Lesson Plan 1.3 – Careers and Skills
Course Title – Accounting II
Lesson Title – Careers and Skills
TAKS: R1
Specific Objective – Introduce or reinforce understanding of the careers
available in accounting. Reinforce understanding of the skills required for an
accounting career and how those skills are transferable to other career areas.
Performance Objectives:
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Understand the careers available in accounting;
Understand what skills are needed in accounting;
Understand what accounting skills you can transfer to other professions.
Preparation
Sponge/Focus Activity:
Show the slide show titled “Introduction under Accounting II” on the Century 21’s
Teacher Resource CD.
Teaching Strategies:
Explain that the information discussed in this lesson is also helpful with the
Group Project at the end of this unit.
Lesson Content:
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Show the Takin’ Care of Business DVD obtained from American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.
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Discuss or present the Accounting Careers available, (see p. xvii in Century
21’s Textbook). Discuss or present Transferable Skills needed, (see p. xx in
Century 21’s Textbook). Also show the Takin’ Care of Business Video
provided by the AICPA.
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Have your students read “Accounting Careers in Focus” from the Glencoe
Textbook. Have them respond to the questions posed at the end of each
one. See pp. 25, 106, 153, 217, 286, 343, 410, 463, 511, 583, 644, 706, and
744.
Materials Needed:
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Century 21’s Textbook
Glencoe’s Textbook
Century 21’s Teacher Resource CD
Computer with TV or Other presentation system
Lesson Plan 1.3 – Careers and Skills
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ACCOUNTING II
Assessment:
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Use the Group Project at the end of this unit
Responses to questions at the end of each Accounting Careers in Focus
Activities
o Lesson 15 of Takin’ Care of Business Education Handbook
o Lesson 15 “The Language of Business Certified for Success”
Additional Resources:
Textbooks:
Guerrieri, Donald J., F. Barry Haber, William B. Hoyt, and Robert E. Turner,
Glencoe Accounting Real-World Applications & Connections, Advanced
Course, Fourth Edition, Glencoe McGraw-Hill: New York, New York.
Ross, Kenton E., CPA, Mark W. Lehman, CPA, Claudia Bienias Gilbertson, CPA,
Robert D. Hanson, Century 21 Accounting Advanced, Anniversary Edition,
Thomson South-Western: Mason, OH, 2003.
Takin’ Care of Business, Education Handbook, American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 100368775, www.aicpa.org.
Multimedia:
Century 21 Accounting Teacher’s Resource CD
Takin’ Care of Business, provided by AICPA (see textbooks)
Websites:
www.tscpa.org
www.aicpa.org
Business Partners:
The Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants is always willing to provide a
speaker for your class.
Lesson Plan 1.3 – Careers and Skills
Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved.
ACCOUNTING II