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TITLE Exploring Business Careers: Grade9. Bulletin No. 265. INSTITUTION Montgomery County Public Schools,Rockville, Md. PUB DATE 74 NOTE 198p.

EDRS PRICE -MT-S0.76 BC -$9.51 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS Audiovisual Aids; *Business Education; Business Skills; *Career Awareness; Community Resources; *Curriculum Guides; Educational Objectives; Grade 9; *Instructional Materials; Resource Materials; Secondary Education IDENTIFIERS *Career Exploration

ABSTRACT The one-credit course, Exploring Business Careers, is offered to ninth grade students as a means of providing opportunities to explore a wide range of career opportunities in business and to become aware of the skills, abilities, and attitudes needed by business workers. Briefly outlined are the instructional objectives and general course information (time allocation, format and procedures, evaluation of and reporting student progress). The seven units of instruction are on: bookkeeping and accounting, business management, data processing, general clerical, merchandising, stenography, and typewriting. Performance objectives and assessment measures, course content resources, audiovisual materials, and community resources are suggested for each unit. Two-thirds of the document consists of appended materials as follows: (1): student progress reporting forms;(2) guidelines for using resource persons and planning field trips;(3) suggested local field trips; (4y a selection of career opportunities in the seven business areas covered in the course;(5) supplementary problems for use in the bookkeeping and accounting unit; (6) supplementary materials for use in the business management, data processing, general clerical, merchandising, stenography, and typewriting units; and (7) suggested course schedules. (Author /BP) US DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH. EDUCATION &WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO DUCE° EXACTLY AS THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONRECEIVED FROM ORIGIN ATING IT POINTS OFVIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL REPRE INSTI TUTF OF EDUCATION POSITION ORPOLICY

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44 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword and Acknowledgments

Point of View vii

Instructional Objectives ix

General Information 1

Evaluating and Reporting Pupil Progress 2

Bookkeeping and Accounting I. Performance Objectives and Assessment Measures 5 II. Content 7 III. Resources 8 IV. Films and Filmstrips 8 V. Transparencies 9 VI. Community Resources 9

Business Management I. Performance Objectives and Assessment Measures 11 II. Cont.:lit 13 III. Resources 14 IV. Film and Filmstrips 15 V. Transparencies 15 VI. Community Resources 15

Data Processing I. Performance Objectives and Assessment Measures 17 II. Content 19 III. Resources 20 IV. Supplies 20 V. Films and Filmstrips 21 VI. Transparencies 21 VII. Community Resources 21

General Clerical I. Performance Objectives and Assessment Measures 23 II. 'Content 25 III. Resources 27 IV. Films and Filmstrips 27 V. Transparencies 27 VI. Speakers 27

Merchandising I. Performance Objectives and Assessment Measures 29 II. Content 31 III. Resources 32 IV. Films and Filmstrips 33 V. Transparencies 33 VI. Community Resources 34

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S Stenography I. Performance Objectives and Assessment Measures 35 II. Content 37 III. Resources 37 411 IV. Films and Filmstrips 37 V. Community Resources 38

Typewriting I. Performance Objectives and Assessment Measures 39 II. Content 40 III. Resources 41 IV. Films and Filmstrips 41 V. Transparencies 41 VI. Community Resources 41

Bibliography 43

Appendices A - Student Profile A-1 B - Guidelines for Resource