This lesson plan outlines a month-long project for students to design accounting software for small businesses. Students will apply what they've learned about money management and financial statements over the past 5 weeks to create a web-based program using Adobe Flex. The program must track daily business operations like sales, purchases, income, expenses, assets and liabilities. It must produce quarterly reports and financial statements. Students will work in groups of 3 to design and develop the software for a small business in their community, presenting their work at the end of the month.

2. Date of Implementation: April 26, 2011

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

4. Subject Area(s):Business Studies

5. Approximate Time Needed:One Month

6. Lesson Goal

7. Apply the knowledge learnt to designing financial software for small businesses.

9. Students will collaboratively work on this project for one month in groups of 3.

12. Required Learner Participation

13. 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.

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

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

16. 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 project and actions needed by each team member. A copy of this outline will be submitted to the teacher.

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

18. On a weekly basis students will meet in their groups and work on the presentation, the teacher will provide any guidance, assistance or clarification as required.

19. At the end of the 1 month, students will present the accounting software at the school’s annual Open School Day to their parents, community members, small business and the school population. They will be required to dress professionally and create a form of visual aid to support their presentation.

20. Evaluation

21. A rubric is attached which outlines the grading for this project.