Peabody-Burns High School

Accounting I

 

Course Length:        1 year

 

Grade Level:             11

 

Prerequisite:             None

 

Course Description:            Accounting is the recording, classifying and summarizing of financial information created by daily transactions and the analysis and interpretation of such information. This course introduces the student to the fundamental accounting principles. It enables the student to learn how to accumulate accounting data, prepare financial statements, and become effective decision-makers based on the data.

 

 

Textbook:       Century 21 Accounting; Gilbertson, Lehman and Ross; Thomson South-Western, Copyright 2006.

                       

Eddie Ortega, Disc Jockey - Accounting Simulation

 

Method of Teaching:  Teaching method is a combination of short lectures, demonstration problems and live production work.  Computerized accounting is incorporated into the curriculum.

 

Grading Method:  Students will be graded on the knowledge and application of accounting skills.  This will be obtained by live production work and written and application assessment.  The district grading scale determines grades for this class.

 

100  - 90

A

 89 – 80

B

 79 – 70

C

 69 – 60

D

 59 and below

F

 

 

 

 

Course Content
 

I.      The Accounting Equations

A.   Transactions that change the equation

B.   Changes in Owner’s Equity

 

II.    Accounting Cycle

A.   Using T accounts

B.   Analyzing Transactions

C.   Journalizing Transactions

D.   Proving and Ruling a Journal

E.   Posting Journal Entries

F.    Posting Column Totals

III.           Cash Control System

A.   Checking Accounts

B.   Bank Reconciliation

C.   Petty Cash

IV.          Worksheets

A.   Creating a Worksheet

B.   Adjusting Entries

C.   Extending Financial Statement Information

D.   Finding and Correcting Errors

 

V.           Prepare Financial Statements

A.   Income Statements

B.   Balance Sheet

C.   Record Adjusting and Closing Entries

D.   Prepare a Post-Closing Trial Balance

 

Manual Accounting Simulation; Eddie Ortega, Disc Jockey

 

VI.  Accounting Cycle For a Merchandising Business

A.   Journalizing Using Special Journals

1.    Purchasing

2.    Cash Payments

3.    Sales

4.    Cash Receipts

B.   Posting to General and Subsidiary Ledgers

C.   Preparing Payroll Records

D.   Payroll Account, Taxes and Reports

E.   Distributing Dividends

F.    Prepare Worksheet

G.   Prepare Financial Statements

H.   Journalize and Post Adjusting and Closing Entries