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LEAD Contest Winner Announced
Charlotte Burnham, an instructor at Moore Norman Technology Center won first place in the fourth-annual Lessons Enhancing Accounting Development (LEAD) contest. Read more.

New OSCPA Exam Blog Features Associate Member!
Follow Associate Member Lauren Kelso as she studies for and tackles the CPA Exam.

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Lesson Plans

The Percent GURU: Teach the concept of solving business problems using percentages and teamwork.
Monopolize Accounting: Use a family favorite board game to help teach the basics of accounting.
The Business Guru: Modeled after NBC's The Apprentice, this lets you combine an array of lessons to create business saavy students.
When the Power Goes Off, Business Goes On: Help students learn the fundamentals of accounting without reliance on technology.
Vocabulary Survivor: Outplay, outwit, outlast - Let your students use accounting vocabulary to determine which team has the true survivors.
Mastering Closing is as Easy as Whistling Dixie: Using materials from home allows students to visualize closing entries, making them simple to remember and easy to understand.
Personal Income Taxes: Get the ins and outs of income and income tax with this real life lesson plan.
Getting the Biggest Space for Your Buck: Give those entrepreneurial minds something to ponder with this lesson on setting up a business.
Percents: Incorporate Excel procedures into your class materials using a lesson plan that’s all about percents.
Career Choices and the Cost of Living: Help students budget for their first year out of school with this assignment comparing cost of living with compensation.
The Business Trip: This lesson provides a practical overview of the costs incurred when traveling to a foreign country on business.
The Game of Accountagories: The Fast Thinking Category Game: This unique twist on a popular favorite allows students to learn accounting terms and match accounts with journals, worksheets and financial statements.
Making Smart Consumer Decisions: Teach students how to be smart consumers with this lesson on comparing generic and name brand products.

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Feature Items

View the OSCPA's new Financial Literacy section for information and links about money management designed for educators, students, children and parents.

The AICPA Core Competency Framework Project helps educators integrate the skills-based competencies needed by entry-level accounting professionals. (Highly recommended for college educators.)

The CPA Letter from the AICPA
View current and past issues of the AICPA's The CPA Letter including Education supplements.

Takin' Care of Business: AICPA Lesson Plans
The AICPA's new lesson plans are intended to show students that accounting goes beyond "debits and credits" and that CPAs are engaged in all aspects of business, not just auditing and taxation. Read more.

The Oklahoma Accountancy Board answers frequently asked questions about the Computer Based Test (CBT). Got a burning question? Get the answer here.

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Additional Materials

Financial Literacy Tool Kits for High School Students

Search for financial literacy lesson plans by grade and topic. Many of these are FREE.

FREE financial literacy education materials.

Consumer Jungle Designed for teachers, students, parents and consumers, the site offers lesson plans, games and information on five relevant topics: credit cards, cell phones, cars, computers and living on your own.

Working with an audience? Need lesson plans and activities? Download a variety of activities and lesson plans for different age groups.

360 Degrees of Financial Literacy (information handouts) Useful information for consumers, educators and students on improving savings and investment strategies, better money management, preparing for disasters and saving money on taxes.

View Fraud-related Tools and Resources for Classroom Use.

Watch Pennywise/ Business Building Blocks video. Your students can learn the history of money and basic business principles.

Money Means Business a self-paced workshop designed to give students a taste of real-life corporate decision-making, and an insight into the financial aspects of the business world.

More Than Just Numbers Provide your students with an interactive learning experience with sweet rewards!

Oklahoma Educator Conference Meet fellow accounting educators, get the latest developments in accounting education and find out who the Outstanding Accounting Educator award winners are.

Expanding Horizons Financial education for middle school students

OSCPA Associate/Student Memberships

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