Web Resources - Business Studies

Investor Education Fund




The Investor Education Fund website has many resources for teachers available for download or online interaction.

Click here to hear an interview with Paul Bates, the former OSC Commissioner, talk about the OSC and the IE Fund.


Ontario Business Educators' Association

 
The Ontario Business Educators' Association sponsors contests for students in a variety of business and related subjects, such as Accounting, Computer Programming, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Studies and more. They also host an annual conference and have links to other current events. A membership with the organization is required in order to access their Curriculum Library.

 

Ministry of Education Documents

 
 
Curriculum Documents and Exemplars
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/curricul.html

Resource Documents
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/resource/resource.html

Choices into Action
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/discussi/choices.pdf

Individual Education Plans
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/speced/iep/iep.html

Policy/Program Memoranda
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/ppm.html

 

Business Journals

 
 
Canadian Business
http://www.canadianbusiness.com
Profit
http://www.PROFITguide.com
Entrepreneur
http://www.entrepreneur.com
Small Business
http://www.sbcmag.com/
Fortune
http://www.fortune.com
Time
http://www.time.com
PC World
http://www.pcworld.com
 

 

Visa - Practical Money Skills

 
This site has a good collection of Lesson Plans for Teachers to help increase student awareness of financial matters such as budgeting, loans, mortgages and investing. They also feature a variety of interactive financial calculators in the 'Do It' column on both the Teacher and Student pages.

 

Education Index - Business Resources

 
Business Resources is a web guide that provides business news, research and approaches to partnerships

 

Education Coalition

 
The Education Coalition provides background information on models of change for teachers and students

 

Education Planet

 
Education Planet for business provides lesson plans, resources and parent information.

 

Center for International Business Education and Research

 
The Center for International Business Education and Research provides information related to the global economy and business approaches.

 

Ministry of Consumer and Business Services

        
This links teachers to a series of ready to use units that help students understand consumer rights and responsibilities. The resources described on this webpage are free to any secondary school teacher.  The contact information is also included.

 

Business Tools and Guides

 
This site provides interactive online business activities and products designed for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Classroom Use
  • Have students take the "Am I an Entrepreneur Quiz".
  • Use the "Business Start-Up" as a helpful planning structure. 
  • The Small Business Workshop offers valuable information that you can use to help plan lessons on this topic.

 

Junior Achievement

 

 

Business Education Lesson Plans and Resources

 

Researching Companies Online

 

http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/index.html

 

 
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