2. Date of Implementation: April 26, 2011

3. Lesson Author(s):Patricia L. Green

4. Subject Area(s):Business Studies

5. Approximate Time Needed:3 hours

6. Lesson Goal

8. Students will collaboratively work on this project for 1 month in groups of 3.

11. Required Learner Participation

12. The lesson will be introduced using a concept map requiring the students to brain storm thoughts about Money Management. Each answer will be discussed in-depth so that the teacher can understand the students’ perspective on the concept.

13. Using Microsoft PowerPoint, the teacher will conduct a presentation which will recap the semester course work. The PowerPoint will consist of videos, audio and pictures in order to be appealing to the different learning styles of the students.

14. The teacher will introduce the project to the students by going over every detailed needed in order to fulfill the requirements of the lesson.

15. Students will be placed in their groups which will be randomly selected by the teacher. They will meet in their groups to design an outline of the steps required in order to complete the projects and actions needed by each team member. A copy of this outline will be submitted to the teacher.

16. Students will decide on a small business in their community to design the software for and make contact with the manager in order to inform them of the project and require their permission to access company related information.

17. On a weekly basis students will meet in their groups and work on the presentation, the teacher will provide any guidance where required.

18. At the end of the 1 month students will present the accounting software

19. Evaluation Rubric<br />