This report gives the "Occupational Outlook Handbook" information for careers in accounting and auditing. The report includes information about required education, skills, and certification. It also suggests the future outlook for this...

The Occupational Outlook Handout provides accounting information on topics such as: nature of work, significant points, working conditions, employment opportunities, training and qualifications, job outlook and earnings. More links are...

This site advises small business owners when to hire an accountant to help with financial statements. Links for selecting an accountant and preparing financial statements for an accountant are included.

For this task, students are asked to interpret equations representing a bank account's balance where the interest is compounded monthly versus yearly. Aligns with A-SSE.A.1 and A-SSE.A.1.a.

This article explains the difference between cash flow and profit and how to use accrual accounting to manage finances for a business.

Find out about the source of heat from the Earth's core. (Published 19 July 2011)

Presents a colonist's actual account of the boarding and dumping of the tea into the Boston Harbor on December 17,1773.

Learn about the different perspectives that can be used in an informational text.

Spanish-American War primary source informs about the Battle of El Caney from the perspective of the Spanish naval officer, Jose Muller Tejeira who witnessed the campaign.

The complete text of a telegram sent by the American Consul in St. Petersburg on the fall of the Czar and his replacement by the Duma. The telegram is dated March 20, 1917.

Stories focus on military medicine and highlight personal accounts from doctors, nurses, and individuals providing medical support.

This unit uses first- and second-hand accounts to explore the life of Ruby Bridges and revolves around the book "Through My Eyes" by Ruby Bridges. This detailed lesson includes a full literacy unit, tips for small group and independent...

This is the report of the Accountability Review Boards on the embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam on August 7, 1998.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain merchandise trade balance, current account balance, and unilateral transfers, Identify components of the US current account balance, and Calculate the merchandise...

This resource provides information, and accounts about the Great Chicago Fire.

Article about the first shot fired by British forces in World War I includes an eye-witness account of a young British cavalryman who was present at the engagement.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Utilize the money multiplier formulate to determine how banks create money, analyze and create T-account balance sheets, evaluate the risks and benefits of money and banks.

"MIA" stands for missing in action, a term used to refer to members of the armed forces who have not returned from military service and whose whereabouts are unknown. Since ancient times, soldiers have gone to war and never returned,...

The Governor of Wisconsin's remarks on monetary policy. The article discusses the effective operation of the central bank within government. (October 24, 2000)

This account of the portrait of the famous mathematician looks at the mathematical significance of the rhombicuboctahedron depicted in the painting.

An account, with links to primary documents, of the rebellion by citizens of Formosa against the troops of Chiang Kai-shek in 1947.

A biography of this Spanish explorer who was born in 1490. Click on "route" for a map of his travels, and click on "account" for a translation of his published account of his experiences.

In this 3-lesson unit, students will read Douglass's narrative. They will analyze Douglass's vivid first-hand accounts of the lives of slaves and the behavior of slave owners to see how he successfully contrasts reality with romanticism...

This page is an article entitled 'The Coming of Goethals,' from "History of the Panama Canal," by Ira E. Bennett, 1915. It gives a very detailed account of an event in this period of Panamanian history (early 1900's).