1. Unit Question What is required to be successful on the job and how are paychecks and taxes computed?

2. Essential Question #1 What are the job skills necessary to insure success on the job?

3. Key Questions What are transferable job skills? What are job content skills? What are self-management skills?

4. Word Wall skills triangle transferable skills self-management skills job content skills

5. Essential Question #2 What are the various types of pay and pay periods?

6. Key Questions What are the various types of payment methods? What are the different types of pay periods?

7. Word Wall semimonthly biweekly hourly wage minimum wage commission salary piece rate

8. Essential Question #3 What are common payroll deductions and how are they calculated?

9. Key Questions What is a paycheck stub and what information does it contain? What is the difference between a W-2 and a W-4?

10. Word Wall Pay check stub Deductions Gross pay Net pay Payroll Taxes FICA Exempt W-4 Form

11. Essential Question #4 What are the different kinds of taxes and how are income taxes computed?

12. Key Questions What are the different kinds of taxes? Why was the income tax created? What are regressive versus progressive taxes?

13. What are my taxpayer rights and responsibilities? How are the 1040 EZ and 1040A completed?

14. Word Wall W-2 Form 1099Form Progressive tax Regressive tax 1040EZ 1040