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Money learning scene: a paycheck, a credit card, a piggy bank, a budget.
Business Education

Personal Finance Activities for High School: 10 Hands-On Lessons

Hands-on personal finance activities for high school: a first-paycheck breakdown, a credit-score adventure, a compound-interest race, and free games.

Jun 26, 2026
A campaign board with social posts, a target and a megaphone.
Business Education

Marketing Campaign Project for High School Students (With Rubric)

A capstone marketing campaign project for high school students: the components, SMART goals, three formats to pick from, and a defensible grading rubric.

Jun 23, 2026
Certification badges across business and tech with diploma and pathway icons.
Business Education

Industry Certifications for CTE Students: A By-Pathway Guide

A by-pathway guide to industry certifications for CTE students: what IRCs are, which business and tech certs fit your course, and how to prep the right way.

Jun 20, 2026
A marketing board with social posts, ad mockups and a target audience.
Business Education

How to Teach Marketing to High School Students

How to teach marketing to high school students: the 4 Ps, target market, digital and social, plus ad teardowns and pricing sims that make it click.

Jun 14, 2026
A student pitch with a lightbulb, a product and dollar signs, Shark-Tank style.
Business Education

How to Teach Entrepreneurship to High School Students

How to teach entrepreneurship to high school students: a concept-to-pitch sequence, the financial basics they need first, and a Shark Tank day with a rubric.

Jun 11, 2026
Students in blazers, a trophy, a chapter meeting (FBLA, DECA, SkillsUSA energy).
Business Education

How to Start a CTSO Chapter: A New Advisor's Step-by-Step Guide

How to start a CTSO chapter (FBLA, DECA, or SkillsUSA): get admin buy-in, charter through your state, recruit, set dues, and plan a realistic year one.

Jun 2, 2026
A clean syllabus on a desk with folder tabs and a course outline.
Business Education

High School Business Class Syllabus Template: What to Include

A reusable high school business class syllabus template: every section you need, what goes in each, a modern AI-use policy, and fully editable.

May 29, 2026
A welcoming day-one business class with sticky notes and name tags.
Business Education

First Week of Business Class Activities: What to Actually Do Day One

Concrete first-week business class activities for high school: day-one openers, a syllabus scavenger hunt, brand teardowns, and budget reality checks that work.

May 23, 2026
Supply and demand curves, a classroom market, scarcity and a newspaper.
Business Education

Economics Activities for High School Students

Hands-on economics activities for high school: a classroom market, a candy auction, scarcity trading, an opportunity-cost journal, and a news hunt.

May 8, 2026
A student business plan document with charts and a pitch.
Business Education

Business Plan Project for High School (Template + Rubric)

A scaffolded business plan project for high school: the parts that matter, a fill-in template students can finish, and a rubric that grades reasoning.

Apr 13, 2026
A collage of business projects: a Shark-Tank pitch, a storefront, a campaign.
Business Education

Business Class Project Ideas for High School: 12 Hands-On Projects

Twelve hands-on business class project ideas for high school across entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, accounting, and economics.

Apr 10, 2026
A budget worksheet with coins, a 50/30/20 pie and envelopes.
Business Education

Budgeting Activities for High School Students That Actually Stick

Hands-on budgeting activities for high school students: a live-on-a-salary simulation, the envelope game, a 50/30/20 build, and an apartment hunt.

Apr 7, 2026
A ledger with T-accounts, a calculator and a balanced scale.
Business Education

Accounting Activities for High School Beginners

Beginner-friendly accounting activities for high school: hands-on ways to make the accounting equation, debits, and credits click by running one tiny business.

Mar 26, 2026
Business classroom: a storefront, marketing board, calculator, charts and sticky notes.
Business Education

How to Teach High School Business: A Start-Here Guide

How to teach high school business: where to start and the real-world projects that make marketing, finance, accounting, economics, and entrepreneurship click.

Mar 13, 2026