NORTH PAULDING HIGH SCHOOL

BUSINESS EDUCATION
INSTRUCTOR - MR. LUMPKIN
ROOM 615
EMAIL ADDRESS (clumpkin@paulding.k12.ga.us)
COURSE SYLLABUS
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
THE SECOND COURSE IN THE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY

COURSE DESCRIPTION
How is technology used to solve business problems and communicate solutions? Business and
Technology is designed to prepare students with the knowledge and skills to be an asset to the
collaborative, global, and innovative business world of today and tomorrow. Mastery use of
spreadsheets and the ability to apply leadership skills to make informed business decisions will be a
highlight of this course for students. Publishing industry appropriate documents to model effective
communication and leadership will be demonstrated through project based learning. Students will use
spreadsheet and database software to manage data while analyzing, organizing and sharing data
through visually appealing presentation.
Various forms of technologies will be used to expose students to resources, software, and applications
of business practices. Professional communication skills and practices, problem- solving, ethical and
legal issues, and the impact of effective presentation skills are enhanced in this course to prepare
students to be college and career ready. Employability skills are integrated into activities, tasks, and
projects throughout the course standards to demonstrate the skills required by business and industry.
Competencies in the co-curricular student organization, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA),
are integral components of the employability skills standard for this course.
Business and Technology is the second course in the Business and Technology pathway in the
Business Management and Administration cluster. Students enrolled in this course should have
successfully completed Introduction to Business and Technology.
BASIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
1. Create, edit, and publish industry appropriate documents using technology as a tool to increase
productivity.
2. Develop organizational communication skills through professional leadership, personal ethics, and
customer/business relationships.
3. Manage data in spreadsheet software for effective use in a business environment.
4. Master use of spreadsheet software to analyze, organize and share data from a spreadsheet while
presenting the data visually in a business environment.
5. Develop creditable research skills to use information from a variety of sources.
6. Acquire database skills to manage data in a business environment.
7. Develop personal leadership skills to work on teams, teach others, serve customers, lead, negotiate, and
work effectively and efficiently in a business environment.

END OF PATHWAY ASSESSMENT

The Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Test PowerPoint 2013

THE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Small Business Owner, Administrative Assistant, Corporate Executive

NEEDED SUPPLIES FOR MY CLASS

1. A three-ring binder notebook with wide rule or college rule paper.
2. Black or Blue ink pen.
3. Flash Drive (Recommended)

NOTE FROM MR. LUMPKIN

Please see me to schedule an appointment if you have a matter that needs extensive discussion.
Otherwise, feel free to drop by my room before school begins or after school ends. I am here to help
you and work with you whenever assistance is needed.

BOOK USED FOR THIS COURSE

Shafefer, A., Carey, P., Ageloff, R., Parsons, J.J., & Vermaat, M. (2014). New perspectives on
microsoft office 2013, second course. Boston: Course Technology, Cengage Learning.

COURSE EVALUATION
To derive your nine weeks grade, the following calculations will be performed:
Major Test (Chapter and Unit Tests, Work Ethics Grades, and Notebooks)
57%
I will drop your lowest test grade if you do not have any 0s whatsoever.
Work Ethics Grade (If you turn in all work, do not break any of the policies
set forth in my class, nor have any tardies for the grading
period, you will receive a work ethics grade of 100 on the
last day of each month. Grading periods will start over
every month.
Daily Grades (Classwork and Homework Grades and Vocabulary Tests)
23%
Students who participate heavily in class discussions will receive the
opportunity to be rewarded by having their lowest grade dropped.
Semester Final
20%
TOTAL
100%

Unit

Topic

What is
the
Module,
Chapter,
or Unit
number?

What is the
instructional
focus? (This
might be the
title of the
unit or what
would be a
chapter title
in a book)

Standards
Addressed
What GA
Performance
Standards
are covered?
Which
NETSS standards
are
addressed?

Technology
and Business

BMA-BT-2
BMA-BT-1.1

Activities/
Resources
What
types of
activities
are
found in
this unit?
What
resource
s
are
utilized?
Students will
research and
discuss the
effect of
technology on
business. See
lesson plans
in Livebinders
FOD 2014 and
FOD
2014
Lesson
Plans

Assessments

How is
student
learning
assessed?

Content
Plan
What are
students
expected to
learn?

Time On
Task
How many days should
students /teachers spend
this unit?

Block

Suggested
project from
FOD 2014
Livebinder
Business
Opportunity
through
Research

Students will 5
explore the
uses of
digital
content and
the internet
in business.
In addition
they will
communicate
effectively.

Period

10

FBLA
Integration
Future 9 and
23 and
Business 1,
11, 20, and 29

Document
Review

BMA-BT-2
BMA-BT-1.1

Students will
review
business
documents.
See
Livebinders
for suggested
lessons.

Student
should
produce a
document
from
planning
to
final
product.
See
Livebinde
r Lesson
Plans for
suggestion
s.

Students will 5
review the
proper
formatting of
business
documents
including:
letters,
memo, and
reports.
FBLA
Integration
Future 13 and
Business 1, 2,
9, 17, 19, and

10

21

Create an
EPortfolio

BMA-BT-2
BMA-BT-1.1

Students will Students will

create an
create an
eportfolio that eportfolio.
will be added
to during the
course

Students will 5
understand
the
importance
of creating
an eportfolio
and how it is
a
representatio
n of their
ability.

10

FBLA
Integration
Business 6, 8,
10, 23, and 30

Business
Communicati
on and
Customer
Service

BMA-BT-3
BMA-BT-1.5
BMA-BT-1.6

Students will
review
communicatio
n techniques
and describe
the
importance of
good
customer
service.

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder
Whos on
First
Lesson.

Students will 5
understand
how critical
good
communicati
ons skills are
to customer
relations as
well as
relations
with
coworkers.
FBLA
Integration
Future 2, 10,
and 24 and
Business 4
and 25

10

Job
Acquisition
Skills

BMA-BT-3
BMA-BT-1.5
BMA-BT-1.6

Students will
discover
appropriate
communicatio
n
skills for
obtaining and
keeping a job.

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinde
r Job
Applicatio
n

Student will 5
learn the
written and
oral
communicati
ons skills
necessary to
get and keep
a job,
including
writing
resume and
cover letter
and learning
good
interviewing
techniques.

10

FBLA
Integration
Future 3, 12,
15, and 16
and Business
4 and 26

Introduction
to
Spreadsheets

BMA-BT-4
BMA-BT-1.3
BMA-BT-1.4

Students will
begin to learn
techniques for
formatting
and using
spreadsheets.

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder
MadLibs

Students will
learn how to
manage the
spreadsheet
environment
as well as
how to
maneuver
through a
spreadsheet.
FBLA
Integration
Future 3, 12,
15, and 16
and Business
4 and 26

10

Formulas and BMA-BT-4

Functions
BMA-BT-1.3
BMA-BT-1.4
BMA-BT-1.5

Students will
practice using
formulas and
functions,
create and
format
worksheets.

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder
Lets Go
Car
Shopping!

Students will 5
be able to go
basic
formatting,
apply
formulas and
functions,
and manage
worksheets.

10

FBLA
Integration
Future 3, 12,
15, and 16
and Business
4 and 26

Graphs and
Charts

Sharing and
Organizing
Spreadsheets

BMA-BT-5
BMA-BT-1.3
BMA-BT-1.4
BMA-BT-1.5

BMA-BT-5
BMA-BT-1.3
BMA-BT-1.4
BMA-BT-1.5

Students will
learn to
present data
graphically
through
graphs and
charts.

Students will
share and
organize
spreadsheets.

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder
Stock
Market
Project

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder

Stock
Market
Project
(Have
Stock
Market
teams
share a

Students will 5
learn to
create charts
and graphs to
present data
graphically.

10

FBLA
Integration
Future 3, 12,
15, and 16
and Business
4 and 26

Students
will learn
methods to
share and
organize
spreadsheet
s.
FBLA
Integration
Future 3, 12,
15, and 16
and Business
4 and 26

10

spreadshe
et)

10

11

12

Research
Tools and
Evaluating
Sources

BMA-BT-6
BMA-BT-1.1
BMA-BT-1.4
BMA-BT-1.5

Copyright and BMA-BT-6

Plagiarism
BMA-BT-1.1
BMA-BT-1.4
BMA-BT-1.5

Database
BMA-BT-7
Tables and
BMA-BT-1.1
Forms
BMA-BT-1.4
BMA-BT-1.5

Students will
practice using
online search
engines and
applying
restraints to
the results.

Students will
review
copyright laws
and learn
techniques to
prevent
plagiarism.

Students will
view a video
on what a
database
is.
They will then
practice
creating tables
and forms.

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder

Applying
the
CRAAP
Test
Project

Students
will learn
search
techniques
and how to
evaluate
information
they find.

10

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder

Research
Paper

Student will 5
use tools to
properly cite
work and
avoid
plagiarism.

10

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder
Gift
Wish List
Project
(students
can begin
creating
tables and
forms)

Students
5
will discover
what a
database is
and its uses.
They will
also learn to
create tables
and forms
to input
data into a
database.

FBLA
Integration
Business 15

FBLA
Integration
Business 15

FBLA
Integration
Future 11

10

13

14

Database
Queries and
Reports

Leadership

BMA-BT-7
BMA-BT-1.1
BMA-BT-1.4
BMA-BT-1.5

BMA-BT-8
BMA-BT-1.2
BMA-BT-1.3
BMA-BT-1.6

Students will
practice doing
queries and
creating
reports.

Students will
determine the
difference
between
leadership and
management
and will
examine the
traits that
make a good
leader.

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder
Gift
Wish List
Project (
queries
and
reports ).

Students
5
will learn to
run queries
and
construct
reports from
a database.

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Livebinder

Leadershi
p Style
Inventory

Students
5
will be able
to describe
the
difference
between
leadership
and
managemen
t. They will
also be able
to identify
their own
leadership
style.

10

FBLA
Integration
Future 11

10

FBLA
Integration
Future 11

15

Teamwork

BMA-BT-8
BMA-BT-1.2
BMA-BT-1.3
BMA-BT-1.6

Students
practice team
decision
making and
presentations

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Lesson
Plans
Livebinder
Neva
Head
Leadershi
p
Conferenc
e

Students
5
will be able
to plan and
present a
presentation
with a team.
FBLA
Integration
Business 13

10

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Final Project

BMA-BT-1-8

Students will
complete a
World Travel
Project that
makes use of
most of the
skills learned
in this course.

Suggested
project
from FOD
2014
Lesson
Plans
Livebinder
World
Travel
Project

Students
will plan a
trip and use
technology
to collect
and present
their plans.

10

20