.1.12-C4
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-B1
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-D1
9.2.12-E8
9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
Essential Question
What is
Entrepreneurship?
Why would someone
start their own
business?
What is the process
of writing a business
plan?
Why is a mission and
vision significant to a
companys direction?
Concept/Content
Skills
S.W.B.A.T.:
Characteristics of
successful entrepreneurs.
Define entrepreneur
and entrepreneurship
Risks associated with
List at least five

Entrepreneurship.
rewards of being an
entrepreneur
Rewards of
Identify at least four

Entrepreneurship.
challenges of being
an entrepreneur
Elements of the Business
Discuss why
Plan.
entrepreneurs are
important to the
The Mission and Vision of
American economy
an organization.
Describe how to
prepare for your own
business
Discuss the parts of a

business plan
Core Activities
Page 8 of 24
Assessment
Business Plan Projects: Teacher prepared exams

and quizzes.
Review the various
components of a Business
Plan and review and
activities.
modify the Business
Ownership / Type and
Government Regulation Wall Street journal
Sections of the Plan.
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
to Business: Ch.5
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
Activities Workbook
Ch.5
MoneySkill.org
Business Plan Projects: Current Events.

Students will create their
mission statements and Money Skill Business
vision statements for their Modules Warm-Up
proposed businesses.
Student Activities
Students will take an
Workbook Chapter 5
online personal interest
inventory. Based on the Business Plan:
results they will analyze * Update of Business
their potential for
Ownership and Type of
becoming an
Business.
Entrepreneur along the 12 * Update Government
characteristics of
Regulation Section.
successful entrepreneurs. * Create and publish
mission statement and
Guest speaker on
vision statement.
Entrepreneurship.
Unit Terminology: Business Plan; Executive Summary; Vision Statement; Mission Statement; Small Business; Virtual Business; Entrepreneurship

the Classroom
DECA Role Plays

Time Period
Standards
The Management 6.5.12-A4

Process and
6.5.12-A5
Business Ethics 6.5.12-B3
(6 Sessions)
6.5.12-B6
6.5.12-B7
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B2
8.1.12-B7
8.1.12-B9
8.9.12-B11
8.9.12-B12
8.2.12-A2
9.1.12-A1
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A4
9.1.12-A5
9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C1
9.1.12-C3
9.1.12-C4
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-B1
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-C1
9.2.12-C2
9.2.12-D2
9.2.12-D4
9.2.12-D5
9.2.12-F4
Essential Question
What is
Management?
Concept/Content
Management Functions
Management Structures
What are the

characteristics of an
effective manager?
Leadership Qualities
Leadership Styles
Why do companies
develop managerial
structures within the
organization?
What is Business
Ethics and why is
ethical behavior good
for business?
What is social
responsibility and why
is this important to
business success?
Business Ethics
Social Responsibility
Skills
Core Activities
Page 9 of 24
Assessment
S.W.B.A.T.:
Students will be posed
and quizzes.
Describe the overall with the problem of

throwing a pizza party at
purpose of
lunch the next day.
management.
Students will work as a
activities.
Discuss the four

team to solve the problem
functions of
and arrange the miniWall Street journal
management.
event. Follow-up will
Identify the
differences between involve listing the tasks
performed and classifying Current Events.
management
into the managerial
structures.
function of Planning,
Name six skills

Organizing, Leading, and Modules Warm-Up
necessary for
Controlling. This activity
effective
ties into the Managerial
Student Activities
management.
Decision Making process. Workbook Chapter 7, 8,
Define leadership.
and 4
Describe the qualities

Business Plan Project
of a leader.
Business Plan:
Name at least three Students will create an

organizational
chart
for
Organizational Chart
ways in which an
individual can develop their proposed business Management Plan
ventures in PowerPoint
leadership skills.
and link this to their
Identify and describe

Managerial Plan in Word.
the autocratic,
democratic, and freeEthical Analysis in
reign leadership
Business: Students will
styles.
be posed with an ethically
Describe the self/ potentially legal issue

managed team
that must be solved.
approach and the two
Students will think of
ways in which such
alternatives, select the
an approach is
most appropriate path,
organized.
and justify their decisions
Define ethics and

from an ethical standpoint.
business ethics.
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
to Business: Ch.7, 8,
and 4
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
Activities Workbook Ch.
7, 8, and 4.
MoneySkill.org
the Classroom
DECA Role Plays

9.2.12-F5
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Describe why ethical DECA Style Role Plays

behavior is good for
The Stock Holder Debate.
business.
Students will assume the
List the steps for
dealing with an ethical role of managers in a
corporation who are about
dilemma.
to speak before the Stock
Holders at an annual
Define what is meant shareholder meeting.
Each team of students will
by the social
be presented with a
responsibility of
conflict dealing with Social
business.
Responsibility to one of
the four groups
(Consumers, Employees,
Society, or Creditors and
Owners). Students must
explain to the stock
holders why the socially
responsible decision is the
correct decision. Students
who are not participating
in the presentation will
vote as a stock holder as
to whether or not the
managers convinced them
to be socially responsible.
Unit Terminology: Management; Planning; Organizing; Organizational Chart; Top-Level Manager; Middle Manager; Operational Manager; Leading; Controlling; Line Authority; Line
and Staff Authority; Centralized Organization; Decentralized Organization; Departmentalization; Entry-Level Job; Leadership; Initiative; Human Relations; Integrity; Autocratic
Leadership; Democratic Leadership; Free-Reign Leadership; Delegating; Self-Managed Teams; Ethics; Business Ethics; Sweatshop; Code of Ethics; Conflict of Interest; Social
Responsibility

Time Period
Standards
Human Resource 6.5.12-A4

Management
6.5.12-A9
(8 Sessions)
6.5.12-B2
6.5.12-B3
6.5.12-B6
6.5.12-B7
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A2
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-A6
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B1
8.1.12-B2
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B6
8.1.12-B7
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B10
8.1.12-B12
8.2.12-A2
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A5
9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C1
9.1.12-C2
9.1.12-C3
9.1.12-C4
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-A4
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-B3
9.2.12-C1
Essential Question
What is Human
Resource
Management?
Concept/Content
Human Resources.
The Hiring Process.
What are the steps in Compensation Systems.

acquiring the
appropriate people to Benefits Packages.
staff an organization?
Training and
How does a company Development.
attract and maintain
high quality
Performance Appraisal.
employees?
Labor Relations and
What is the
Negotiations.
managers role in
providing continuing Cultural Diversity.
training and
development of
Company Culture.
employees?
Culture and the Global
How does a manager Business Environment.
assess the quality of
their employees?
Laws and Regulations
designed to protect
What is a union and employee rights.
how do they work?
What is the effect of
culture in a global
business
environment?
How do company
cultures differ?
How has cultural
Skills
Core Activities
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Assessment
S.W.B.A.T.:
Business Plan Activities: Teacher prepared exams
Identify employment Read and analyze various and quizzes.

job descriptions, then
planning.
Perform a job analysis students will compose a In-class projects and

activities.
Explain the concepts job description for a

human resource manager
of recruitment,
for their business plan
Wall Street journal
section, and
projects.
orientation.
Analyze a companys
compensation system Students will develop the Current Events.
and benefits package. compensation and
benefits packages for their Money Skill Business
Identify
Modules Warm-Up
responsibilities of the employees.
human resource
Students will develop an Student Activities
manager after
Workbook Chapter 15 and
employees have been assessment rubric for
evaluating all employees 16
hired.
within their organization.
List ways in which

Business Plan:
companies provide
Students
will
develop
a
Job Description
training and
diversity
awareness
plan
Compensation/Benefits
development for
that will address issues
Employee Assessment
employees.
such
as
training,
handling
Diversity Awareness Plan
List the major unions

in American Business. of conflicts, and reporting
policies within their
Discuss the pros and

organization.
cons of union
membership.
Describe the effect of

culture on conducting
business in markets.
Explain how a
company forms a
corporate culture.
Identify ways in which

cultural diversity has
impacted business.
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
to Business: Ch.15 and
16
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
15 and 16
MoneySkill.org
the Classroom
DECA Role Play

9.2.12-C2
9.2.12-D1
9.2.12-D2
9.2.12-D3
9.2.12-D4
Human Resource 9.2.12-D5
Management
9.2.12-E8
(cont.)
9.2.12-F1
9.2.12-F2
9.2.12-F3
9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
diversity changed the

business
environment?
What are the laws

and regulations
regarding hiring,
termination, and
discipline of
employees.
Discuss the rights and

responsibilities an
employee has under
the law within a
company.
Identify legal issues

associated with the
hiring of employees.
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Unit Terminology: Planning, Job Analysis, Recruitment, Selection, Orientation, Compensation System, Benefits, Training, Development, Performance Appraisal, Labor Union,
AFL-CIO, Collective Bargaining, Good Faith, On-the-Job Training, Promotion, Transfer, Turnover, Separation, Background Check, Culture, Business Etiquette, Diversity, Stereotype,
Discrimination, Bureaucracy, Whistle Blowing, Americans with Disabilities Act, Glass Ceiling, Affirmative Action, OSHA, and Ageism

Time Period
Production and
Operations
(6 Sessions)
Standards
6.5.12-A3
6.5.12-A4
6.5.12-A5
6.5.12-A7
6.5.12-A8
6.5.12-A9
6.5.12-B1
6.5.12-B2
6.5.12-B3
6.5.12-B6
6.5.12-B9
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A2
8.1.12-A6
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B2
8.1.12-B3
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B6
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B12
8.2.12-A1
8.2.12-A2
8.2.12-A3
8.2.12-B1
8.2.12-B2
8.2.12-B3
8.2.12-B5
8.2.12-B6
8.2.12-C1
8.2.12-C2
8.2.12-C3
9.1.12-A1
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A4
9.1.12-A5
Essential Question
What is operations
role and function in
business?
How does the
production process
impact a companies
output and profit?
Concept/Content
Operation Management
Activities.
Product Development
Constraints.
Production and
Operations in a Service
Business.
Skills
S.W.B.A.T.:
Explain activities that

make up the
operations
management function
(i.e., purchasing,
inventory control,
quality control,
storage, logistics, and
evaluations).
Impact of Operations on
other Business Functions.
Technology in Operations
and Production
Management.
Core Activities
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Assessment
Students will explore the Teacher prepared exams

production process by
and quizzes.
working as members of a
team in a singleIn-class projects and
production versus
activities.
assembly line format to
make cookies. Students Wall Street journal
will analyze and discuss readings and activities.
the importance of
efficiency in the
Current Events.
production process and its
Discuss the impact of net goal in improving
Modules Warm-Up
a businesss product profits to the firm.
on operations
Business Plan:
management.
Description of Physical
Business Plan:
Plant
Describe how
Analyze the physical
Production Laws and
operations
requirements needed to Regulations
management
produce their product
principles apply to
Reflection log on cookie
service businesses. and/or service.
production activity.
Explain the impact of Research and discuss any
laws or regulations in
operations
management on other regard to the production of
the product in terms of
business functions.
quality standards and
Discuss the impact of safety.
technology on
Field trip to visit a
operations
production plant and
management.
observe daily activity firsthand.
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
MoneySkill.org
the Classroom
Principles of Business
Course Guide
Dantes DSST
Program Intro. To
Business
DECA Role Plays

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9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
Production and
Operations
(cont.)
9.1.12-C1
9.1.12-C2
9.1.12-C3
9.1.12-C4
Unit Terminology: Purchasing, Inventory Control, Quality Control, Storage, Logistics, Time Management Studies, The Hawthorne Effect, and Research and Development.

Time Period
Marketing
Management
(7 Sessions)
Standards
6.5.12-A4
6.5.12-A7
6.5.12-A10
6.5.12-B1
6.5.12-B4
6.5.12-B7
6.5.12-B9
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A2
8.1.12-A3
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-A6
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B2
8.1.12-B3
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B12
8.2.12-A1
8.2.12-A2
8.2.12-A3
8.2.12-B1
8.2.12-B2
8.2.12-B3
8.2.12-B5
8.2.12-B6
8.2.12-C1
8.2.12-C2
8.2.12-C3
9.1.12-A1
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A5
9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
Essential Question
What is Marketing?
Concept/Content
Basics of Marketing
What are the

Functions of Marketing
functions of marketing
and the elements of Marketing Mix
the marketing mix?
Market Research
What is Market
Research and how is Product Development
it utilized?
Pricing
How are products
developed?
Distribution
Skills
S.W.B.A.T.:
Define Marketing
What is Advertising? Types of Advertising

Media
How do we promote a
product and/or
Media Measurement and
service?
Rates
How do we measure
the effectiveness of
an advertising
campaign?
Core Activities
Business Plan Project:

Develop the marketing
plan for the firm including:
Identify the functions product description,
pricing strategy,
of marketing
distribution plan, and
List the elements of promotional campaign.
the marketing mix.
Students will conduct a
Describe the kinds of mini-market research
study of students in the
market research a
high school. Students will
company may use.
write their survey
Identify the steps in questions, conduct the
survey, and tabulate the
developing a new
results in the form of
product.
charts.
Define advertising.
List the types of
media that
businesses use to
reach potential
customers.
List the components

of media
measurement.
Identify how
advertising costs are
measured.
Describe how media

rates are determined.
Assessment
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Textbook/Teachers
Reference
Teacher prepared exams Glencoe Introduction

and quizzes.
to Business: Ch.13 and
14
activities.
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
Wall Street journal
13 and 14
Current Events.
MoneySkill.org

Modules Warm-Up

the Classroom
Student Activities
DECA Role Plays
Workbook Chapter 13 and
14
Business Plan:
Marketing Plan
Survey Project

Marketing
Management
(cont.)
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9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C1
9.1.12-C2
9.1.12-C4
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-A2
9.2.12-A3
9.2.12-A4
9.2.12-A5
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-B3
9.2.12-C1
9.2.12-C2
9.2.12-D3
9.2.12-D4
9.2.12-D5
9.2.12-E4
9.2.12-E5
9.2.12-E6
9.2.12-E8
9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
9.2.12-F6
Unit Terminology: Marketing, Marketing Concept, Market Strategy, Target Market, Total Market Approach, Market Segment Approach, Marketing Mix, Product, Product Line, Product
Mix, Price, Distribution, Marketing Channel, Wholesaler, Physical Distribution, Promotion, Advertising, Personal Selling, Sales Promotion, Publicity, Promotional Mix, Infomercial, Direct
Mail, Ad Campaign, Advertising Agency, and Webcast

Time Period
Financial
Management
(7 Sessions)
Standards
6.5.12-A3
6.5.12-A4
6.5.12-A5
6.5.12-A6
6.5.12-B1
6.5.12-B5
6.5.12-B8
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A2
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-A6
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B3
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B5
8.1.12-B7
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B11
8.1.12-B12
9.1.12-A1
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A5
9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C1
9.1.12-C3
9.1.12-C4
9.1.12-A1
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A4
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-C1
Essential Question
What are the

functions and
characteristics of
money?
Concept/Content
Purpose of Money
Functions of Banks
Financial Institutions
What are the

functions of a bank?
Federal Reserve System
How does the Federal Purpose of a Financial

Reserve System
Plan.
work?
Budgets.
What are the reasons
for creating a financial Setting Investment Goals
plan?
Issuing Bonds.
What is a budget and
how is it used?
Types of Bonds and
Securities.
What goals should
you set before
Advantages and
making investments? Disadvantages of Issuing
Bonds.
What are
characteristics of
Issuing Stocks.
Bonds?
Types of Stocks and
What are the
Markets.
difference between
federal, municipal
Advantages and
government, and
Disadvantages of Issuing
corporate bonds?
Stock
What are the
advantages and
disadvantages of
issuing bonds?
Skills
Core Activities
Page 17 of 24
Assessment
S.W.B.A.T.:
Field trip to Federal
and quizzes.
Describe the functions Reserve.

and characteristics of
Mock Federal Reserve In-class projects and
money.
What should we do
activities.
Discuss three main

functions of a bank. activity and present a
Compare and contrast PowerPoint as to what the Wall Street journal

three types of banks Fed should do and why. readings and activities.
found in our economy.
Based on stock market
Current Events.
Explain the major

fluctuations, analyze what
functions of the
had transpired in the
Federal Reserve
business
environment
that
Modules Warm-Up
System in the U.S.
caused the fluctuation?
Economy.
Student Activities
Identify the six

Workbook Chapter 12,
reasons for creating a Business Plan Project:
Students will describe
17.1, and 31
financial plan.
their
short-term
and
long
Explain what a budget
Business Plan:
is and how it is used. term financial plan
including
goals
and
Marketing Plan
Discuss two goals to

objectives
and
how
they
set before you start
making investments. plan to financially obtain Survey Project
them.
Name five
characteristics of
Develop the overall
bonds.
corporate budget for their
Differentiate between
company, by department.
types of bonds.
Describe the
advantages and
disadvantages of
issuing bonds.
Discuss stocks and

their markets.
Identify the
advantages and
disadvantages of
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
to Business: Ch.12,
17.1 and 31
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
12, 17.1 and 31
MoneySkill.org
the Classroom
DECA Role Plays

Financial
Management
(cont.)
9.2.12-C2
9.2.12-D1
9.2.12-D3
9.2.12-D4
9.2.12-D5
9.2.12-E2
9.2.12-E4
9.2.12-E8
9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
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issuing stocks.
What is the stock
market?
What are the

advantages and
disadvantages of
issuing stock?
Unit Terminology: Money, Federal Reserve System, Bank Reserve Requirement, Discount Rate, Commercial Bank, State Bank, National Bank, Thrift Institutions, Credit Unions, NonDeposit Institutions, Short-Term Financing, Long-Term Financing, Securities, Primary Market, Secondary Market, Over-the-Counter Market, Bonds, Securities and Exchange
Commission, Monetary System, Collateral, Brokerage Firms, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Stock Broker, Capital Gain, Capital Loss, and Dividends

Time Period
Risk
Management and
Insurance
(7 Sessions)
Standards
6.5.12-A4
6.5.12-A9
6.5.12-B1
6.5.12-B3
6.5.12-B7
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A2
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-B2
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B6
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B11
8.1.12-B12
8.2.12-A1
8.2.12-A3
8.2.12-C1
8.2.12-C2
8.2.12-C3
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A5
9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C3
9.1.12-C4
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-A4
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-B3
9.2.12-C2
9.2.12-D2
9.2.12-D3
9.2.12-D4
Essential Question
Concept/Content
What is risk?
Risk Management
What is risk
management?
Types of Risk
Handling Risk
What are the different

types of risk?
Insurance Protection
How can businesses Safety in the Workplace
manage or reduce the
amount of risk?
Skills
Core Activities
Page 19 of 24
Assessment
S.W.B.A.T.:
Business Plan Projects Teacher prepared exams
and quizzes.
Discuss risk and risk Risk Management Plan

Based on your business
management.
Identify careers in risk create a list of 5

Speculative and 5 Pure
activities.
and safety
Risks that their company
management.
will face. They will than Wall Street journal
Describe different
types of risk including: research to find various
types of insurance to shift
pure, economic,
Current Events.
human, and natural. the risk out of their
Compare and contrast company. Students will

pure and speculative explain the importance of Money Skill Business
their risk management
Modules Warm-Up
risks.
Explain the concept of strategy to the overall

success of their business. Student Activities
indemnity.
Workbook Chapter 33
Describe four ways

Identify the hazard
that individuals and
activity: Students will be Business Plan:
businesses can
Risk Management Plan
handle risk including: presented with some
visual
scenes
of
workers
avoidance, reduction,
in the workplace and will
retention, and
need to identify the
transfer.
common perils and
List types of
insurance protection. hazards that exist. Next
students will research who
Identify and discuss

is responsible for the risk,
common workplace
and what actions should
hazards and perils.
be taken to manage it.
Discuss the role of

government agencies
Students will research the
in reducing risk to
role of the consumer
consumers and
product safety
employees.
commission, the division
of consumer affairs,
OSHA, and other
government organizations
designed to promote the
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
to Business: Ch.33
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
33
MoneySkill.org
the Classroom
DECA Role Plays

Risk
Management and
Insurance
(cont.)
9.2.12-D5
9.2.12-F1
9.2.12-F2
9.2.12-F3
9.2.12-F4
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health and safety of

workers and consumers.
9.2.12-F5
9.2.12-F6
Unit Terminology: Risk; Speculative Risk; Pure Risk; Risk Management; Risk Reduction; Human Risk; Principle of Indemnity; Fidelity Bonds; Marine or Transportation Insurance;
Business Interruption Insurance; Premium; Peril; and Hazard

Time Period
Management
Information
Systems and
Accounting
(10 Sessions)
Standards
6.5.12-A1
6.5.12-A4
6.5.12-A5
6.5.12-A7
6.5.12-B1
6.5.12-B4
6.5.12-B9
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A2
8.1.12-A3
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-A9
8.1.12-B1
8.1.12-B2
8.1.12-B3
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B6
8.1.12-B7
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B12
8.2.12-A1
8.2.12-A2
8.2.12-A3
8.2.12-B1
8.2.12-B2
8.2.12-C2
8.2.12-C3
9.1.12-A1
9.1.12-A2
9.1.12-A3
9.1.12-A4
9.1.12-B1
9.1.12-B2
9.1.12-B3
9.1.12-B4
9.1.12-B5
9.1.12-C1
Essential Question
Concept/Content
Skills
Core Activities
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Assessment
S.W.B.A.T.:
Business Plan Project Teacher prepared exams
Internet Usage Plan:
and quizzes.
Describe how
Students will research and
technological
innovations have had analyze the extent to
an effect on business. which they plan to use the activities.
What impact does
Technology and the E
Give examples of how Internet as a means of
technology have on Workforce
conducting business now Wall Street journal
technology has
future career
and in the future.
changed career
opportunities?
The Role of Information
opportunities.
Technology
Current Events.
Describe the role of Business Technology

What is the role of
Usage Plan: Students will
information
information
How Information
research and analyze how Money Skill Business
technology in
technology in
Technology is used in the
they will use technology in Modules Warm-Up
business.
business?
Workplace
their business including
Identify ways that

telecommuting, standard Student Activities
information
How have daily
Careers in Information
computer technology,
Workbook Chapter 9.1,
technology has
activities in the
Technology.
specific industry based
18.1, and 17.2
changed the
workplace changed
technology, and new
workplace.
as a result of
Accounting for Business
Explain the purpose innovative technologies. Business Plan:
technology?
Risk Management Plan
of accounting.
Property Ownership and
The
Accounting
Plan:
Describe how
What is Accounting? Control
Students will determine
Monopoly Accounting
property rights are
how
they
plan
to
Project
measured.
How do we measure The Accounting Equation
implement the Accounting
Define the three
the value of a
function within their
components of the
company?
Financial Statements
accounting equation. businesses. This can
include outsourcing or
Describe the three

How can we insure
internally managing the
main financial
that a companys
accounting process.
statements used by
financial transactions
businesses.
are accurate?
Monopoly Accounting:
Students will learn to
How and why do
record financial
companies report
transactions according to
their financial
GAAP standards. At the
standing?
end of the activity
students will produce a set
How has
History of Technology
technological
innovations impacted How Technology
business?
Influences Business
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
to Business: Ch.9.1,
18.1, and 17.2
Glencoe Intro to
Business Student
9.1, 18.1, and 17.2
MoneySkill.org
the Classroom
DECA Role Plays

9.1.12-C3
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-B1
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-B3
Management
Information
Systems and
Accounting
(cont.)
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of financial statements
based on their
transactions to determine
their accurate financial
standings.
9.2.12-C2
9.2.12-D3
9.2.12-D4
9.2.12-D5
9.2.12-E1
9.2.12-E4
9.2.12-E8
9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
Unit Terminology: E-Workforce; E-Commerce; Digital Workflow; Technology; Information Technology; Telecommunications; Telecommuting; CAD; Virtual Reality; Handheld
Computing; Accounting; GAAP; Property; Assets; Current Assets; Accounts Receivable; Fixed Assets; Equity; Liabilities; Accounts Payable; Owners Equity; Accounting Equation;
Financial Statements; Income Statement; Balance Sheet; and Cash Flow Statement

Time Period
Standards
The Final Project 6.5.12-A*

(5 Sessions)
6.5.12-B*
8.1.12-A1
8.1.12-A2
8.1.12-A3
8.1.12-A5
8.1.12-B4
8.1.12-B9
8.1.12-B12
9.1.12-A*
9.1.12-B*
9.1.12-C*
9.2.12-A1
9.2.12-A2
9.2.12-B2
9.2.12-B3
9.2.12-D1
9.2.12-E1
9.2.12-E2
9.2.12-E3
9.2.12-E4
9.2.12-E8
9.2.12-F4
9.2.12-F5
Essential Question
How do we start a
business?
Concept/Content
Raising Startup Capital.

The Business Plan
Investment Bankers.
Project Management.
Reinforcement of all
general business
principles.
Skills
S.W.B.A.T.:
Complete a fully
functional business
plan.
Conduct a formalized
business presentation
to various audience
members.
Seek and incorporate

the critique and
criticisms of business
professionals.
Plan and coordinate a

functional business
meeting.
Core Activities
Business Plan Project
Completed Written
Project: Students will
meet with a business
professional to discuss
and seek advice as to
improving their overall
plan. Then students will
modify their existing plan
according to their critique
and recommendations.
Presentation: Students
will develop a 5-10 minute
presentation on their
business designed to
attract investment bankers
into green lighting the
project.
The Final Exam:
Preparation: Students will
work as a team to arrange
for a formalized business
meeting, including inviting
guests, providing proper
setting and refreshments,
requesting required
technology, and
coordinating the overall
event.
Presentation: Students
teams will present their
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Assessment
Completed Written
Business Plans.
PowerPoint Presentations.
Completion of Event
Coordination Tasks and
Responsibilities.
Final Presentations
Textbook/Teachers
Reference
Final Project / Exam

Rubrics

business plan during their

allotted time frame.
Unit Terminology: Project Planning; Event Coordination; and Business Plan
* All Indicators in this Standard / Strand are included.
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The following Intro. To Business course includes the following:

DEPARTMENT: LYNDHURST HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

Profit versus Nonprofit

What are the

Supply and Demand and

What is the role of

Identify and classify

Teacher prepared exams Glencoe Introduction

Take a single product and

Wall Street Journal in

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supply and demand and

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Major imports and

Labor Statistics and

Teacher prepared exams Glencoe Intro to

Describe various customs

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Government and 6.5.12-A1

Government Regulations S.W.B.A.T.:

Identify government assign a regulation

Explain the role of

Discuss the methods Create an Excel

Compare and contrast and production.

Discuss the various

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What are the primary Forms of Business

Compare and contrast rational for their selection

Identify and describe Create five teams assign

Apply ownership and various types of

DEPARTMENT: LYNDHURST HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT: LYNDHURST HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

List at least five

Identify at least four

Discuss the parts of a

Business Plan Projects: Teacher prepared exams

Business Plan Projects: Current Events.

Wall Street Journal in

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The Management 6.5.12-A4

What are the

Describe the overall with the problem of

Discuss the four

Name six skills

Describe the qualities

Name at least three Students will create an

Identify and describe

Describe the self/ potentially legal issue

Define ethics and

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Describe why ethical DECA Style Role Plays

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Human Resource 6.5.12-A4

What are the steps in Compensation Systems.

Identify employment Read and analyze various and quizzes.

Perform a job analysis students will compose a In-class projects and

Explain the concepts job description for a

List ways in which

List the major unions

Discuss the pros and