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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the basket weaving business and entrepreneurship in action. They discuss the basket weaving business and identify business concepts that apply to the creation and sell of baskets. Students identify factors that regulate the introduction of a new seller to the basket weaving market and they prepare a draft for a business plan. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students investigate the concept of having a student store in the classroom. They use objects brought to class. The items can be bought for prices set by the students. The store is ran and maintained by them as a class project. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students investigate supply and demand. They show how an increase in price encourages people to look for alternatives or substitutes. They also shown how markets are interrelated and how a price increase can lead to increased prices in other goods or services. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students are able to understand how supply and demand influence prices and why some products have relatively high prices while others have relatively low prices. The differences are part of the inquiry process. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students are presented with a life situation scenario. The event surrounding their choices and actions is the 1849 California gold rush. Students need to use entrepreneurship to survive or thrive in this unusual economic climate. Key concepts to be covered in this lesson include decision making, scarcity and choice, supply and demand, opportunity and trade-offs, productivity, and marketable skills. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students identify some innovations that came about quite by accident. They identify ways to protect the invention or innovations you come up with, debate the benefits of licensing an innovation versus marketing it yourself. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the role of profits in an economy. As a class, they explain why profits are an incentive and practice calculating profit and loss. They discover what a firm in capitalism must do to earn profits and explain the relationship between profits and the allocation of resources. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students examine the reasons why the Federal Reserve might change the target interest rates. After reading the case study, they discover what changes are brought about when the interest rates are changed. They answer discussion questions as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
- Rating
Students identify the personal characteristics of entrereneurs. After listening to a successful small business owner, they complete an entrepreneurial questionaire. They discover the role of small businesses in the United States economy and why people start their own business. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students are able to research and explain the use of scale drawings and models. They are able to design and produce a scale drawing. Students explain how scale is used to transform ideas into final products. Full Review »
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