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- Grade Range
- 7th - Higher Ed
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Students practice their skills using business English. After a lecture/demo, students interpret economic graphs which are imbedded in this lesson. Then, they create their own graphs and describe them to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students simulate owning and running a small business by playing Lemonade Stands. They play the game for three weeks, then work with a partner to produce a Power Point presentation which would be given to a Board of Directors showing profit/loss. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students find that because small companies are often considered bad credit risks, Japanese banks have routinely stayed away from lending to such firms. They realize that some companies have boomed by lending to such small businesses and have done this by giving high interest loans to the desperate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students differentiate between positive and negative employee incentives and develop sets of them for an imaginary business. In pairs, they complete an interactive project for starting a business and supporting it with incentives. They exchange their business plans with other classmates and critique them. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine businesses from long ago noting whether they provided goods or services, explore how some businesses have evolved, and discuss how some family names may be indicators of occupations and businesses of the past. Full Review »
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- 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
- 5th
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Students engage in activities to promote learning in the area of business. The following are the teaching techniques used: reading a fable, setting up a small business, using a web site for reinforcement and using a computer program to simulate the effects of supply and demand. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students cite at least 3 specific ways that the Federal, State and Local government EACH impact the small business owner and his or her operations at the end of this activity. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students create the basic framework of a business plan. they identify costs and benefits of each part of the plan and make judgments about those costs and benefits to help them decide whether you are ready for the business or not. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students discover the IRS codes and criteria for establishing their art activity as a business rather than a hobby. They develop ways to demonstrate that their art activity is actually a business venture as classified by the IRS. Full Review »

