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In addition to our core K-12 classroom programs, Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas also offers a unique learning experience for 4th-5th graders called JA BizTown™. JA BizTown™ encourages students to learn about the free enterprise system through active participation in a simulated town. Student experiences vary from working in a bank, a radio station, or a medical center, to managing personal finance such as writing checks and accounting. With a variety of hands-on activities, students realize the relationship between what they learn in school and their successful participation in a simulated economy.

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JA BizTown™ is not a field trip!

What is Experiential Learning?
Experiential learning provides a concrete experience that allows an individual to transform that experience into knowledge. Before their arrival on-site, students are prepared to participate in a carefully designed simulation that closely resembles the real-life workplace. Throughout the experiential learning process, students are actively engaged in posing questions, investigating, expressing curiosity, solving problems, assuming responsibility, and constructing meaning.

JA BizTown's curriculum aligns with North Carolina's Standard Curriculum of Study across several content areas!

       Language Arts NCSCOS: 3.05, 3.06, 4.03, 4.05, 5.02, 5.03

       Healthful Living NCSCOS: 2.01, 2.04, 4.01, 4.02, 9.01, 9.02, 12.01

       Mathematics NCSCOS: 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.14, 1.16, 1.17

       Social Studies NCSCOS: 1,4.01, 6

       Computer/Technology Skills NCSCOS: 1,2

       Arts Education NCSCOS: 1,2

       Science NCSCOS: 1,2


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JA BizTown™ Questions??? Contact...

Curriculum/Supplies Questions:

Vicki Chaifetz (704) 295-4195 or vchaifetz@jacarolinas.org


Scheduling & Teacher/Volunteer Training Questions:

Heather Doyle (704) 563-4871 or hdoyle@jacarolinas.org

 

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