Taunton High School Business Department

The Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 was established by the Massachusetts Department of Education to better public education. Since then, core subject areas have developed curriculum frameworks. The curriculum frameworks provide a guide to what is to be covered in each subject. Business education does not have a framework. Therefore, business education must look at each core subject's framework and see what standards and strands are achieved. The following are standards met in the Business department:

English

Language Strand:

Learning Standards #1-5:

Accounting, Computer Information Systems, College/Honors Management, Entrepreneurship.

Literature Strand:

Learning Standards #8-10:

College/Honors Law, Financial Management/Consumer Education, You And The Law, Entrepreneurship.

Composition Strand:

Learning Standards #19-22:

College/Honors Management, Entrepreneurship, College/Honors Economics, Banking and Investments.

Media Strand:

Learning Standard #26:

Accounting, College/Honors Law, You And The Law, College/Honors Management, College/Honors Marketing.

Mathematics

Number Sense Strand:

Learning Standards: Discrete Mathematics, Mathematical Structure, Estimation:

Accounting I, II, III, College Financial Math, Banking and Investments, College/Honors Economics.

Statistics and Probability Strand:

Learning Standards: Statistics, Probability:

Accounting I, II, III, College Financial Math, Banking and Investments, College/Honors Economics.

Social Studies

History Strand:

Learning Standards #2-4:

Entrepreneurship, College/Honors Management, College/Honors Law, You And The Law, College/Honors Economics.

Geography Strand:

Learning Standards #8-10:

College/Honors Economics, Entrepreneurship, College/Honors Management, College/Honors Law, You And The Law.

Economics Strand:

Learning Standards #11-15:

College/Honors Economics, College/Honors Management, Entrepreneurship, Banking and Investment.

Civics and Government Strand:

Learning Standards #16 & 19:

College/Honors Economics, College/Honors Law, You And The Law, Financial Management/Consumer Education.

Technology

Understanding And Using Technology In Society

Learning Standard: The Nature and Impact of Technology:

Computerized Keyboarding, Word Processing, Introduction to Computer Information Systems, Advanced Computer Information Systems.

Learning Standard: Technology Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow:

Computerized Keyboarding, Introduction To Multimedia, Web Design/Graphics, Introduction To The Internet, Introduction to Java Programming.

Learning Standard: The Design Process:

Introduction To Visual Basics, Introduction To The Internet, Web/Design Graphics.