Content Map For Career & Technology
Content Strand: Applied Academics
Exploring Business Tech.
Grade 6
Exploring Business Tech.
Grade 7
Exploring Business Tech.
Grade 8
6-CT-1 Identify how consumer
demand has influenced
changes in computer
products.
7-CT-1 Identify new
technologies and their
impact upon consumers
and workers.
8-CT-1 Identify future
technologies and their
potential effect on
society.
6-CT-2 Use computer
technology to gather,
analyze, and
manipulate
grade
appropriate data.
7-CT-2 Use computer
technology to gather,
analyze, and
manipulate
grade
appropriate data.
8-CT-2 Use computer
technology to gather,
analyze, and
manipulate
grade
appropriate data.
6-CT-3 Read and follow
technical instructions to
perform specific
computer functions.
7-CT-3 Read and follow
technical instructions to
perform specific
computer functions.
8-CT-3 Read and follow
technical instructions to
perform specific
computer functions.
6-CT-4 Use an electronic
encyclopedia to
gather information to be
included in a grade
appropriate report.
7-CT-4 Use the Internet to
gather information to be
included in a grade
appropriate report.
8-CT-4 Use the Internet to
gather information to be
included in a grade
appropriate report.
8-CT-5 Compile the
information needed for
a multi-media
presentation.
Henry County Public Schools
Teacher’s Guide For Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
Revised July, 1998
Content Map For Career & Technology
Content Strand: Personal Development
Exploring Business Tech.
Grade 6
Exploring Business Tech.
Grade 7
Exploring Business Tech.
Grade 8
6-CT-5 Identify specific
examples of companies
that provide information
management products
and/or services.
7-CT-5 Identify specific
examples of the range of
occupations that exist in
the information
management field.
6-CT-6 Discuss personal
ethical issues in the use
of computer technology.
7-CT-6 Identify the attributes
of a successful
employee.
8-CT-6 Identify specific
examples of educational
options (high school,
technical institute,
apprenticeship, &
college) for career
preparation in the
business & information
management field.
6-CT-7 Discuss ethical and
legal issues that affect
companies regarding
electronic information
and communication.
7-CT-7 Use a career interest
inventory and prepare a
report of the results.
8-CT-7 Understand the
connection between
education and success in
the workplace.
8-CT-8 Use the Georgia Career
Information System
(GCIS) to gather
information for a career
research report.
Henry County Public Schools
Teacher’s Guide For Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
Revised July, 1998
Content Map For Career & Technology
Content Strand: Technical Skills & Workplace Applications
Exploring Business Tech.
Grade 6
Exploring Business Tech.
Grade 7
6-CT-8 Demonstrate proper
key-stroking of all letter,
number, and symbol
keys by touch.
7-CT-8 Demonstrate proper
key-stroking of all letter,
number, and symbol keys
by touch.
6-CT-9 Improve keying speed
and accuracy (minimum
15 wpm, 2 errors, 1minute test).
7-CT-9 Improve keying speed
and accuracy (minimum
20 wpm, 2 errors, 2minute test).
6-CT-10 Use basic-level
functions of Microsoft
Works 4.0 (using word
processor, database, and
spreadsheet).
6-CT-11 Prepare and print a
personal business card
with centered
information and optional
graphics.
6-CT-12 Create personal notes,
letters, and business
letters with mixed
punctuation using block
style and modified block
style formatting.
6-CT-13 Research, compose,
and key a 2-page report
with title page,
bibliography, outline,
and graphics.
7-CT-10 Use intermediatelevel functions of
Microsoft Works 4.0
(using word processor,
database, and
spreadsheet).
7-CT-11 Create a business
letter in block style with
open punctuation with an
accompanying large
envelope.
7-CT-12 Compose a letter of
application for summer
employment with large
envelope.
7-CT-13 Produce columns and
tables.
7-CT-14 Integrate graphics and
paintbrush into word
processing.
7-CT-15 Research, compose,
and key a 2-page report
with title page,
bibliography, outline,
and graphics.
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Exploring Business Tech.
Grade 8
8-CT-9 Key all letter, number,
and symbol keys by
touch.
8-CT-10 Improve keying speed
and accuracy (minimum
25 wpm, 3 errors, 3minute test).
8-CT-11 Use advanced-level
functions of Microsoft
Works 4.0 (using word
processor, database,
spreadsheet, &
graphics).
8-CT-12 Create business letters
in various format styles
with large and small
envelopes.
8-CT-13 Prepare spreadsheets
with bar graphs and pie
charts.
8-CT-14 Prepare from raw
data: 1) a simple
database, 2) a personal
inventory database, 3) a
mailing list database.
Sort records merge data
fields into a letter and
print data.
8-CT-15 Compose, format, and
key a three-page report
with: footnotes,
spreadsheet with bar
graph and/or pie chart,
graphics, title page, table
of contents, and
bibliography.
Teacher’s Guide For Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
Revised July, 1998
Henry County Public Schools
Teacher’s Guide For Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
Revised July, 1998