Sisters in Service

A comprehensive introductory unit on the business of retail, designed for 10th and 11th grade business students. The unit covers fundamental retail concepts, the modern supply chain, physical store operations, visual merchandising, and culminates in a hands-on storefront pitch project.

The culminating project-based learning experience where students work in teams to conceptualize, design, and pitch a unique brick-and-mortar or omnichannel retail business to potential investors.

A 3-page comprehensive teacher guide, pacing document, and answer key containing fully worked-out solutions, calculations, and evaluation rubrics for all student-facing materials in the sequence.

This sequence contains official course syllabi for high school US History and World History courses, fully aligned to the Indiana Academic Standards and designed to meet graduation requirements.

An in-depth look at how products reach stores and how physical storefronts operate. Topics include the retail supply chain (from factory to shelf), inventory management, and the psychology of visual merchandising.

A 1-page document containing three distinct print-ready exit tickets (one for each lesson in the retail sequence). Features scissor cut-lines and quick assessment prompts for classroom evaluation.

A comprehensive year-long curriculum map and teacher guide for standard academic World History, aligning NC State Standards, learning goals, and essential questions across eleven structured units.

An introduction to the fundamentals of retail business. Students learn what retail is, why it is vital to the economy, explore different types of retail businesses, and study the structure of retail business models.

A comprehensive slide deck outlining the guidelines, structures, visual layout criteria, and rubric metrics for the culminating investor pitch competition.

This lesson contains the syllabus and course agreements for standard High School World History, fully aligned to the Indiana Academic Standards for World History and Civilization (WH.1 to WH.6) and global citizenship benchmarks.

A 2-page project guidelines and workspace packet for students to design and pitch their own unique physical or omnichannel retail business concept. Includes a structured step-by-step design framework and investor pitch checklist.

This lesson contains the syllabus and course agreements for standard High School US History, fully aligned to the Indiana Academic Standards for US History (USH.1 to USH.10) and college-and-career readiness goals.