BB110/120 - Introduction to Business (Grade 9 or 10)
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Unit
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Curriculum Expectation
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Education Resources
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1 - Personal Finance
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Identifying expenses that individuals and households incur
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Risk Responsibility RealityFamily Studies - Vignette 2 (pp. 46-9) |
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2 - The Role and Impact of Business
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Explain how needs, wants and demands create opportunities for business
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You're IN BusinessLesson 2A (p. 21) |
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Compare types of businesses
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You're IN BusinessLesson 2 (pp. 22-4) |
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4 - Conducting Business in a Competitive Marketplace
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Explain the Role of marketing and accounting in business
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You're IN BusinessLesson 4 (pp. 44-50) |
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Describe the role of ethics and responsibility in business
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You're IN BusinessLesson 5 B&C (p. 56-62) |
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Describe the rights and responsibilities of employees and employers
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You're IN BusinessLesson 5A (pp. 51-5) |
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Compare a variety of business career paths
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Search Career Profiles
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BDI3C - Introduction to Entrepreneurial Studies (Grade 11)
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Unit
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Curriculum Expectations
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Education Resources
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1
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Describe the characteristics of an entrepreneur
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You're IN BusinessLesson 5A (pp. 51-5) |
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3
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The Marketing Plan
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You're IN BusinessLesson 4 (pp. 43-50) |
BDP30 - The Enterprising Person (Grade 11)
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Unit
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Curriculum Expectations
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Education Resources
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1
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Describe the risks that enterprising employees may be willing to take
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Know Your Risk
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Specify ways in which enterprising employees manage risk
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Know Your Risk
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2
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Identify careers that are of interest
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Search Career Profiles
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5
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The Venture Plan
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You're IN BusinessLessons 1-5 |
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Identify the attributes common to many entrepreneurs
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You're IN BusinessLesson 5A (pp. 51-5) |
BMI3C - Introduction to Marketing (Grade 11)
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Unit
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Curriculum Expectations
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Education Resources
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2
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Produce a marketing plan for a real or simulated product
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You're IN BusinessLesson 4 (pp. 43-50) |
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3
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Explain the factors that affect the price
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You're IN BusinessLesson 3 (pp. 32-42) |
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Identify the pricing strategies used to promote the sale of products
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5
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Identify growth areas in the field of marketing
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Search Career Profiles
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BOG4E - Organizational Studies: Managing a Small Business (Grade 12)
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Unit
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Curriculum Expectations
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Education Resources
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2
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Demonstrate an understanding of the expertise that skilled professionals can bring into a small business
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Search Career Profiles
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Evaluate the need for ethical and socially responsible behaviour in small business management
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You're IN BusinessLesson 5 (pp. 51-62) |
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3
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Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the basic components of the marketing function in satisfying customer needs
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You're IN BusinessLesson 4 (pp. 43-50) |
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Explain the components of the marketing mix and their associated costs to small businesses (e.g. the four P's)
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Demonstrate the use of appropriate communication techniques for business activities
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You're IN BusinessLesson 5 B&C (pp. 56-62) |
Make a Career Connection – Classroom Kit
Coming Soon! Insurance is part of everything your students do and you can help them find their place in it. These new resources will explore the benefits of a career in the P&C insurance industry, the variety of career options available and demonstrate the entry points leading into a career in insurance.
Forces of Nature: How extreme weather impacts our daily lives
This resource highlights the role of insurance in the aftermath of a natural disaster. By focusing on four examples of Canadian disasters: the Quebec ice storm, hurricane Juan, the Peterborough floods, and the Kelowna wildfires, students will gain an understanding of the cause and effect relationships between human activity and the environment, the impact of natural disasters have on communities and how they recover from the damages. This resource is designed to compliment grades 9-12 science and geography curriculum and comes with a DVD that can be used to enhance and inform class discussions.
You're IN Business
This comprehensive resource brings the real world into you business studies classroom by introducing your students to the business of insurance. This resource builds on provincial curriculum standards while increasing student understanding of ethics, entrepreneurship, marketing and the reality of the risks inherent in operating a business. This resource has been designed for business studies students in grades 9 through 12 studying Intro to Business, Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Read the independent Curriculum Services Canada evaluation assessment.
Risk Responsibility Reality
This resource uses three humourous vignettes, showcasing real-life events relevant to high school students, to explore the issues of social responsibility, legal liability, ethical behaviour and practical life skills. This resource has been designed for grades 9 through 12 for use in Law, Life Skills, Career Planning and Family Studies classrooms.
Read the independent Curriculum Services Canada evaluation assessment.
Know Your Risk
This resource encourages your students to explore the risks in their lives and the role ethics plays in their personal decision-making. This resource has been designed for students in grades 4 and beyond in subjects of Life skills, Career and Life Management and Health. This resource is also available in French.
Read the independent Curriculum Services Canada evaluation assessment.