Business and Technology/Business Communications

Updated Progress Long-Term Project

1st

Semester
1. Reality Fair
Completed 10/14
2. Job Hunters Handbook
Completed 12/14

2nd Semester
1. Life Strategies for Teens
Completed 1/15
2. International Business
Project
In progress
3. Create program/flyers, etc.
for the Spring musical,
Mary Poppins.
Will begin week of 3/9/15.

REALITY FAIR
Business and Technology Long Term Project

Business and Technology

Long Term Project
Unit REALITY FAIR
Title/Topic
Duration
GPS Standard/Element

Incorporates the majority of the standards in Business and Technology in a

real life situation,
Reality Fair for 8th grade students from feeder middle schools
15-18 Hours

BMA-BT-1

Demonstrate employability skills required by business and industry.

BMA-BT-2

Create, edit, and publish industry appropriate documents using technology as a tool to
increase productivity.

BMA-BT-3

Develop organizational communication skills through professional leadership, personal

ethics, and customer/business relationships.

BMA-BT-4/5

Master use of spreadsheet software to analyze, organize and share data from a
spreadsheet while presenting the data visually in a business environment.

BMA-BT-6

Develop creditable research skills to use information from a variety of sources.

BMA-BT-8

Develop personal leadership skills to work on teams, teach others, serve customers,
lead, negotiate, and work effectively and efficiently in a business environment.

BMA-BT-9

Explore how related student organizations are integral parts of career and technology
education courses through leadership development, school and community service
projects, entrepreneurship development, and competitive events.

PROCEDURES/ACTIVITIES
PART 1:
Students will work together in teams to complete the following components of the Reality Fair.
Students will research the medium annual salaries for the jobs/careers chosen by the almost 500 middle
school students from the two feeder middle schools. Example 1.
Students will input data into an Excel spreadsheet from the papers from the middle school students. See
Example 2.
Students will learn about taxes from Liberty Tax representatives, Tikisha Rogers and Ernest Green,
owners.
Students will use the http://www.payrollforamerica.com/calculators/Georgia-payroll-calculator.php to
calculate the Federal and State Withholding, Social Security, and Medicare taxes.

Students will create a paycheck stub for each student using mail merge. Example 3.
Students will create a check register for each student using mail merge. Example 4.
Students will organize folders with labels, paychecks, and check registers sorted by school and
teacher.
PART 2:
Students will create brochures on the Business and Technology Pathway spotlighting the three courses
in the Pathway, related careers, and Future Business Leaders of America. Example 5.
Students will create a hands-on activity for the day of the Reality Fair, creating questions and answers
for the related careers and the types of software/documents used in business. Prize Wheel to be utilized
and adapted for Reality Fair. Creating labels.
PART 3:
Students will dress in business attire and represent the Business and Technology Pathway at the Reality
Fair. Interacting with students, explaining the different aspects of the pathway. Example 6.
PART 4:
Students will reflect on their particular parts of the project, what they felt went well and what suggestions
they have for an improved project. Example 7.
PART 5:
Media coverage. Example 8.

Resources

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm - Occupational Outlook

http://salary.com/ - Salary.com
http://www.payrollforamerica.com/calculators/Georgia-payroll-calculator.php

EXAMPLE 1:
PICTURE OF Career Information Sheet

EXAMPLE 2:
EXCEL SPREADSHEET

EXAMPLE 3:
PAYCHECK STUB

Paulding County School District

Gross Pay:

Personal Information:

$MONTH__SALARY

Federal Withholding:

$FED__WH

State Withholding:

$GA_WH

Dobbins Middle School

Social Security:

$SS__USE

637 Williams Lake Road

Medicare:

Powder Springs, GA 30127

Health Insurance:

$MEDI__USE
$INS__USE

Net Pay:

$Net_Pay

Marital Status:
Dallas, GA 30157
S
M
D
W

October 28, 2014

MS
Pay to the Order of:

FIRST__NAME LAST__NAME

Dependents:
0

Script---------DOLLARS

$Net_Pay

DEP

REALITY BANK and TRUST

Ronnetta Simpson

EXAMPLE 4:

CHECK REGISTER

EXAMPLE 5:
BROCHURES

EXAMPLE 6:
PICTURE OF STUDENTS

EXAMPLE 7:
REFLECTION

EXAMPLE 8:

Name: _____________________________
Job Hunters Handbook FINAL PROJECT RUBRIC
ITEM

POINTS
POSSIBLE

Creative Cover

Table of Contents

1.

Resume (2) Real and Fabricated for Career Job

10

2.

Cover Letter

3.

Job Information

4.

Interviewing Questions

10

5.

Two Writing Assignments

10

6.

Career Research - Booklet

10

7.

Wardrobe

EXCEL

8.

Wardrobe

PowerPoint

9.

Budget for Housing, Food, Car, Etc. Excel w/% Chart

10. Dress for Success

11. Successful Job Interview Tips

12. Illegal Interview Questions

13. What 3 choices do you have in responding to Illegal Interview

questions?
14. Questions That You Can Ask an Interviewer?

15. Interviewing Dos

16. Interviewing Dont

17. Common Interviewing Mistakes

18. Employability Skills

PEER

POINTS

REVIEW

EARNED

19. Dining Etiquette

20. Shake Hands in a Business Meeting

21. Networking - Social Media

22. References (Minimum of 5 different sources)

5
10

23. Formatting Consistency Font/Spacing/etc.

TOTAL
BONUS (+5) Maximum 3

Deductions (Misspelled words, spacing, etc.)

Name of Peer Reviewer

150

Life Strategies for Teens

Jay McGraw
1. Each student will read the following pages:
Foreword through Introduction up to page 31
Powering Up to page 49
Your specific chapter (1 10)
Conclusion pages 229-236
2. Create a PowerPoint presentation with the following guidelines:
o Title Slide and Summary Slide
o Six additional slides on your chapter
o Use a design template with a change of colors, font
o Follow PP rules: i.e. 7x7, no sentences (unless quotes)
3. Provide some type of handout that we can complete on your chapter. Some
chapters have activities, if yours does not choose one of the lists and do a fill
in the blank.
4. Present to class on Thursday and Friday, January 22 & 23.
5. Use MLA format and create a paragraph summary of each of the 10 Life
Laws. Need a review of MLA format? Do a google search and find Purdue
University OWL.
6. Turn in all handouts IN ORDER from all chapters with your summary on
the top.