Virginia High School Accounting and Economics Units for Grades 10–12
Virginia High School Accounting and Economics Units for Grades 10–12
Virginia business and economics teachers who need ready lessons for bookkeeping and markets can start with the Accounting & Economics Fundamentals Bundle: nine units for Grades 10–12 at $109.99. It runs from journal entries and the balance sheet to supply and demand and the business cycle. It is a set of units to build a course around, not a finished Virginia course, and it carries no state alignment.
Look at the nine unitsThe Accounting & Economics Fundamentals Bundle ($109.99) holds nine high school units: journal entries, the income statement, inventory and the balance sheet, cost accounting, business math with percentages, the marketing mix, market structures, supply and demand, and the business cycle. In Virginia it can carry accounting topics in a CTE business course and add economics depth next to Economics and Personal Finance. It is not a complete EPF course and not aligned to any Virginia standard.
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
Business and economics in a Virginia high school, as of 2026–27
Every Virginia student who entered ninth grade from fall 2011 on has needed one credit of Economics and Personal Finance to graduate, so the Class of 2015 was the first to take it. The current EPF Standards of Learning were adopted in 2019. That course mixes economic concepts with personal money skills in a single credit. Separately, Virginia's Career and Technical Education program, including its Career Connections area, organizes courses into career clusters and pathways, and business and finance sits among them. The Standard Diploma also asks each student to complete one of several options: an AP, honors, IB or dual enrollment course, high-quality work-based learning, or a Board-approved CTE credential. For a business teacher that can mean students who arrive with very different goals in the same room. The practical gap is material. Accounting lessons that go from a single journal entry to a full balance sheet take a long time to write, and good economics tasks need real scenarios rather than a list of definitions. Teachers who pick up a business section mid-career or on short notice rarely have a ready stack of either.
Why it fits
Where the nine units fit a Virginia schedule
The first four units are bookkeeping, the next two are business math and marketing, and the last three are economics. Use them where your course needs them.
- Journal entries, the income statement and the balance sheet form a full introductory accounting sequence.
- Stocktaking and inventory connect bookkeeping to what a real business counts at year end.
- Cost accounting and costing help students see how a price is calculated from what a business spends.
- Supply and demand, market structures and the business cycle add economics practice beside an EPF course.
- The marketing mix unit gives a business or entrepreneurship class a ready project starting point.
- Business math with the rule of three and percentages reviews the arithmetic accounting students need.
Getting started
A starting plan for one semester
A suggestion for a business elective or a CTE course. Your division's course description and pacing come first.
- Warm up the mathBegin with Business Maths – Rule of Three and Percentages. A week of percentage and proportion work prevents many later mistakes in journal entries, costing and income statement tasks.
- Build the books step by stepTeach Accounting Basics – Journal Entries, then the Profit and Loss Account, then Stocktaking, Inventory and Balance Sheet. Students should finish able to follow one transaction from entry to statement.
- Ask what things costUse Cost Accounting and Costing to move from records to decisions. Students see how the costs a business carries shape the price it charges, which prepares them for the market units.
- Turn to marketsTeach Market and Market Structures, Price Formation – Supply and Demand, and The Economic Cycle. Point out where these ideas overlap with what students met in Economics and Personal Finance.
- Close with a marketing projectFinish with Marketing Basics and the Marketing Mix. Have small groups plan a product using what they learned about costs, prices and markets, and present it to the class.
What to buy
Picking the right business bundle
For accounting and economics content, buy the Accounting & Economics Fundamentals Bundle at $109.99; its nine units cost $224.91 separately. If your course leans toward work skills, the Career Readiness Curriculum Bundle ($99.99, parts $199.92) covers résumés, interviews, professional email, teamwork and AI at work. For the personal side of EPF, the Personal Finance Starter Bundle ($59.99, parts $78.94) adds money values, SMART financial goals, a money mindset quiz, debt and interest. Students who need more percentage practice can use the Everyday & Financial Math Bundle ($49.99, parts $69.97), which covers discounts, tax, simple interest and business math.
Honest limits
What you still have to supply
These units were not written for Virginia. They contain no references to Virginia's EPF Standards of Learning, CTE course codes, competency lists or credential exams, and they do not prepare students for a Board-approved credential. Check each unit against your course description and the state's CTE materials before you build a syllabus. You supply the course structure, any Virginia-specific examples, and any software your school uses for bookkeeping. A department sharing the units should send Teach Lessons a short message before buying. If the bundle is not a fit, you can exchange it within 7 days for store credit of equal value, not cash.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Is this aligned to Virginia's EPF standards or a CTE course?
No. It is not aligned to, approved under or written for the Economics and Personal Finance Standards of Learning or any Virginia CTE course. Its economics units overlap in topic with parts of EPF, and its accounting units fit a business course, but you need to compare each unit with your course description and decide what to use.
Can I teach EPF with only this bundle?
No. EPF combines economics with personal finance, and this bundle is about business accounting and markets. It can strengthen the economics side. For budgeting, debt and personal money goals, add the Personal Finance Starter Bundle or your own materials, and follow your division's EPF pacing.
Is it a full-year accounting course?
It is a collection of nine units, not a full-year scope and sequence. The four accounting units give a solid introduction, and the remaining five add costing, business math, marketing and economics. Most teachers will use it as the core of a semester or as units inside a larger course.
Do students need accounting software?
No software is included. The units are worksheets, activities, slides and answer keys for print or digital classrooms, so students can work on paper. If your school already uses a bookkeeping program, you can add practice in it once students understand the paper version of each statement.
Will it help with a work-based learning or credential option?
It does not prepare students for any specific Board-approved credential and is not a work-based learning program. It can give students in a business pathway solid background in bookkeeping and markets before they choose an option. Your school counselor or CTE coordinator can tell you what counts in your division.
How fast can I use it?
Right away. The download link arrives by email right after purchase and is saved in your account under Orders. Each part is also sold on its own, so if a colleague later needs only the supply and demand unit, for example, that single unit can be bought by itself.
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