Getting Started Business Finance

How many employees do I need? What are my profits? How do I do my taxes? Students learn the answers to these basic questions that each small business owner needs to know as they create businesses and sell products to the other students.

Topics by Week
Sample Pacing Guide
Lessons and Reviews
Math Skills Worksheets
Projects
Quizzes
Unit Tests

Topics by Week

Week 1	Unit 1 Choose a Company	This lesson will focus on introducing the course material and getting started. You will teach students how to take personality surveys and fill out job applications.
Week 2 Week 3	Unit 2 Create and Sell Product	This lesson teaches students how to calculate and estimate weekly payments for specific products their companies are selling. These products are sold to other students and will be billed for and paid weekly by the students.
Week 4	Unit 3 Advertise	This lesson teaches students how to calculate area, balance spatial design, and consider the effects of color on their design. Students will calculate the material and costs of a billboard by calculating areas of different parts of their billboard.
Week 5	Unit 4 Where is Tax Money Spent	Students will learn the importance the government places on taxes, learn about very large numbers, and will learn where tax money is spent.
Week 6	Unit 5 Federal Taxes	Students will learn about reading very large numbers. They will understand progressive and flat taxes and will calculate taxes from the tax brackets.
Week 7	Unit 6 Tax Returns	Students will complete a simple personal tax return form for Federal Taxes using form 1040EZ.
Week 8	Unit 7 Calculating Staffing Requirements	This lesson teaches how to calculate costs and staffing requirements in a company.
Week 9	Unit 8 Calculating Selling Price	This lesson expands the concepts of unit sales and percents by teaching students how to create a pricing model for a popcorn company.
Week 10	Unit 9 Product Design and Sales	This lesson expands the concepts of unit sales and percents by teaching students how to design and sell a Marshmallow Shooter.
Week 11 Week 12	Unit 10 Travel Agent – Design a Trip	This lesson teaches students how to plan for a road trip. they will calculate travel costs, hotel costs, and time zones.
Week 13	Unit 11 Restaurant Owner – Menu Design	Students will use fractions, unit conversion, markup, and unit sales as they create a menu and associated recipes for a restaurant. They will calculate cost of cooking, sales prices, and basic costs of running a Restaurant.
Week 14	Unit 12 Shipping	This lesson will teach students the basics of calculating shipping costs.
Week 15	Unit 13 Experimental Probability	This unit teaches students about probability, both calculated and experimental.
Week 16	Unit 14 Projecting Profits	This unit teaches how to graph company profits, and create equations for projecting profits based on future sales.
Week 17	Unit 15 Business Finance Final Review	During this lesson, you will review some of the most fundamental topics that are needed to survive in life. These items will be on the final exam.