Junior
Achievement’s
High School Programs are economic and business
curricula for students in grades 9-12 and include
a student-led enterprise. The dynamic interaction
between the volunteer and the students promotes
active learning and brings theory to life.
JA
Company Program™ is
an in-school or after-school curriculum that
focuses on
analyzing and exploring personal opportunities
and responsibilities within a student-led company.
Concepts and Skills
· Business · Capital · Choices · Competition · Division
of Labor · Entrepreneur · Expenses · Fixed
costs · Goods · Incentive · Income · Management · Marketing · Price · Productive
resources · Productivity · Profit · Services · Stock · Variable
costs · Assembling products · Estimating · Filling
out forms · Giving reports · Graphing · Interpreting
data · Math computation · Negotiating · Problem
solving · Research · Selling · Teamwork
JA
Economics™ is
a one-semester course that examines the fundamental
concepts of micro-,
macro-, and international economics
Concepts and Skills
· Advantage · Demand · Economic
systems · Exchange rates · Fiscal policy · GDP · Government · Income
distribution · Inflation · Investment · Labor · Markets · Opportunity
costs · Productivity · Scarcity · Supply · Trade · Applying
information · Classifying · Critical
thinking · Decision making · Giving reports · Graphing · Interpreting
data · Math computation · Reading · Research · Taking
notes · Writing
JA
Titan™ is a Web-based business simulation
at its core where students learn how to make
price, production, capital investment, marketing,
and research and development decisions for
a fictional Holo-Generator™ product.
Concepts and Skills
· Business · Capital · Capital
investment · Cash flow · Competition · E-commerce · Inventory · Management · Marketing · Price · Production · Profit · Research
and Development · Risk · Supply · Analyzing
situations · Applying information · Charting
data · Consensus building · Critical
thinking · Decision making · Giving reports · Interpreting
data · Math computation · Reading · Teamwork
JA Careers with a Purpose™ introduces students to the
importance of seeking careers that help them realize their life
potential and noble purpose. The program demonstrates the importance of
positive values, life maxims, and ethical decision-making within the
context of career and life decisions.
Concepts and Skills
· Career · Career choices · Job · Life roles · Maxim · Noble purpose ·
World of work Analyzing information · Building self-confidence ·
Categorizing data · Oral and written communication · Public speaking ·
Working in groups
JA
Banks in Action™ teaches high school students the
principles of the banking industry, and introduces them to the
challenges of successfully operating a bank in a competitive
environment.
Concepts and Skills
· Banking· Banking careers · Central bank · Human capital · Interest
rates · Liquidity · Long-term deposit and loan products · Marketing ·
Products · Profits · Research and development · Reserve · Reserve
requirement · Rule of 72 · Services · Short-term deposit and loan
products · Spread · Active listening · Analyzing information · Computing
· Cost-Benefit analysis · Critical thinking · Data analysis ·
Decision-making · Following directions · Group discussion · Interpreting
information · Math computation · Problem solving · Public speaking ·
Reading · Teamwork
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