Accountivities

Accountivities is a collection of 30 activities designed to reinforce the accounting skills learned in a first year accounting course. Students are taken beyond the regimented format of textbook assignments and are challenged to think about the task at hand and the role the accounting process plays in businesses.

• Provides real-world accounting practice working with a variety of different business models.
• Students perform financial analysis using performance ratios.
• Provides exposure to using multiple journal formats. Includes three comprehensive activities that are great for cycle assessments.
• Follows a standard Accounting I curriculum.
• All working papers are included with each activity (perforated).

Curriculum Guide

STARTER ACCOUNTIVITIES 

1. Who Owns It? (Recommending a form of business ownership)
2. Organize Me (Recommending a form of business ownership)

REINFORCEMENT ACCOUNTIVITIES 
1. You Run It! (Analyzing transactions and calculating profit) 
2. Joe’s Tow-n-Go (Analyzing transactions and calculating profit) 
3. Mission Organization (Preparing a chart of accounts) 
4. “At Your Service” (Preparing a chart of accounts and analyzing the result) 
5. T-Time (Using T-accounts to analyze business transactions) 
6. WallArt (Analyzing and journalizing business transactions) 
7. Different Journals, Same Result (Journalizing with different formats)
8. Gecko Graphics (Posting with T-accounts) 
9. Find the Errors (Testing your auditing skills) 
10. KG & Co. (Posting with subsidiary ledgers) 
11. Checking Up (Reconciling a company’s checking account)
12. Cash Out! (Recommending cash controls and managing petty cash) 
13. RL Tours (Preparing financial statements for a sole proprietor)
14. Illusion Sound Effects (Preparing a worksheet and financial statements)
15. Surf’s Up (Preparing and analyzing a worksheet for a merchandising business) 
16. DeZigns, Inc. (Accounting for the payroll) 
17. The End Zone (Preparing an income statement for a merchandising business) 
18. The Look (Preparing a report form balance sheet) 
19. RL Tours Revisited (Journalizing and posting closing entries)

COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNTIVITIES 
1. Tree Hill Construction (Completing the accounting cycle for a service business organized as a sole proprietorship) 
2. Closet Couture (Completing the accounting cycle for a merchandising business organized as a partnership) 
3. Analyzing Microsoft (Reviewing a corporation’s annual report) 

ADVANCED ACCOUNTIVITIES
1. GAMES-R-US (Accounting for fixed assets and depreciation) 
2. Appreciate or Depreciate? (Calculating and accounting for depreciation) 
3. LIFO, FIFO, SHMIFO (Analyzing and accounting for inventory costing) 
4. Making the Adjustment (Determining and journalizing adjusting entries) 
5. Financial Analysis (Knowing financial analysis vocabulary) 
6. Analyze This! (Analyzing annual report data for a publicly traded company) 
7. The Aging Report (Accounting for uncollectible accounts) 

JUST-FOR-FUN ACCOUNTIVITIES
1. Accounting Scramble (Knowing general accounting vocabulary) 
2. Accounting Word Match (Knowing general accounting vocabulary) 
3. Accounting Word Search (Knowing general accounting vocabulary)

1. Forms of Business Ownership
2. Chart of Accounts
3. Analyzing Business Transactions
4. Profitability
5. T-Accounts
6. Recording Transactions in Multiple Journal Formats
7. The Posting Process (General Ledger & Subsidiary Ledgers)
8. Preparing a Trial Balance
9. The Worksheet
10. Financial Statements
11. Component Percentages
12. Cost of Goods Sold & Gross Profit
13. Closing the Books
14. Audits
15. Managing Cash
16. Payroll Accounting
17. Accounting for Fixed Assets
18. Inventory
19. Costing Uncollectible Accounts
20. Profitability & Liquidity Ratios
21. Analyzing Accounting Vocabulary

The Online Instructor and Student Resources for Accountivities are housed on eReadiness.com.

Teacher's Solutions Guide Includes:

• Complete solutions to each activity
• Suggested grading rubrics for each activity including point values
• Annotated instructor notes
• Printed in all black ink to allow for easy creation of overhead transparencies
• Curriculum guide
• Standards alignment guide

• School License: License includes unlimited lifetime access to the eText and resources for up to 250 students annually. Call or email for larger school license pricing.
• District License: License includes unlimited lifetime access to the eText and resources for up to 1,000 students annually. Call or email for larger district license pricing.
• Instructor Resources: Included free for unlimited number of instructors; lifetime access.
• Format/Delivery: eText is in PDF format. eText and student/instructor resources can be uploaded to any LMS or accessed through eReadiness.com.

   

Grade: 9-12

Accountivities Workbook (Min. 10) (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-934422-16-8
Author: Nancy deLisle
© 2009
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Page Count: 177
Print Color: 2-Color
Binding: Softcover

Accountivities (eText - School License) (Digital)
ISBN: 978-1-934422-72-4
Author: Nancy deLisle
© 2009
Page Count: 177

Accountivities (eText - District License) (Digital)
ISBN: 978-1-626890-52-7
Author: Nancy deLisle
© 2009
Page Count: 177

Teacher's Solution Guide (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-934422-17-5
Author: Nancy deLisle
© 2009
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Print Color: 2-Color
Binding: Softcover