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Grade 2 Business & Finance

A year of true stories about work, trade and money, from Abraham weighing out silver and the camel caravans of the Silk Road to the U.S. Mint, Ben Franklin’s print shop and Milton Hershey’s chocolate town, each one tried out at the kitchen table with real coins, price tags and a ledger notebook.

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What to cover

32 of 36 lessons are MUST COVER. They are tested on the unit tests and exams, or are skills the SAT/ACT relies on. OPTIONAL lessons are enrichment. Do them if time allows. The course is complete when the MUST COVER lessons are done.

Unit 1: Work and Trade

  • MUST COVER 1.1 Made to Work: God Gave Us Good Work · unit test
  • MUST COVER 1.2 Who Makes a Pencil? · unit test
  • MUST COVER 1.3 Scarcity: We Cannot Have Everything · unit test
  • MUST COVER 1.4 Trade Between Towns: The Silk Road · unit test

Unit 2: The Story of Money

  • MUST COVER 2.1 Abraham Weighs the Silver · unit test
  • MUST COVER 2.2 Gold and Silver Coins · unit test
  • MUST COVER 2.3 The United States Mint · unit test
  • MUST COVER 2.4 The Dollar Bill and How It Is Made · unit test

Unit 3: Markets

  • MUST COVER 3.1 A Lot and a Little: Supply and Demand · unit test
  • MUST COVER 3.2 Two Lemonade Stands: Why Competition Helps · unit test
  • MUST COVER 3.3 The Agora: An Ancient Marketplace · unit test
  • MUST COVER 3.4 The Grocery Store and How Food Gets There · unit test

Unit 4: Great Businesses and Who They Help

  • MUST COVER 4.1 The Hudson’s Bay Company Trading Posts · unit test
  • MUST COVER 4.2 Milton Hershey’s Chocolate Town · unit test
  • MUST COVER 4.3 Josiah Wedgwood’s Pottery · unit test
  • MUST COVER 4.4 Ben Franklin’s Print Shop · unit test

Unit 5: Fair Rules

  • MUST COVER 5.1 Just Weights and Honest Measures · unit test
  • MUST COVER 5.2 Paying Workers on Time · unit test
  • MUST COVER 5.3 Children at School, Not in Factories · unit test
  • MUST COVER 5.4 Harvey Wiley and Safe Food · unit test

Unit 6: Making and Selling

  • MUST COVER 6.1 Seeing a Need: Earle Dickson’s Band-Aid · unit test
  • MUST COVER 6.2 Making a Better Product: Margaret Knight’s Paper Bags · unit test
  • MUST COVER 6.3 Honest Advertising: Ivory Soap Floats · unit test
  • MUST COVER 6.4 Setting a Price: Woolworth’s Five and Ten · unit test

Unit 7: Counting Money

  • MUST COVER 7.1 Counting Coins and Bills to $10 · unit test
  • MUST COVER 7.2 Profit: Money In Minus Money Out · unit test
  • MUST COVER 7.3 A Ledger Page Like George Washington’s · unit test
  • MUST COVER 7.4 Keeping Receipts · unit test

Unit 8: Save, Invest and Give

  • MUST COVER 8.1 Saving for a Goal · unit test
  • MUST COVER 8.2 Banks Keep Money Safe · unit test
  • MUST COVER 8.3 Interest: Money That Grows · unit test
  • MUST COVER 8.4 Giving Cheerfully and Our Family Market Day · unit test

Unit 9: Bonus: My Craft or Plant Business OPTIONAL unit

  • OPTIONAL 9.1 Choose and Plan
  • OPTIONAL 9.2 Make It Well and Count the Cost
  • OPTIONAL 9.3 Sell It Honestly
  • OPTIONAL 9.4 Close the Books: Profit, Lessons and Giving

36-week pacing calendar

From the course’s own 36-week pacing guide, with catch-up and review weeks added to fill a 36-week (180-day) year.

WeekPlanDoneNotes
Wk 1Session 1: Lesson 1.1 Made to Work: God Gave Us Good Work: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 1.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 2Session 1: Lesson 1.2 Who Makes a Pencil?: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 1.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 3Session 1: Lesson 1.3 Scarcity: We Cannot Have Everything: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 1.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 4Session 1: Lesson 1.4 Trade Between Towns: The Silk Road: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 1.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 1 review and portfolio project
Wk 5Session 1: Lesson 2.1 Abraham Weighs the Silver: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 2.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 6Session 1: Lesson 2.2 Gold and Silver Coins: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 2.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 7Session 1: Lesson 2.3 The United States Mint: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 2.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 8Session 1: Lesson 2.4 The Dollar Bill and How It Is Made: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 2.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 2 review and portfolio project
Wk 9Session 1: Lesson 3.1 A Lot and a Little: Supply and Demand: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 3.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 10Session 1: Lesson 3.2 Two Lemonade Stands: Why Competition Helps: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 3.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 11Session 1: Lesson 3.3 The Agora: An Ancient Marketplace: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 3.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 12Session 1: Lesson 3.4 The Grocery Store and How Food Gets There: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 3.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 3 review and portfolio project
Wk 13Session 1: Lesson 4.1 The Hudson’s Bay Company Trading Posts: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 4.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 14Session 1: Lesson 4.2 Milton Hershey’s Chocolate Town: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 4.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 15Session 1: Lesson 4.3 Josiah Wedgwood’s Pottery: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 4.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 16Session 1: Lesson 4.4 Ben Franklin’s Print Shop: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 4.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 4 review and portfolio project
Wk 17Session 1: Lesson 5.1 Just Weights and Honest Measures: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 5.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 18Session 1: Lesson 5.2 Paying Workers on Time: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 5.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 19Session 1: Lesson 5.3 Children at School, Not in Factories: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 5.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 20Session 1: Lesson 5.4 Harvey Wiley and Safe Food: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 5.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 5 review and portfolio project
Wk 21Session 1: Lesson 6.1 Seeing a Need: Earle Dickson’s Band-Aid: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 6.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 22Session 1: Lesson 6.2 Making a Better Product: Margaret Knight’s Paper Bags: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 6.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 23Session 1: Lesson 6.3 Honest Advertising: Ivory Soap Floats: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 6.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 24Session 1: Lesson 6.4 Setting a Price: Woolworth’s Five and Ten: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 6.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 6 review and portfolio project
Wk 25Session 1: Lesson 7.1 Counting Coins and Bills to $10: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 7.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 26Session 1: Lesson 7.2 Profit: Money In Minus Money Out: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 7.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 27Session 1: Lesson 7.3 A Ledger Page Like George Washington’s: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 7.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 28Session 1: Lesson 7.4 Keeping Receipts: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 7.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 7 review and portfolio project
Wk 29Session 1: Lesson 8.1 Saving for a Goal: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 8.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 30Session 1: Lesson 8.2 Banks Keep Money Safe: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 8.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 31Session 1: Lesson 8.3 Interest: Money That Grows: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 8.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 32Session 1: Lesson 8.4 Giving Cheerfully and Our Family Market Day: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 8.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 8 review and portfolio project
Wk 33Session 1: Lesson 9.1 Choose and Plan: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 9.1 project and ledger notebook
Wk 34Session 1: Lesson 9.2 Make It Well and Count the Cost: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 9.2 project and ledger notebook
Wk 35Session 1: Lesson 9.3 Sell It Honestly: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 9.3 project and ledger notebook
Wk 36Session 1: Lesson 9.4 Close the Books: Profit, Lessons and Giving: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study
Session 2: Lesson 9.4 project and ledger notebook
Session 3: Unit 9 review and portfolio project