Exchange City

Program Overview

Student Letters

The Curriculum

How To Get Your School Involved

Accounting Tutorial

Students have 6 weeks (30 hours) of classroom preparation prior to their Exchange City visit, plus 2 weeks of follow-up activities to reinforce their experiences.

Day 1: Wants and Needs
Day 2: Supply and Demand
Day 3: Scarcity and Abundance
Day 4: Resources: Human, Natural and Capital
Day 5: Government: Laws
Day 6: Government: Taxes
Day 7: Goods and Services
Day 8: Production
Day 9: Division of Labor
Day 10: Producers and Consumers
Day 11: Opportunity Cost
Day 12: Entrepreneurship
Day 13: Bartering
Day 14: Our Money System
Day 15: Banking
Day 16: Checking Accounts: Overview & Deposit Tickets
Day 17: Checking Accounts: Check Register
Day 18: Checking Accounts: Check Writing
Day 19: Checking Accounts: Check Writing
Day 20: Earners, Spenders, Savers: Benefits of Saving

Day 21: Writing Laws
Day 22: Deciding on Exchange City Laws
Day 23: Employment Sections: Applying for a Job and Resume Writing
Day 24: Career Interest Inventory
Day 25: Select Exchange City Jobs, Apply, Interviews
Day 26: Personal Finance: Paychecks and Debit Cards
Day 27: Business Operations: Shop Groups, Name Businesses, Employment Information
Day 28: Loan Application, Utilities, Setting Prices
Day 29: Advertising, Tagline for Website, Business Sign Design, Radio & Newspaper Ads
Day 30: Business Accounting and Inventory
Day 31: Exchange City Full Day Simulation

Day 32: Reconciling Accounts
Day 33: Investing
Day 34: Stock Market Reports
Day 35: Venture Capital
Day 36: Business Expansion
Day 37: Career Explorations
Day 38: Career Connections
Days 39-41: Reflections, Citizen's Handbook