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\nDollars and Sense\n

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\nFourth graders read \"Starting a Business\" and answer the question: \"How could you design an ad to let the community know about the business described in the story?\" Then, they illustrate a written ad that could be posted in the...\n
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\n\"Entrepreneurship:\n\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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\n\"COULD\n\n
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\nCOULD YOU START A BUSINESS?\n

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\nStudents learn how a business starts and finds financial independence. In this lesson, students learn the struggle of financial management, the costs of running a business and how to keep a budget.\n
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\nCould You Start a Business?\n

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\nHigh schoolers learn how a business starts and finds financial independence. For this lesson, students learn the struggle of financial management, the costs of running a business and how to keep a budget.\n
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\nThe Great Paper Airplane Factory\n

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\nStudents investigate the economics of starting a business in this series of lessons. They role play parts of a business organization that sells paper airplanes making decisions based on calculations to make the most profitable organization.\n
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\nHometown Heroes\n

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\nLearners identify the factors of starting a business. For this business lesson, students interview a local entrepreneur and discuss the factors that influenced their decision to start a business. Learners create a composition based upon...\n
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\nThe Guy Behind Kinko's\n

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\nPupils explore the concept of starting a business. In this starting a business lesson, students read an article about the founder of Kinko's. Pupils discuss how Kinko's expanded and tried to avoid centralization and homogenization.\n
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\nChapter 2 Test: Government and The Economy\n

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\nIn this US government and economy worksheet, students complete a chapter test. They match words associated with the topic to their definitions. They list the three main branches of the government, describe the role of the President, tell...\n
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\n\"Growing\n\n
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\nGrowing Money\n

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\nStudents establish a garden business. In this building a business lesson plan, students investigate how to create and build a business. Students build a business of selling plants and become entrepreneurs.\n
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\nState Assisted Capitalism\n

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\nStudents discuss a the places to gain financial help when starting a business. With a partner, they calculate the amount of interest and the total amount being paid back. they brainstorm a list of things the government can do to help...\n
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\nJack of All Tails\n

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\nAfter reading the book Jack of All Tails, learners complete vocabulary activities, play charades, consider a list of questions, and complete a list of verbs. There are also several suggestions for how to connect this language...\n
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\nThe Economics of Income: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?\n

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\nIf basketball players make more than teachers, why shouldn't learners all aspire to play in the NBA? Unraveling the cost and benefits of education and future economic success can be tricky. Economic data, real-life cases, and some...\n
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\n\"Entrepreneurship:\n\n
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\nEntrepreneurship: How to Begin\n

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\nStudents examine and identify the rudiments of a business plan. They locate and use resources about business plans on Internet.\n
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\nThe Life of Milton Hershey\n

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\nStudents examine the life and business success of Milton Hershey. They conduct an interview with a local entrepreneur, define key vocabulary terms, develop a list of jobs they can do to earn money, read a biography of Milton Hershey,...\n
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\nEntrepreneurship: Is it for me?\n

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\nStudents get an introduction to entrepreneurship and business plans in the first lesson of this series. They attempt to determine what personal factors to consider in deciding if the time is right to become an entrepreneur.\n
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\nGrowing Money\n

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\nFourth graders sell plants. In this business lesson students propagate plants from cuttings. Students create a business to sell the plants they grow.\n
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\nI'm in Business, Now What Do I Charge?\n

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\nLearners 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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\n\"Cooperatives\n\n
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\nCooperatives Meet People's Needs\n

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\nYoung scholars understand what a cooperative is and how it helps people. For this cooperatives lesson, students interview a member of a local cooperative and record their responses on a worksheet. Young scholars share and gather their...\n
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\nStarting Your Own Business\n

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\nFifth graders read a book and complete several correlating activities to learn how to start their own business. In this economic and math instructional activity, 5th graders read the book The Toothpaste Millionaire. Students define the...\n
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\nEntrepreneurship: Planning to stay in business\n

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\nStudents write the last three sections of a business plan for their hypothetical business: the operation timetable, the start up costs, and the three-month projected statement.\n
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\nWhat's In It For Me?\n

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\nStudents analyze the costs and benefits that are involved with owning a business. They create their own decision making grid and identify their trade-offs. They also identify the opportunity costs involved in owning their own business.\n
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\nCount-bys: Multiples of a Number\n

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\nIn this count-bys:  multiples of a number learning exercise, 4th graders use multiplication facts to answer five questions about multiples, called count-bys.\n
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\nEconomics Unit 1: Crossword Puzzle\n

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\nIn this economics worksheet, students use the 35 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to economic terminology.\n
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\nMandarin Mountains: Get a Job\n

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\nStudents consider career options. In this career lesson plan, students use a selected Internet source to explore various jobs as well as the skills required for them. Students also consider the contributions of workers to the communities...\n
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