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Business Professionals of
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Future Business Leaders of America |
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www.bpa.org |
www.fbla.org |
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Problem:
You have just graduated from college and are
interviewing for the first time. Your interviewer asks you about your
high school and college business club affiliations.
Will you be able to say your were a member of the BPA or FBLA when the
interviewer asks? |
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Information Technology, Course Code #3710, State Standard 7.7:
Analyze the goals and apply principles of Business Professionals of America
and/or Future Business Leaders of America. |
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Click here to access the Tennessee Department
of Education website for standards |
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Classroom: |
| Ms. Fesmire's Class |
| Room 211 |
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| Materials
Needed: |
| 1. One computer per group. |
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| 2. Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint. |
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| Assignment
Completion Date: |
| Presentation and print out of
work will be due 3 class periods from today. (Example: Assigned
on Monday- due on Thursday) |
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Scaffolding Activities:
Students will have completed state standards on utilizing tables in MSWord
and be familiar with basic PowerPoint concepts. |
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| Directions: |
| 1. Utilizing the internet,
you are to research the BPA and FBLA. (Sites listed above) |
| 2. Utilizing MSWord, you
will create a table that is 3 columns wide. |
| 3. Label your table "BPA
and FBLA: Similarities and Differences |
| 4. Label your columns
"Characteristic", "BPA", "FBLA" (Example
provided below) |
| 5. Under the column
"Characteristic", you will list a characteristic that is of interest to you. |
| 6. Under the other
columns, you compare/contrast the two organizations. |
| 7. At least 6
characteristics are to be used. |
| 8. Place a header on the
document with your group members' names, class period, and date. |
| 9. Add clipart, etc. |
| 10. Create a 4 slide
presentation in PowerPoint (introduction, similarities, differences,
conclusion about the benefits of joining the organizations) |
Remember to save
your work in "T" drive!!! |
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| Example: |
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Characteristic |
BPA |
FBLA |
| Competitions and conferences |
BPA provides the opportunity for students to participate
in state, regional, and national conferences. |
FBLA-PBL sponsors conferences and
seminars for members and advisers, which are designed to enhance
experience initially developed on the local and state level. |
| Levels of Involvement |
BPA offers program involvement in four (4) divisions:
Secondary, Post-Secondary, Associate, and Alumni |
FBLA has four divisions: for high
school students; FBLA Middle Level for junior high, middle and
intermediate school students; PBL for postsecondary students; and the
Professional Alumni Division for business people, educators and parents,
who support the goals of the Association. |
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| ** Characteristics chosen should be those that
are of interest to your group members. |
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| Assessment: |
Table will be assigned a test
grade.
50 points- following directions
50 points- in-depth coverage of organizations
Slideshow will be assigned a daily grade.
50 points- following directions
40 points- originality
10 points- delivery of presentation |
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| Adaptations: |
| If you need information printed
off for your project, please see me. Remember, always ask for help if
you can't remember how to do parts of the assignment--this is a LEARNING
activity!! |
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