Art Integration in Accountancy and Business Studies

Art Integration in Accountancy and Business Studies

It has become important recently as never before. As per the Circular No.: Acad 33/2020, dated 14th May 2020, issued by CBSE, regarding Art-Integrated Project for Classes I to X and Reporting of Implementation of Art- Education and Art-Integrated Learning by Schools.

All schools must adopt and implement Learning Outcomes prepared by NCERT, for the ultimate purpose of Competency Based Education (CBE) and application of learning in real-life situations.

Only innovative and joyful experiential learning practices as Art-Integrated and Sport-Integrated Learning, Storytelling, etc. can help in achieving this purpose.

Circular No.: Acad 33/2020, dated 14th May 2020 "Art-integrated education will be embedded in classroom transactions not only for creating joyful classrooms, but also for imbibing the Indian ethos through integration of Indian art and culture in the teaching and learning process at every level." It will strengthen the linkages between education and culture.

Para No.5 of the above circular, " Art Integrated Learning (AIL) will continue as a pedagogical tool for classes I to XII, in addition to the Art Education under co-scholastic area as provided in the Secondary School Curriculum of the Board.

Art activities which can be integrated with different subjects to aid learning are given in Annexure-II of this circular.

Para No.6, The schools are required to upload data of the Art-Education and Art-Integrated Learning projects of students in the AE&AIL portal at the link http://cbseit.in/cbse/web/ArtEdu/LandingPage.aspx for enabling students of class X and XII to appear in Board exam.

Art Integration in Accountancy and Business Studies

Art Integration in Accountancy and Business Studies

Following activities have been found very appropriate in this regard, that students can perform individually or in groups:

1. Role play
2. Arts Exhibition
3. Video /Film Making
4. Photography
5. Slideshow/ PPTs
6. Designing through Photoshop / and other Apps
7. Visit to Historical places / monuments and to make documentaries
8. Brochure/Flyer /Document Making
9. Musical Presentation of any form
10. Theatre/ Drama/ Nukkad Natak
11. Painting
12. Cartooning
13. Infographic Making
14. Talks/ Lectures on Art
15. Any Other form not listed above                                                                                                                                                                                       We can add:
16. Colourful mind maps,
17. Handmade colourful crossword puzzles,
18. Bingo games,
19. Debates,
20. Quizzes,
21. Advertising campaign etc.

The suggested list given in Annexure II of this circular can be useful for selecting various topics for the purpose of Art Integration in Accountancy and Business Studies of Classes 11th and 12th.

Art Integration in Accountancy

Following are the types of suggested activities, for Accountancy, the activities have been mixed up intentionally.

Use of various media - ppt, chart, scrap files etc.

1. Chart showing types of Accounts with as many examples as the students can write.
2. Chart of detailed Classification of Types of Accounting Errors.
3. Power point Presentation of Factors Affecting Goodwill.
4. Chart showing the Treatment of Goodwill on Admission of new partner.
5. Scrap File containing Maximum number of Vouchers from the syllabus.

Skit based on day-to-day life situations and from textbooks

1. Skit with discussion regarding subject matter of Partnership Deed.
2. Skit explaining rights of Equity shareholders and Preference shareholders.
3. Skit on reasons of difference between Bank Balance as per Cash Book and Bank Balance as per Passbook.
4. Skit on effect of Accounting Errors on Trial Balance.

Correlation with Home Science

1. Opening of Bank Account.
2. Comparison of Cash Book with Passbook.
3. Collecting copies of Share Certificate from students.
4. Showing to class, Annual Report of a company brought by student/students.
5. A student can arrange a copy of Partnership Deed that can be shown and discussed in class.

 Collage and mosaic work

With a variety of coloured papers and coloured printed pictures/photographs from magazines and newspapers.

1. Various notices published by the companies, in newspapers like that of name change, mergers, takeover etc.
2. Various court cases published in newspapers regarding auction bid of property of an insolvent proprietor.
3. Decided cases, relating to different accounting issues of a sole proprietor and companies.

Role play

1. Different types of Partners.
2. Request by sole-proprietor to bank for loan.
3. Discussion on formation of Partnership Deed.
4. Discussion on Admission of a new partner.
5. Discussion regarding choice of a particular type of Share/Debenture for investment purposes.

Arts Exhibition

1. Different small things like craft items, best out of waste items etc. made by students can be put on exhibition and sale. They can be asked to prepare cash book. The result i.e. profit may be used to distribute prizes for the students.

Video /Film Making

1. Visit to a bank (video by permission).
2. Video by students explaining the Rules of Double Entry.
3. Video by students explaining the Terms relating to Issues of Shares/Debentures.
4. Video by students on explanation of Limitations of Single-Entry System.

Photography Slideshow/ PPTs

1. Creating a slideshow of different types of vouchers.
2. Creating a ppt of different types of share certificates.
3. Ppt containing different terms relating to Stock Exchange.

Designing through Photoshop / and other Apps

1. Designing the Logo of an imaginary company.
2. Checking for the different apps used by the companies.
3. Dialogue delivery by animated characters, for explaining a concept or journal entries etc.

Brochure/Flyer/Document Making

1. Making Proforma Share Certificate.
2. Making Prospectus of an imaginary company.
3. Partnership Deed.

Musical Presentation of any form

1. Any rap item(song) on a given topic.
2. Composition of a song to explain a difficult topic.

Theatre/ Drama/ Nukkad Natak

1. Sole proprietor requesting to bank manager for loan.
2. Meeting by Shareholders.
3. Meeting by Partners.
4. A natak to aware the students about fraudulent online money transactions.

Infographic Making

1. Prices of Shares of selected 2-3 companies over past six months.
2. The number of takeovers/mergers etc. during last two years.
3. Companies that have gained during national lockdown like Parle Products Private Limited.

Painting/Cartooning:

1. Any scene of Bank, Stock Exchange etc.

Detail Talks/ Lectures:

1. On any topic.

The students who lack confidence in speaking in front of other students, should be given the task of explaining a simple topic, as member of a group.

Any Other form not listed above.

You can add:

1. Colourful mind maps.
2. Handmade colourful crossword puzzles.
3. Bingo games.
4. Quizzes etc.

These are some of the activities that can be integrated with different topics of Accountancy. Students can be further creative in mixing and matching these activities so that teaching -learning process goes smoothly and joyfully.

Art Integration in Business Studies

Following are the suggested activities for integration in Business Studies of classes 11th and 12th, in addition to Paper-Pen Activities.

Use of various media - ppt, chart, scrap files etc.

1. Show various persons involved in various economic activities of different types.
2. Detailed Classification of all human activities.
3. Power point Presentation on 'Make in India' initiative, 'Demonetisation'.
4. Chart showing the Pyramid for levels of management.

Skit based on day-to-day life situations and from textbooks

1. Skit on the customers interacting with a shopkeeper selling books, finding difficulty in satisfying all at the same time.
2. Discussion among the partners regarding subject matter of Partnership Deed.
3. Skit depicting Karta's role.
4. Skit explaining types of partners.
5. On factors affecting choice of form of organisation.

Puppet stage or theatre/ model

1. Market Scene, showing different types of retailers.
2. Business Premises, showing complete layout.
3. Busy Shop, for bargaining by a customer.
4. Functional Foremanship.

Correlation with Home Science

1. Various problems of Consumer exploitation.
2. Consumer Rights.
3. Consumer responsibilities.
4. Opening of bank account.

Collage and mosaic work with a variety of coloured papers and coloured printed pictures/photographs from magazines and newspapers.

1. Showing small scale retailers and large-scale retailers.
2. Consumer awareness clippings.
3. Decided consumer court cases.
4. Advertising related issues.
5. It can be used for any topic commonly found in magazines and newspapers.

Role play

1. Superior-subordinate dialogues.
2. Various types of Communication barriers.
3. Personal selling.
4. Buyer and seller.
5. Sole proprietor.
6. Discussion on formation of Partnership Deed.

Arts Exhibition

1. Different small things like craft items, best out of waste items etc. made by students can be put on exhibition and sale.

Video /Film Making

1. Visit to a wholesale market.
2. Visit to 'Sabji Mandi'(Weekly vegetable market) to check the working of small retailers.
3. Visit to an exhibition of handicrafts.
4. Visit to any factory (if they allow making of video).

Photography Slideshow/ PPTs

1. Collecting the photos of outside appearance of shops of different types of retailers.
2. Collecting the photos of different retail outlets in a shopping mall (when malls are opened).
3. Outside appearance of different banks.

Designing through Photoshop / and other Apps

1. Designing an advertisement.
2. Designing a logo of imaginary product.
3. Dialogue delivery by animated characters.

Brochure/Flyer/Document Making

1. Making Proforma Memorandum of Association of a Company.
2. Making Proforma Articles of Association of a Company.
3. Partnership Deed.

Musical Presentation of any form

1. Any rap item on a given topic.
2. Any advertisement jingle.

Theatre/ Drama/ Nukkad Natak

1. Consumer making him heard by the seller.
2. Informal gathering of employees in parking area.
3. Workers staging a protest.

Infographic Making

1. Exports and Imports of India during the last five years.
2. Prices of Shares of selected 2-3 companies over past six months.

Painting/Cartooning:

1. Any scene of market, factory, office etc.

Detail Talks/ Lectures:

1. On any topic.

The students who lack confidence in speaking in front of other students, should be given the task of explaining a simple topic, as member of a group.

Any Other form not listed above.

You can add:

1. Colourful mind maps.
2. Handmade colourful crossword puzzles.
3. Bingo games.
4. Debates (for advantages/disadvantages, difference).
5. Quizzes etc.

These are some of the activities that can be integrated with different topics of Business Studies. The activities here have been mixed up intentionally, for both the classes. Students can be further creative in mixing and matching these activities so that teaching-learning process goes smoothly and joyfully.

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