Grade 7: Keyboarding

The student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate proper keyboarding techniques.
2. Memorize alphabetic keys by touch.
3. Continue developing keyboarding skills for speed and accuracy at a minimum level of 20 words per minute.

Grade 8: Computer Literacy

The student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate accurate keyboarding skills at a minimum level of 20 words per minute.
2. Create a document.
3. Format and edit a document.
4. Save and print a document.

Computer Keyboarding/Document Formatting

The student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate proper keyboarding techniques.
2. Memorize alphabetic, numeric and symbolic keys by touch.
3. Identify and operate hardware.
4. Identify principles of formatting including proper spacing, placement, and punctuation of different document styles.
5. Demonstrate speed and accuracy while keying materials at a minimum level of 30 words per minute.
6. Format various business and personal letters correcting text using proofreading marks.
7. Format tab problems and tables with headings with a maximum of three columns.
8. Format multi-page unbound and leftbound reports with a title page, footnotes and endnotes, and reference or bibliography page.
9. Format and properly key outlines.
10. Introduce Microsoft Word.

Business Foundations

The student will be able to:

1. Differentiate between needs and wants.
2. Understand the universal problems of scarcity.
3. Understand the importance of the three roles of an individual (consumer, worker, and citizen).
4. Understand the basic economic systems.
5. Analyze characteristics of the private enterprise system.
6. Examine the three basic types of business ownership.
7. Explore the world of international trade and the growing global concept.
8. Analyze and understand the role of insurance.
9. Develop personal banking skills, safe use of credit, and various investment opportunities.
10. Incorporate business concepts into a simulation or project.
11. Explore various career opportunities.

Accounting

The student will be able to:

1. State and implement the basic accounting terms and principles.
2. Analyze how transactions affect the accounting equation in each accounting cycle.
3. Demonstrate an ability to journalize and post to the general ledger.
4. Develop and understand the value of financial forms (worksheets, balance sheets, and income statements).
5. Complete bank reconciliation forms and prove cash.
6. Become capable of analyzing, recording, adjusting, and closing entries.
7. Utilize special accounting journals.
8. Develop skills related to payroll accounts, taxes, and reports.
9. Complete an accounting simulation that utilizes accounting skills.
10. Develop skills in both manual and computerized accounting.

Business and Personal Law

The student will be able to:

1. Investigate the source, nature, and function of our legal system.
2. Examine characteristics of the U.S. judicial system.
3. Study and analyze crimes and criminal procedures.
4. Analyze torts and civil procedures.
5. Understand individual rights, duties, and responsibilities in a democracy.
6. Investigate oral and written contracts.
7. Explore insurance needs, legal effects of divorce, and the necessity of a will.
8. Examine employment relationships (employer/employee duties and rights).
9. Investigate current opportunities in the field of law.
10. Find answers to pertinent legal question in the real world as an adult.

Computer Applications-I

The student will be able to:

1. Create a document.
2. Format and edit a document.
3. Save and print a document.
4. Revise and enhance readability of a document.
5. Create a table.
6. Create columnar text.
7. Insert framed text and graphics into a document.Have an initial understanding of spreadsheets.
8. Have an initial understanding of spreadsheets.

Computer Applications-II

The student will be able to:

1. Create a spreadsheet.
2. Format a spreadsheet.
3. Create workable formulas.
4. Create understandable charts.
5. Integrate Microsoft Word and Excel.
6. Create a slide.
7. Format a slide.
8. Build visual and audio animation on slides.
9. Create a slide show presentation.

Advanced Computer Applications

The student will be able to:

1. Develop documents/projects by incorporating skills from Computer Application courses.
2. Successfully utilize desktop publishing program.
3. Design, publish, and mail community newsletter.
4. Gain practical, hands-on experiences by creating various documents/projects for school offices, school departments, and area businesses.

Computer Programming

The student will be able to:

1. Set-up computer stations.
2. Set-up a network for a lab.
3. Ghost machines.
4. Install software programs.
5. Create and maintain websites.
6. Build a CPU from components.
7. Make minor hardware repairs.
8. Assist staff and students with computer problems and questions.

Career Information and Exploration

The student will be able to:

1. Gain an understanding of self through personal inventory assessments.
2. Explore various career fields.
3. Experience various career fields through job shadowing in business, industry, and the community.
4. Develop interview and communication skills.
5. Present career findings to a group in both