High School Accounting and Economics Units: Journal Entries to Markets
High School Accounting and Economics Units: Journal Entries to Markets
For a high school accounting course that also needs economics, the Accounting & Economics Fundamentals Bundle puts both into nine units for Grades 10–12. Students learn journal entries, the income statement, inventory and the balance sheet and cost accounting, then move on to business math, marketing, market structures, supply and demand and the business cycle. It costs $109.99; bought separately the units total $224.91.
View accounting & economicsThe Accounting & Economics Fundamentals Bundle ($109.99) covers bookkeeping and economics in nine units: Accounting Basics – Journal Entries; Profit and Loss Account (Income Statement); Stocktaking, Inventory and Balance Sheet; Cost Accounting and Costing – Fundamentals; Business Maths – Rule of Three and Percentages; Marketing Basics and the Marketing Mix; Market and Market Structures; Price Formation – Supply and Demand; and The Economic Cycle and the Business Cycle. It suits business, accounting and economics teachers and CTE programs.
The resources
Accounting & Economics Fundamentals Bundle, Grades 10–12
9 resources in one download: $109.99 instead of $224.91 bought separately.
Start with the first resource; the others are optional add-ons. Open any cover for the full contents and price.
Accounting & Economics Fundamentals Bundle | Journal Entries, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Markets & Marketing | 9 Units | Grades 10–12
Career Readiness Curriculum Bundle | Personal Finance, Job Applications, Workplace Communication & AI at Work | 8 Units | Grades 9–12
Personal Finance Starter Bundle | Money Mindset, SMART Goals, Budgeting, Debt & Interest | Grades 9–12
Everyday & Financial Math Bundle | Percentages, Interest, Ratio and Business Maths | 3 Units | Grades 7–12
The real problem
One teacher, two subjects: the business classroom problem
Business teachers are often asked to cover more than one discipline. The same person may teach introductory accounting, a business fundamentals class and an economics elective, sometimes in the same year. Good accounting material for high school is hard to find, because much of what exists is written for college courses or adult bookkeeping training, with plenty of technical detail and little explanation. Economics material, on the other hand, is often theory-heavy and disconnected from how a real business works. Students struggle at the joints. They can memorize debit and credit but cannot say why a business cares about its income statement. They can draw a supply and demand graph but never connect a price to the costs behind it. A useful set links those ideas: entries feed the statements, costing sets a floor for prices, and markets decide what customers will pay. The math is another barrier. Percentages and proportional reasoning show up in markups, discounts and cost calculations, and some students have not used them since middle school. A teacher building a business or finance program of study needs units that cover the basics and connect them, without writing everything from zero.
Why it fits
How the nine units connect accounting to the economy
The units start inside one business and then widen out to the market and the economy as a whole.
- Journal entries show how every transaction is recorded before any statement is built.
- The income statement unit shows how revenue and expenses turn into profit or loss.
- Stocktaking, inventory and the balance sheet tie stock counts to a business's financial position.
- Cost accounting fundamentals help students see where a price comes from inside the business.
- Business Maths with the rule of three and percentages refreshes the math that accounting relies on.
- Marketing mix, market structures, supply and demand and the business cycle add the economics side.
Getting started
A suggested sequence for a semester or a year
The order below moves from bookkeeping to markets. Fit it into one semester or stretch it across a full-year business class.
- Warm up the mathOpen with Business Maths – Rule of Three and Percentages. Students who are rusty with percentages catch up before they meet margins, costs and price changes later on.
- Record transactionsTeach Accounting Basics – Journal Entries. Everything that follows builds on it, so give students plenty of practice before you move on to the statements.
- Build the statementsMove to the Profit and Loss Account (Income Statement), then Stocktaking, Inventory and Balance Sheet. Students see how their entries end up in the reports a business actually reads.
- Price a productUse Cost Accounting and Costing – Fundamentals, followed by Marketing Basics and the Marketing Mix. Students work out what a product costs and how a business decides to sell it.
- Zoom out to the economyFinish with Market and Market Structures, Price Formation – Supply and Demand and The Economic Cycle and the Business Cycle, so students connect one firm's choices to the wider economy.
What to buy
What to buy for your business program
The Accounting & Economics Fundamentals Bundle at $109.99 (parts $224.91) fits a business, accounting or economics teacher who needs both strands. If your students need stronger math first, the Everyday & Financial Math Bundle ($49.99) covers percentages and interest, business maths with the rule of three, and ratio and proportion; it shares business maths content with this bundle, so compare the parts before buying both. For a personal money angle, the Personal Finance Starter Bundle ($59.99) fits better. Teachers running a career pathway class may prefer the Career Readiness Curriculum Bundle ($99.99), with applications, workplace communication and AI at work.
Honest limits
Things this bundle will not do for you
These nine units are not a full accounting course and are not built as preparation for any certification exam. They are not written for any state's business or CTE standards and contain no standards codes, so compare them with your course framework. Some titles use international terms, such as profit and loss account and stocktaking; point out the US terms your students will hear. Calculators, spreadsheets and software are not included. Department-wide use needs a short message to Teach Lessons first. If the bundle is not a fit, exchange it within 7 days for store credit of equal value, not cash.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Is it aligned to my state's business or CTE standards?
No. It is not aligned to, endorsed by or approved under any state's business education standards, CTE framework or program of study, and it has no standards codes. Many introductory business courses include bookkeeping, financial statements, marketing and supply and demand, so check the nine topics against your own course description and your district's expectations.
Does it use US accounting terms?
Some unit titles use international wording: profit and loss account for the income statement, and stocktaking for counting inventory. The ideas are the same. Mention the US terms in class, and look at each unit's own product page, linked from the bundle page, to see how it is written before you plan your lessons.
Is this enough for a full year of accounting?
Probably not on its own. It has four accounting units and five business and economics units. As a semester introduction to business and accounting it gives you a solid base; a full-year accounting course will need more practice sets and topics that you add yourself.
Do students need spreadsheets?
No software or devices are included, and none are required by the product descriptions. The materials are worksheets, activities, slides and answer keys for print and digital classrooms. If your students already work in spreadsheets, you can easily layer that work on top of the units.
Can I teach the economics units without the accounting ones?
Yes. Each of the nine resources is a separate unit that is also sold on its own. If you teach economics, Market and Market Structures, Price Formation – Supply and Demand and The Economic Cycle and the Business Cycle work as a short strand, with the marketing unit as an extra.
How quickly can I start teaching?
The bundle is a digital download, available right after purchase. You get a link by email, and the files also stay in your customer account under Orders. Read through one unit during a planning period and you can be teaching from it the same week.
From the first journal entry to the business cycle
Open the product page to see all nine units and hold them up against your course outline.
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