ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation

Blendspace is an instructional tool that allows you to gather web resources in one place, to assess students with built-in quizzes, and to monitor their progress. It is a one-stop organizational tool for your class! Students can access the lessons from their devices, in the classroom or school lab. Blendspace also has numerous shared lessons to browse.

The GED Reasoning Through Language Arts assessment test measures a student’s command of a foundational set of conventions of standard English that include the essential components of grammar, usage, capitalization, and punctuation. On the HiSET, students will be asked to make revision choices concerning the organization, diction and clarity, sentence structure, usage, and mechanics.

Source: EconEdLink: Understanding a Balance Sheet Lesson Plan (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this activity, students learn the components of a balance sheet by working through many problems to strengthen their understanding. Students complete a balance sheet for business by entering the names of the accounts and calculating total assets, liabilities, and net worth. Students then make predictions on how the balance sheet changes when there are changes to assets and liabilities.

EconEdLink has financial literacy lessons written for K–12. They also provide access to the latest economic news and information. Choose Current Events on the "educator" menu to learn more about what is happening in the world of economics and access related lesson plans. Links to economic data resources can also be found on the "educator" menu. Take time to look this one over, including both the educator section and the student section.

Source: Using an Excel Checkbook Lesson Plan page (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this lesson, students will use a check register template to enter fictitious transactions. They will also be given a bank statement to reconcile their checkbook with. Your students will enjoy the ease of using technology to make banking easy but gain the concepts of determining the adjusted bank and checkbook balances.