Business+Department

This page will be used for the business department to collaborate and share information. I have included several links to useful pages below. Please follow these links and use this page to share your thoughts and any other useful sites you may find.

Mr. Breitsprecher's Career Activities This is a great site for career exploration. This site has links to other sites as well as lesson pans, PDF worksheets, and activities.

Junior Achievement Worldwide "JA Worldwide is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs. Its pograms help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace."

OlivoWeb Standards based website with links to various business education sites.

Pennsylvania Office of Financial Education A website for Pennsylvanians. Resources to learn about money and financial issues.

FDIC FDIC offers a free curriculum for young adults. It is in an electronic version and has all the materials you could ever want for personal finance. There are also student cds you can order.

Wells Fargo Stagecoach Island User Guide This is a user guide for the Wells Fargo virtual world, Stagecoach Island. This game introduces young adults to financial education.

Stagecoach Island A free online interactive money management program.

Hands On Banking Offers free online money skills based on age level.

Free Personal Finance Software Free online personal finance and budget software, free online money management and budget planner.

Practical Money Skills for Life Free financial literacy lesson plans.

Money Instructor - The website has lessons for basic money management skills, saving and investing, earning and spending, and business careers. - This is a little bit of an introductory course geared for younger ages, but does come in handy.

Feed the Pig - The website has lessons for basic money management skills, saving and investing, earning and spending, and business careers. - This is a little bit of an introductory course geared for younger ages, but does come in handy.

U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Website of the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing - By clicking on Youth Education you can get a variety of games and classroom materials

360 Degrees of FInancial Literacy - Underneath the topics heading, you can get tools and blurbs about various money topic

MyNameIsE Free online business card creator.


 * The websites below will focus on personal finance and economics.**
 * CommonSense Economics** Great site for economics lessons, games, interactives, ect.

Fasttrack Civics Links to economics resources and sites.

High School Economics Topics

Russ Roberts: The basics Key ideas and basic theory for understanding economics.

Council for Economic Education Information, interactives, lesson plans, etc. for economics and personal finance.

Mint.com Live a richer life. A money management website geared toward teens.

DoYouBuzz Welcome to the next generation of resumes

Resume and Cover Letter Prezi Presentations