Pi Omega Pi: Mu Chapter (Teacher Resources)

Pi Omega Pi Mu Chapter

Web Sites for Business Education Teachers

Website	Description
www.iloveteaching.com	Anyone who wants to be a teacher needs to visit this site. It offers tips on everything from classroom management to educational resources.
www.smg2000.org	An electronic simulation of Wall Street trading, designed to help students and adults understand the stock market, the cost and benefits involved in decision making, the sources and uses of capital and other related economic concepts.
http://teachers.net	Offers a chat board for teachers to communicate with one another. It also has a curriculum bank and lesson exchange.
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/	This site has over 700 lesson plans accumulated from teachers throughout the United States.
http://ericir.syr.edu/virtual /lessons	AskEric has over 1,000 lesson plans available for teachers.
thegateway.org	The Gateway to Educational Materials contains over 6,000 lesson plans for teachers.
www.edweek.org	This site contains current news in education, papers, and links to educational websites.
http://educast.com	Gives you up-to-date news regarding education, lesson plans, and announcements of conferences and grants.
http://www.moneyinstructor.com/	Website consists of lessons that show students how to save and invest money, how to make a budget, how to count change, how to read credit card statements, and much more.
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php	Lessons on making financial decisions, making money, budgeting, living on your own, buying a home, banking services, credit, credit cards, cars and loans, and much more.
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/	Lessons on check balancing, borrowing and saving, supply and demand, and much more.
http://lessonplanet.teacherwebtools.com	This site consists of lessons on a variety of subjects including: investment options, budgets, soft money, borrowing and much more.
http://www.jumpstart.org/	This site has 12 principles that every young person should know and it has a Merrill Lynch Investing Pays Off website link. There is also a personal finance clearinghouse that consists of resources for teachers.
http://www.edhelper.com/	Discusses currency exchange, check balancing, and balancing budgets.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/	There are just a few personal finance lessons on this site. There is one on money, banks and business and another on balancing budgets.
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/all.html	This site has the steps to purchase a home, understanding discounts and sales, and supply and demand.
www.consumerreports.org	This site has a number of personal finance subjects: investments, banking, shopping and spending, banking, insurance and much more.
www.compare.net	This is a comparison shopping site that helps individuals compare cars, phones, insurance and much more.
www.fraud.org	This site teaches consumers about the different types of fraud.
http://www.topicseducation.com	This site has three activities over comparison shopping, budgeting, and money management mistakes.
www.bbb.com	Better Business Bureau offers tips for consumers of all ages. Topics discussed in the website include: fraud, identity theft, and ecommerce scams.
www.ftc.gov	Federal Trade Commission website consists of facts for young consumers. Topics include: playing the buying game, credit, and scholarship scams.
www.youngconsumer.org	This site consists of alerts and tips for young consumers.
http://consumerlawpage.com/brochure/100.shtml	This is a “Young Adult’s Guide to Credit Cards.”
http://www.consumerjungle.org	This is an extremely interesting website that has different categories that teachers/students can choose. There are tips for buying a car, surfing the web, choosing and using credit cards, and tips for living on your own.
http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/	Teen Consumer Scrapbook site consists of helpful information about buying goods and services.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/specpubs.htm	Consists of electronic publications related to consumer information.
http://www.financial-education-icfe.org/children_and_money/index.asp	Children and Money website consists of “Ten Commandments of Personal Finance,” and topics such as: credit, the value of money, credit risk profiles, and improved spending techniques.

Business Learning Activities

Topic	Learning Activity
Comparison Shopping	1. Present case problem: Jeff needs a gallon of milk. He lives one block from a convenience store that sells milk for $1.98 a quart. The milk at the convenience store will expire in two days. Jeff lives three miles from a grocery store that sells milk for $2.50 a gallon. The milk will expire in one week. The owners of the grocery store are very involved in the community and donate a portion of their sales to area schools. Jeff lives 10 miles from a Wal-Mart that sells milk for $1.55 a gallon. The milk expires in one week. 2. Have students create a decision grid that will help them determine the product that will best meet their needs as consumers. This activity will help the students identify factors to consider when shopping for products or services. Each product should be ranked on a scale of 1-10. Price, quality, and quantity are among the categories that should be included in the grid.
Ethics	1. Have students go to a company website and find out if there is anything in their mission statement or company philosophy concerning ethics. 2. Students should report what they find and discuss whether they believe the company is ethical.
Making Change	1. Have students go to http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html and click on the U.S. flag and select the hard option. When finished with the activity, have the students print their scores.
Insurance	1. Explain the importance of having an inventory of your personal items on file when filing claims with insurance companies then have the students create an inventory of their personal items. 2. Have students go to http://insurance.yahoo.com/auto.html and insert their own information in the auto coverage analyzer and print the results. Next, have the students use the same site to enter the information of one of their parents and print the results. Students should compare and contrast the two results.
Checkbook	1. Students can learn how to write a check, and balance a checkbook at www.moneyinstructor.com
Phone Etiquette	1. Have students read phone etiquette tips at: www.fullerton.edu/it/phone/etiquetteguide.htm 2. Next, have students take a phone etiquette quiz at: http://schooldiscovery.com/quizzes6/annhumes/TelephoneEtiquette.htm