DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM

 

Subject:               MARKETING I                                                                                                                        ____1____         Semester            

Grade:                11-12                                                                                                                                                    _1999-00__      Year

 

 

TOPIC

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

AUGUST

 

 

 

1.       DECA (student organization) information

2.       Marketing’s role in society

3.       Markets and consumers

4.       Economics and free enterprise

-What is marketing?

-What is a “market”?

-What is DECA and its benefits?

-What is economics?

-What is the free enterprise system?

SEPTEMBER

 

 

1.          Local and global economy

2.          World economics; use of resources in various economies

3.          Business activities

-What is economy?

-Where are capitalist, socialist and communist economies?

-What is business?

OCTOBER

 

 

1.       Three types of businesses:

·          sole proprietorship

·          partnership

·          corporation

-What are the three types of businesses?

 

NOVEMBER

1.       Domestic and international trade

2.       Motivation for buying goods/services

-What is trade?

-What is a buying motive?

DECEMBER

Selling & promotion

-What are the steps of the sale?

-What is promotion?

-What is advertising?

-What is price?

JANUARY

Promotion cont.

Pricing

Advertising (continued to February)

-What is promotion?

-What is advertising?

FEBRUARY

 

Pricing (continued)

Visual merchandising

Displays

-What is the purpose of visual merchandising?

-What is a display?

MARCH

 

Publicity

Distribution

-What is publicity?

-What are the channels of distribution?

-What is physical distribution?

APRIL

Distribution and Business Plans

Writing business plans

-What is a business plan?

-Why is a business plan important?

MAY

 

Business plans (continued )

Human Resources

Employment related to marketing

-What is a job?

-What is the interview process?