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Preparing a Business Plan to "Be Your Own Boss"

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Do 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...
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Cartels and Competition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work together in teams to role-play a cartel. Using that information, they all produce the same commodity and they are trying to make as much profit as possible. Each group completes a balance sheet and calculate the...
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Marketing Research Projects

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research customer service offerings of a particular business and present their conclusions to the class using PowerPoint and additional visual aids. The guidelines for this lesson can be found through the National DECA.
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Pop Shop 4 - Shopkeeping

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create a store where they sell pictures, tee shirts, and prints. For this store lesson plan, students learn about sales, marketing, and how to run a business.
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Entrepreneurs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore becoming entrepreneurs. In this career exploration lesson, students work in small groups to begin a new business that they will "build" from scratch as they learn what it takes to create a successful business by using...
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Innovation in a Bag

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a business plan to start up their own business. In this algebra lesson, students think of a product they can produce and sell. They create on paper what they should do and then put into practice creating a mock business.
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In Your Own Backyard

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify entrepreneurial opportunities that exist in their own community. From this information they determine possible market niches and identify potential businesses that could be started to meet the demands of these niches...
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An Attitude of Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine ways in which businesses change and what it takes to make the changes and keep ahead of the competition.
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Setting Up Shop

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate what goes in to starting a retail store. For this business economics lesson, 7th graders brainstorm products they would like to sell and use magazines, newspapers and real estate listings to bring their store...
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Wanted Dead or Alive: The Entrepreneur of the Year

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate entrepreneurship as it relates to careers. In this career planning lesson, students create goals leading up to their career of choice. They identify the characteristics necessary ti be successful in the business world.
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Redesigning Resumes

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify the elements of resumes and then design a resume to be used by an eighth grader applying for high school. In this resume lesson, 9th graders define resumes and work in teams to use computer software to design...
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Royal Patronage

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The relationship between European royalty and the artists, scientists, and philosophers they support has been a building block in the artistic and technological progress throughout the world. Learn more about patronage throughout the...
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Résumé Rights

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students build a practical resume using Microsoft Word R??sum?? Wizard. Hints useful for avoiding "r??sum?? wrongs" helps them develop the right r??sum?? for their job hunting needs.
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Our School's News

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students work collaboratively in small groups to create and edit various publications to promote their school's activities and accomplishments. Groups work to complete these publications and publish or update them bi-monthly.
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Entry-Level Job Interviewing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners discover specific information to remember when preparing for an interview and create a presentation based on the information

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