Contract Brochure

BMA-LEB-6:

Demonstrate an understanding of contractual relationships.

Contract Brochure

Overview: In this project you will create a brochure in Word that explains contracts in language that a teenager
with no background in Business Law would understand. This project is worth a test grade.

Please Note: Although you may work with a partner on this project, your partner’s absence is no excuse for late
or incomplete work!

Grading:
This project will count as a test grade. The project requires you to create a teen-friendly brochure in which you
explain contract law in language that a teenager with no background in Business Law can understand.

Requirements:
1. Students should begin the brochure with an introductory statement that introduces the teenager to their topic.

The introduction should also provide the purpose of the brochure and what it will cover.
2. The brochure must be a 3 panel tri-fold, and include information on the front and back. You must cover all
required information for your topic!
3. The brochure may be created in Microsoft Word.
4. The brochure must contain colors other than black and white. Use attractive, easy to read color schemes.
5. Use examples throughout the brochure to help make the concepts easier to understand.
6. Use relevant pictures and graphics to make the brochure more attractive and interesting.
7. Use correct grammar and spelling at all times!! Points will be deducted for spelling errors.
8. Organize the brochure so that the brochure reads logically from one topic to next. Avoid choppiness!!
9. You are required to work on this project (and only on this project) with your partner or individually during
class. Points will be deducted if you are off-task at any time during the course of this project. If you finish before
other students in the class, use your time to add more info and examples to your project! You may use sources
other than the textbook.
10. Include all sources on the back middle cover of your brochure.
11. When you print out the brochure, it will be in black and white.

Student(s) must choose one topic and provide information on at least three of its subtopics from the
following:

1. Agreements and contracts Topic

 Definition of a Contract

 Characteristics of Contracts Subtopics
 Required Elements of a Contract

2. How a contract begins

 Requirements of an Offer

 Terminating an Offer

 Requirements of an Acceptance
3. Capacity and Legality

 Capacity to Contract

 Definition of a Minor

 Ratification of Contracts

 Voiding a Contract

 Statute of Frauds

4. Consideration

 Characteristics

 Types of consideration

BMA-LEB-6:

Demonstrate an understanding of contractual relationships.

 Exceptions to consideration

5. Transferring and ending Contracts
 Ending a Contract
 Breach of Contract
 Transfer of Contractual Rights and Duties

6. Voidable Contracts and Remedies
 Types of damages
 Remedies of the injured party
 Minimizing damages
 Specific performance

BMA-LEB-6:

Demonstrate an understanding of contractual relationships.

Contract for Teens Brochure Rubric

CATEGORY Good (3 points) Fair (2 points) Poor (0-1 Point)
Content and All required topics are All but one required The brochure is missing
Elaboration covered in the brochure, topics are discussed in more than one required
and all facts are accurate. the brochure. The facts topic. Some of the facts
Writing - Organization The brochure does not in the brochure are in the brochure may not
Attractiveness & simply state the facts, accurate. There is be accurate. There is
Organization but elaborates on the adequate elaboration on very little explanation of
topics. the topics covered. the topics covered.
Knowledge Gained Each section in the Most sections of the Less than half of the
brochure has a clear brochure have a clear sections of the brochure
Use of Examples beginning, middle, and beginning, middle and have a clear beginning,
end. end. middle and end.
Writing – Grammar, The brochure has The brochure has well- The brochure's
Spelling & exceptionally attractive organized information. formatting and
formatting and well- Some color choices organization of material
organized information. make the brochure are confusing to the
Color choices are difficult to read, or may reader. Color choices
excellent and are be inconsistent make the brochure
consistent throughout the throughout the brochure. unreadable, and are
brochure. inconsistent throughout
the brochure.
After reading the After reading the The brochure does not
brochure, a teenager with brochure, a teenager with adequately discuss the
little knowledge of little knowledge of information required.
computers can accurately computers can accurately
answer all questions answer most questions The student does not use
related to facts in the related to facts in the examples to illustrate the
brochure. brochure. concepts in the brochure
Examples are used Some of the examples -or- most of the
effectively throughout used in the brochure help examples given in the
the brochure, and the to illustrate the concepts brochure fail to illustrate
examples help to more clearly for the the concepts clearly
illustrate the concepts reader, but a better job There are several
more clearly for the could have been done. grammatical mistakes in
reader. the brochure. Several
There are no There are a few (no more spelling errors in the
grammatical mistakes in than 3) grammatical
the brochure. No spelling mistakes in the brochure.
errors in the