Introduction to Business & Technology - Scope and Sequence - Units 1-9

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Unit: 1

Lesson Title/Focus: Communications

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 Students will improve their communications skills learned in ELA through writing, speaking, reading, and listening.

 The teacher will provide review materials on writing and speaking grammatically correct to improve interpersonal abilities and attain employability skills required by business and industry.

BMA-IBT 1: Demonstrate

employability skills required by business and industry.

Writing:L11-12WHST5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most

significant for a specific purpose and audience.

Literacy: L11-12RST7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCGPS Standards Text Complexity:

Text Type: article, novel, blog, textbook, other

Lexile Range: 925L-1185L

EOPA Standards: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/

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Unit: 2

Lesson Title/Focus: Leadership in Management

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 Students will gain leadership skills by becoming familiar with the characteristics of a leader.

 The teacher will demonstrate how to be a leader on a team.

 Students will identify leaders in business.

BMA-IBT 4:

Analyze and integrate leadership skills and management functions within the business environment.

Writing: L11-12RST9: Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.

Literacy: L11-12WHST4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

Lexile Range: 925L-1185L

Pages/CTAE-Georgia-Assessments.aspx SLO Standards: TBD

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Unit: 3

Lesson Title/Focus: Word Processing

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 Students will be able to use MS Word to format professional, industry appropriate documents.

 The teacher will demonstrate how to master MS Word skills and concepts.

 Students will use MS Word to create acceptable business documents.

BMA-IBT 3: Master Word

Processing software to create, edit, and publish professional-appearing business documents.

technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update

individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

Literacy: L11-12RST3: Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.

CCGPS Standards Text Complexity:

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Unit: 4

Lesson Title/Focus: Human Resource Management

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 Students will be able to

understand basic human resource management and legal aspects of businesses; apply employability skills learned to real world application process; and use presentation software to create professional presentations.

 The teacher will provide

explanation and demonstration of these skills and transfer them to the students.

BMA-IBT 11:

Examine basic human resources and the legal aspects of a business while incorporating the methods into business practices.

Writing: L11-12WHST4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Literacy: L11-12RST9: Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible. CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

Learning Targets:

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Unit: 5

Lesson Title/Focus: Employability Skills

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 Students will be able to apply employability skills learned to the real world application process, including formatting a resume, cover letter, and reading and writing about the latest career forecasts.

BMA-IBT 1: Demonstrate

employability skills required by business and industry.

clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Literacy: L11-12RST7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 6

Lesson Title/Focus: Communication Skills

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 Students will understand proper use of the internet and social media; create presentations using MS PowerPoint; use decision-making skills to solve real world problems.

 Students will communicate using the internet.

BMA-IBT 6:

Use professional oral, written, and digital communication skills to create, express, and interpret information and ideas.

Writing: L11-12WHST6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update

Text Complexity:

Learning Targets:

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Unit: 7

Lesson Title/Focus: Entrepreneurship

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 Students will differentiate different types of business ownership; examine the

characteristics of an entrepreneur.

 Students will research various types of businesses ownership.

BMA-IBT 7: Demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurship through recognizing a business opportunity, how to start a business based on the

recognized

opportunity, and the basics of how to operate and maintain that business.

technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update

Literacy: L11-12RST4: Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context

relevant to grades 11–12 texts and topics. CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 8

Lesson Title/Focus: Accounting

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 Students will understand the basics of accounting practices in a business.

 Students will be able to make financial decisions.

BMA-IBT 8:

Understand, interpret, and use accounting principles to make financial decisions.

Writing: L11-12WHST4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 9

Lesson Title/Focus: Budgets

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 Students will money management strategies in their personal lives and in business; identify and list the pros and cons of financial institutions.

 Students will demonstrate an understanding of personal budgets and business finances.

BMA-IBT 9:

Develop and execute an understanding and apply effective money management strategies and understand the role and functions of financial institutions.

clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Text Complexity:

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