Learning Targets:
- To research and learn how successful tips from entrepreneurs
- To learn Adobe Elements Premiere to create videos
Monday, October 16, 2017
- Bell Ringer:
- Continue with start the Paychecks & Benefits Assignments
Did You Know: The average American pays an income tax rate of 10.1 percent, although that varies quite a bit depending on income (Bloomberg)
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - Bosses Day
- Bell Ringer:
- Click on this website to find your Federal Income Tax Receipt. Enter your federal income taxes paid for the previous year into this calculator. If you didn't pay federal income taxes, enter $6,388 (taxes paid for a salary of $53,891 - the median salary of a U.S. household). Then, answer the questions on this form.
- Continue the Paychecks & Benefits Assignments
- Quiz on Friday - reading a paycheck, time card, vocabulary, taxes
- Finish interviews
- Correct re'sume's, cover letters & thank you letters
Did You Know: The IRS receives over 140 million individual tax returns and collects over $950 billion in taxes (Forbes)
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
- Bell Ringer:
- Complete this interactive activity on how to Read a Paycheck
- Continue the Paychecks & Benefits Assignments
- Quiz on Friday - reading a paycheck, time card, vocabulary, taxes
- Finish interviews
- Correct re'sume's, cover letters & thank you letters
Did You Know: Our tax code is wordy, about 4 million words. It’s always changing, too. Since 2001 alone, there have been more than 4,500 changes (Forbes)
Thursday, October 19, 2017
- Bell Ringer:
- Assume the role of a potential employer who has just Googled your name and answer these questions
- Quiz tomorrow - reading a paycheck, time card, vocabulary, taxes
- Finish interviews
- Correct re'sume's, cover letters & thank you letters
Did You Know: Fewer teens work jobs than ever before. For 18- to 19-year-olds, the summer employment rate last year was approximately 44%, which is far below the 62.6% average rate in the summer of 2000 (USA Today, 2015).
Friday, October 20, 2017
- Paycheck test today
- Finish interviews
- Correct re'sume's, cover letters & thank you letters
Did You Know: Teens get away with paying very little in taxes. People under the age of 18 account for only .07% of total income taxes (The Tax Foundation, 2011)
Have a great weekend!