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\nFood Business - PreK - 1st Grade\n

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\nAre your recipes good enough to sell? Start a journey in entrepreneurship by engaging your mini chef in money and business lessons.\n
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\nCrash Course: Business Soft Skills\n

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\nA series of 17 videos teach future entrepreneurs about the soft skills they need to succeed in business. Viewers learn the importance of developing trust, the secrets of business writing, how to speak with confidence, how to craft a...\n
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\nGlobal Problem Solvers\n

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\nCisco’s animated series, Global Problem Solvers, teaches viewers about social responsibility and teamwork. The two-season series follows a diverse group of talented teenagers who combine their unique individual skills and cooperate to...\n
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\n\"Middle\n\n
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\nMiddle School World History\n

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\nA 22-lesson Middle School World History unit uses a unique problem-solving approach to teach tweens economic history. After reading articles that provide background information, pupils engage in activities and simulations that require...\n
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\nDo I Have What it Takes to be an Entrepreneur - and is My Community Ready?\n

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\nDiscover the attributes of entrepreneurs and define what entrepreneurship is while examining data based on local businesses. Learners determine whether their community is supportive of entrepreneurs as they research economic development...\n
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\nWhat Makes an Entrepreneur?\n

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\nWhat do the founders of Wendy's and Virgin Airlines have in common? They are both entrepreneurs! Key definitions and case studies help learners brainstorm their own definitions of what it takes to succeed in business. A series of...\n
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\nEntrepreneurship\n

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\nGive your class a copy of USA TOday to read through and find articles about companies that offer goods or services. They create a graphic organizer and list the business, product, want or need fulfilled of the companies found in the USA...\n
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\nPreparing a Business Plan to \"Be Your Own Boss\"\n

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\nDo your scholars strive to work for themselves some day? Help young entrepreneurs  create a business plan for an original idea and present it to a \"board of directors.\" They complete online research (some links provided) and put...\n
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\nDiversity: Minority Entrepreneurship and the Economy\n

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\nUsing data from the Census Bureau, learners discover the growth in minority-owned businesses over time. After crunching numbers, analytical questions probe the reasons behind the shift. \n
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\nHow Can Entrepreneurs Control Costs?\n

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\nStudents calculate fixed and variable costs. In this costs lesson, students read a case study about an entrepreneur and her business costs. Individuals complete the provided worksheets to find costs and make related business decisions....\n
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\nEntrepreneurs in History\n

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\nStudents examine the contributions of American entrepreneurs. In this industrialization lesson, students complete the provided handouts to determine how Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Hill, and Rockefeller impacted American society. Students...\n
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\nUse of John Johnson's Life Story in Conjunction With Other Black Entrepreneurs as Role Models for Potential Black Businessmen\n

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\nStudents read an autobiography of John Johnson and discuss how he rose from poverty to be a successful businessman. After reading excerpts of other autobiographies, they brainstorm a list of characteristics of those who were successful...\n
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\nEntrepreneurship: How to Begin\n

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\nYoung scholars examine and identify the rudiments of a business plan. They locate and use resources about business plans on Internet.\n
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\nEntrepreneurship: Will it Work?\n

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\nConsider to possibility of starting a business as a way to examine the concept of entrepreneurship. Learners develop and analyze feasibility studies, marketing strategies, proposals, and local census data all needed when starting a small...\n
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\nEntrepreneurship: What Business Am I In?\n

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\nTo better understand entrepreneurship, learners examine the goals and mission statements in actual business plans, then outline a mission/vision statement for their own company. They develop objectives for the first three months of their...\n
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\nEntrepreneurship\n

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\nDo your high schoolers every wonder how to become an entrepreneur? Have them examine real-life entrepreneurs to find out. They discuss the financial needs and responsibilities of entrepreneurs then explore the reality of...\n
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\nThe Rise of U.S. Business and Industry\n

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\nEleventh graders focus on the rise of American business and industry and how it led into the response by labor forces that helped to shape the present situation of United States business, government, and working conditions.\n
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\nEntrepreneur\n

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\nThe students, in groups of four, establish a profitable business in the community. They complete research and conduct presentations.\n
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\nTaking Care of Business \n

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\nYoung adults consider the application of technology and communication in the business and management career cluster. They research careers in the cluster and discuss what skills are required to be successful. They use their findings to...\n
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\nEntrepreneurship: Creating Products and Systems That Meet the Needs of Your Clients\n

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\nThere is no better way to learn about a subject than with a hands on project. Middle schoolers design and create a product that meets the needs of fictitious clients. They view a PowerPoint, consider how the Western marketing style is...\n
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\nUnderstanding Business Ethics\n

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\nAfter screening an episode by BizKids, scholars show what they know about business vocabulary, then take part in grand conversations about role models and ethical dilemmas.\n
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\nLegal Forms of Business\n

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\nHave your budding entrepeneurs explore the businesses in their community and determine what legal form each of businesses are. They discuss the rationale for determining a legal form of business and then write a paper that describes a...\n
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\nI'm in Business, Now What Do I Charge?\n

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\nStudents determine what price must be charged in order for an entrepreneur to breakeven and to make a profit. They calculate the breakeven price, identify opportunity costs, and write a paragraph explaining what costs should be used for...\n
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\nLemonade Business - Investigating Surface Area and Volume of Containers\n

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\nBoost lemonade sales by using the perfect container. For a given volume, future entrepreneurs design a container that will have the least surface area and by extension, the least cost of material. They create a two-dimensional net of...\n
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