INTRODUCTION YEAR 10 BUSINESS
SEMESTER 1 – Term Spring
WEEK CONTENT
2
Why
Business?
TASK/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Lesson 1
Introduction & Rules
 One person talks at a time
 Respect others and their property
 Do your best
 Do as the teacher instructs
STRATEGIES
Think, Pair, Share - Write: Why did you choose
business & what do you want to learn about?
Share with the class
Think Pair
Share
Direct
Instruction
Intro PPT
Handout: Term & Assessment Outline
Overview of Topics - Intro PPT
Term outline
3
Business
Types
RESOURCES
Computer
Bingo Activity – Find someone who? – Handout:
Bingo Game
Activity
Handout: Bingo Game
Chocolates
Bullseye chart activity – students look at business
studies bullseye chart and choose an occupation that
suits them. Students create a one page brochure
advertising that occupation. Bulleye chart:
www.myfuture.edu.au
Lesson 2
Who’s parents work for wages?
Who’s parents own their own business?
Think Pair Share: Which is better to own your
business or work for wages?
Research &
Present
www.myfuture.edu.au - Tools and Resources,
Learning Tools for secondary students, Bullseye
charts, Business
What is a business? A business is any organisation
that produces and sells for a profit, the goods and
services that satisfy needs and wants.
Activity –
Concepts
Intro PPT
Questioning
Worksheet 1:
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/econo
mics/goods-and-services_WMZTR.pdf
Students complete worksheet 1: Goods and Services
Can you just start a business?
Class Brainstorm – what do you need to start a
business? For Example Hairdresser. Start a business
you need: Capital, Equipment, etc
Read through Fish Tank Business Start Up – Discuss
what is needed for this business
Brainstorm
Online Game
Fish Tank Business Start Up:
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L770/ind
ex.html
Discuss Profit, Income and Expenses
Students do Worksheet 2 – Matching Definition
Activity –
Definition
Worksheet 2 – Matching Definition
PPT – sole trader & partnership definitions
Students fill in worksheet
Glossary terms – unlimited liability, liability
Direct
Instruction
Intro PPT
Worksheet 3: Comparison of business ownership
Students research the advantages and disadvantages
of a sole trader and partnership on the internet
Internet
Research
If finished: Online activity – starting a business
3
3
Business
Types
Franchise
Fish Tank Business Start Up:
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L770/ind
ex.html
Lesson 3
Worksheet 4: Going into business – Students
complete questions
Read and
Understand
PPT: Private and public companies
Students research public and private companies
Direct
Instruction
Clickview: public company
Clickview
Lesson 4
Students write down from PPT – Franchise
Agreement, Franchisor, Franchisee
Direct
Instruction
Worksheet 4: Going into business
Intro PPT
Intro PPT
Clickview: Boost juice franchise.
4
4
Franchise
Franchise
Research
Franchise
Lesson 5
Worksheet 6 Case study: QLD p. 9
Video and
answers
Clickview
Worksheet 5: Clickview questions
Case Study
Worksheet 6: Case Study: VIP Lawnmowing
Internet Activity & PowerPoint Activity: Students
create a PPT based on the article: Are you Franchise
Ready?
http://www.franchise.net.au/advice/are-youfranchise-ready
Lesson 6
Internet
Students research a top ten franchise and present
Research
answers to class:
http://www.topfranchise.com.au/Top10Franchises/
Computers
http://www.topfranchise.com.au/Top10Franchise
s/
What products or services does this business
provide?
Why join this franchise?
Is their training available?
What is the initial investment?
Are there ongoing fees?
5
Franchise
Lesson 7
Students read and complete questions in the
Worksheet 8: Buying a Franchise
6
7
PowerPoint:
Agenda Slide
& Hyperlinks
PowerPoint:
Charts
Read and
answer
questions
Lesson 8
PowerPoint
PPT Lesson: Worksheet 9 – The Adventures of
Wonder Dave.
Show students how to do a Agenda Slide and Action
Buttons
Lesson 9
PowerPoint
Worksheet 7
Worksheet 8
7-8
Research
Franchise of
choice and
persuade
potential
franchisee
8
Present
Assessment
PPT Lesson Worksheet 10 - The Ice Cream
Company
Show students how to do Charts
Lesson 10 – 14
Students work on assignment
Lesson 15 – 16
Students present assignment
Due Date: 3rd and 5th Dec
Student
Work
Presentation
s
Term Summer
1
Accounting –
Balance
Sheet
Lesson 1
Rules
PPT:
Personal Finance Information
What is accounting process
PPT: Definitions
Assets
Liabilities
Owner’s Equity
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Direct
Instruction
Complete
handout
Unit 12 Activity: Classification of assets, liabilities
and owner’s equity p. 321 Q4
Classify
activity
PPT: Accounting Equation
Complete
handout
Unit 12 Activities: p. 320 Q1, 2, 3
PowerPoint
Handout: The Accounting Process for a Sole
Trader
Unit 12 Handout: Nelson Business Education
Lesson 2
Class Revision
Unit 12 p. 321 Q6
Questioning
Unit 12 p. 321 Q8
Students label as A, L, OE
Add all Assets, Liabilities, OE
Students do Formula
Activity
PPT: Balance Sheet
Narrative and T Form – Unit 12 p. 322
Students copy example on p. 322
Copy and
learn
Complete Unit 12 p. 323 Question 2 together
Activity
Unit 12
PPT
T form, column paper
Lesson 3
Complete Unit 12 p. 323 Q 3, 4, 5
2
Balance
Sheet
Income
Statement
Extra Exercises
Lesson 4
Financial Transactions
Unit 12 Discuss p. 324, 325
Unit 12.3 p. 325 Q1 do together
Discussion
Activities
Students complete Unit 12.3 Q2, 3
Lesson 5
PPT: Income Statement
Students copy Example on p. 327
Unit 12.4 p. 328 Q 1, 3
Discussion
Activities
Answers for Act 12.2
3
Balance
Sheet
Income
Statement
Nature of
Accounts
Lesson 6
Unit 12.4 p. 328 Q 5 – Start together
Q6
Direct
Instruction &
Discussion
Lesson 7
Extra Exercises
Activities
Lesson 8
PPT: Nature of Accounts
Unit 12.5 p. 332 Q 1 Students complete
Q2 Complete together
Direct
Instruction
Activities
Q3 Students complete
4
Nature of
Accounts
Lesson 9
PPT: General Journal
General
Journal
PPT: GST General Journal
Students complete Unit 12.6 Q 1 p. 339
Complete together Unit 12.6 Q 7 p. 340
5
General
Journal
Lesson 10
Unit 12.6 Q9 p. 340 Student complete
General Journal p. 347 (Scenario) Students complete
Lesson 11
General Journal p. 350 Q3 Students complete
Extra Exercises
Lesson 12
Direct
Instruction
Activities
Extra Exercises
6
Revision &
Test
Lesson 13 & 14
Test
Human
Resource
Mangement
Lesson 15
Lesson 1
Pre-questions
 When might a business need to employ staff?
 How would a business owner go about
recuiting staff?
 What strategies could the owner use to
motivate and reward staff
Handout p. 4 & 5 – VCE text
Discuss the employment cycle
Define HRM
Newspaper Article p. 4 & 5 Garbo doesn’t want to be
alone
Students create the employment cycle in Word in a
different format
Questioning
Direct
Instruction
Article
7
Job
Lesson 2
Descriptions
 Job Description – written outline of a job,
Job
including the tasks and responsibilities
Specifications
related to the job
Job Ads
 Job Specification – person attributes required
for the job, such as the skills, knowledge,
Recruitment
abilities, and experience.
& Selection
Look at examples of job description & job
specification
Questioning
Job Ads to analyse
Job Ads and table
Direct
Instruction
Article
Job Advertisement
 Information about the company
 Tasks of the job
 Skills required – Personal skills, computer or
specialised skills
 Qualification required
 Application process with a deadline
Show students some jobs advertisements – What is
good about these ads? What needs improvement?
Handout: complete a table looking a job ads and
writing down details
Students are given a Job Description and Job
Specification and need to create a Job Ad
Lesson 3
Recruitment is the process of locating and
encouraging potential applicants to apply for a
specific position of employment
Recruitment methods:
 Noticeboards/newsletters – internal
 Newspaper advertisements
 Employment Agencies
 Networking
Newspaper article: How to find the best staff
Clickview


Previous Applicants
Work Experience students
Newspaper article p. 10 VCE Text How to find the
best staff
Selection is the means by which the employer
chooses the most suitable applicant for a vacancy.
Selection methods:
 Written application
 Testing
 Interviews
 Background Checks
Clickview: Rebel Sport HRM – show only the first
part, stop after the selection process
8
Recruitment
& Selection
Lesson 4
Overview of recruitment & selection
Employment
Arrangement
s
Case Study p. 13 & 14 VCE text
Students also need profile/job description of
Restaurant Manager
Induction &
Training
In pairs students create: job advertisement, 10
general questions, 4 specific questions for each
applicant
Case Study p. 13 & 14 VCE text
Job Profile of Restaurant Manager
In pairs Q 3 & 4
Lesson 5
Students research employment arrangements in
pairs and create notes to teach the class about
employment arrangements. Must have a definition, 2
benefits and 2 disadvantages for the employee.
Worksheet for students to take notes from others
presentations
Fulltime, Part time, flexi hours, casual, contract
work, work from home,
Lesson 6
Induction: a form of training usually carried out at
the beginning of an employment relationship. It
provides employees with basic background
information about the business and information on
how to preform the job.
Formal induction: tour of facilities, handbook –
working hours, performance reviews, payroll
arrangements and leave entitlements. Employee
benefits, policies & procedures, mission statement,
OHS, organisational structure
Group Activity: If a teacher was starting at IMCC –
what needs to be included in the induction?
9
Motivating
Staff
Clickview: Rebel Sport: Training
Lesson 7
Case study: Workplace benefits may be waste of
money
Motivating Staff
Internal Factors (Personal) & External (factors in the
business)
PPT
Students think of how to motivate staff at Coles.
Case study: Workplace benefits may be waste of
money p. 16
Term Autumn
1
Revision for
HRM
Lesson 8 – 10
Revision
2
Test
Lesson 11
Test
3
New Topic:
Marketing
Lesson 1: Follow PPT
What is marketing? Students write down an answer.
Share with the class
Definition
Research: 3 Job Advertisement of Marketing
Manager. What are their tasks/duties /
Article: Hits and misses for 2001
Students answer questions 1, 2, 3
Direct
Instruction
PPT
Class
Discussion
On-line
research
Article - Photocopy
H/W One hit and one miss – paragraph on why they
were a hit or a miss
4
Marketing
Research
Lesson 2
Check H/W
Individual
Activity
New Prodcut
Individual Activity: Students think of 3 product
being advertised to them – positive point and
negative point about each advertisement.
Group work
Market
Segmentation
PPT
Data Collection Methods Table – Photocopy
Discussion
PowerPoint: Marketing Research Definition
Group Work: Students need to mix and match the
advantages and disadvantages of primary data
collection methods
Lesson 3
In Pairs: Create a new product and a market
research survey (see ppt)
Show students how to insert a symbol
Lesson 4
PPT – Example of Market Segmentation – for Ipod
Nano
PPT: Target Market Definition
Group work
Investigation
Computer
work
PPT
Example of Marketing Survey – Photocopy
PPT
Activity 7.12
Handout: Market segmentation and examples
Activities
Handout: Market segmentation and examples
Activities
5
Market
Lesson 5
Segmentation Marketing mix - PPT
Product Strategies and Example – PPT
Innovation – See computer innovation
(see Julie about books)
Online Activity: Find the inventor
Marketing
Mix
Product
Strategies
Innovation
Class
Discussion
Individual
work
Computer Innovation document
Online Activity: Find the Inventor (save on portal)
Lesson 6
Brands names: PPT
Direct
Instruction
PPT
Online activity: Are you an advertisement guru?
On-line
activity
Online Activity
In Pairs: Design your own app for the App Store &
SWOT
Brand Name
PPT
Lesson 7
In Pairs: Design your own app for the App Store &
SWOT
Design your own app for the App Store handout photocopy
Direct
Instruction
Research
6
Packaging
Lesson 8
Packaging Definition PPT
What is on packaging? Bring in 6 products. In groups
students look at the packaging and write down all
the items on packaging. As a class write down all the
items on packaging
Creative
Activity
Brainstormin PPT
g
6 products – packaging
Direct
Purpose of packaging: hold the product, give
instructions, state the ingredients, promote the
product
Activity: Create new packaging for a product
Price
Lesson 9
Price
Price Strategies – See handout, Class discussion on
examples
Instruction
Creative
Activity
Class
Discussion
PPT
Price Strategies handout
Promotion Strategies – see PPT Discuss each
strategy
Why Advertise? – PPT
7
8
Promotion
Strategies
Advertising
Lesson 10
Taking
Pairs: Students construct a table with the advantages Notes/Resea
& disadvantages of Television, Radio, Newspaper,
rch
Magazine, Direct Mail, Outdoor Advertising
Analysing
Analysing TV commericals & magazine
advertisements – Target Market, Good Points,
Improvements
Activity
What form of advertising would you use for the
following: Health & Fitness magazine, uno cards,
Wiggles video, ski yohurt, fuss hair salon, trish’s
home cleaning services
Create a magazine advertisement for a new product
Exams
PPT
TV commericals
Magazine advertisements
9 - 11
Distribution/
Place
Lesson 11
Channels
Distribution issues – transport, warehousing,
inventory control, technology - PPT
Direct
Instruction
Clickview/Scootle
Lesson 12 – 18
Assessment 4: Major Assignment
 Design a new mobile phone – complete
drawing
 Design & execute Market Research survey &
collate results
 Create a magazine advertisement
 Write a report introducing the new mobile
phone to management. Report include: brand
name, slogan, product features, price, target
markets, market research of 4 mobile phones
on the market and why your compete with
those, results from market research,
promotion avenues and how the phone will
be distributed.
Assignment
Work
PPT
Clickview/Scootle
TERM WINTER
WEEK CONTENT
1
Business
Venture &
Business Plan
Business
Roles
Brainstormin
g
TASK/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Lesson 1
Business Assessment 5
Students choose groups
STRATEGIES
RESOURCES
Video
Assessment 5
Class
Discussion
Business Roles – Role Descriptions handout
Students have a meeting and choose roles
Role Descriptions handout
You tube video: Brainstorming
PowerPoint: Brainstorming rules
You tube Video: How to Brainstorm
Video: How not to Brainstorm
PowerPoint – with notes on brainstorming rules
2
Brainstorm
Lesson 2
Business Plan Brainstorming revision
Brainstorm: Ideas for Year 10 Social
Brainstormin Video: Creating a Business Plan
g
Group Brainstorm for Assignment & then choose an
idea. Who is doing what?
Lesson 3
Video: Creating a Business Plan
3
Business Plan Lesson 4
– Business
Why create a Business Plan?
Profile
Business Plan should demonstrate the skills and
abilities of the owner, and be presented
professionally so that it can be used confidently to
sell and support the business idea to financial
institutions, potential investors and even future
purchases of the business.
The Business Plan Writing Guide Section 1.0
Direct
Instruction
Group Work
Business Plan Writing Guide
Photocopy of text: Business Education (Nelson)
Text Business Profile: read through p. 130 & p. 132
(SWOT)
Lesson 5
Work on Assignment
4
5
Lesson 6
The Business Writing Guide Section 2.0
Text Market Analysis p. 131
Students need to complete a marketing survey
Lesson 7
Work on assignment
Lesson 8
Work on assignment
Group work
Group work
Lesson 9
The Business Plan Writing Guide 3.0
Students complete Marketing Plan
Lesson 10
The Business Plan Writing Guide 4.0 & 5.0
Text Operation Plan p. 159 & HR Plan p. 161 & 162
6-7
Lesson 11
Start working on micro business
Brainstorm what needs to be done?
Lesson 12 - 16
Working on micro business & finishing assignment
4th September – Stall Day
Group work
8
Lesson 17
The Business Writing Guide 6.0
Text Financial Plan p. 163 & 163
Group work
Lesson 18
Work on assignment
9
Lessons 19 – 21
Students write reflection
Assignment Due
10
Lesson 22
Individual
Reflection
TERM 4: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
WEEK CONTENT
1
International
Business &
Advertising
TASK/LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Lesson 1
Give back assignments and marks
STRATEGIES
RESOURCES
Last terms assignments
Introduce the topic International Business
Think Pair Share: Students write down all the
businesses that trade internationally
PPT: Advertising Blunders
PPT Advertising Blunders
Class Activity: Students create a PPT for business
people wanting to do cross cultural advertising
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/culturalservices/articles/cross-cultural-advertising.html
Lesson 2
Online quizzes
Class Activity: Continue PPT
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/cultu
re-tests.html
Lesson 3
Watch movie: Working Class Man
Students take notes on how Japanese do business
and how the Americans do business
2
Cultural
differences
Lesson 4 & 5
Watch movie: Working Class Man
Students take notes on how Japanese do business
and how the Americans do business
Lesson 6
Group Activity: Students discuss differences in Japan
& America and create a poster. Present to the class
Movie: Working Class Man
Posters
3
4
Smart
Traveller
Assignment
& New Oral
Presentation
Assignment
given
Lesson 7 & 8
Start Assessment 6 Part B
Lesson 9 - 11
Work on Assignment – Part B
5&6
Lesson 12 - 15
Work on Assignment – Part B
7&8
Yr 10 Exams
Oral Presentations