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Friends: Create a Company Lesson PlanFriends: Create a Company Lesson Plan
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Friends: Create a Company

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Create a company, advertise it, and hope it grows. The seventh of eight parts in the Google CS First Friends unit challenges future business leaders to apply computer coding to create an advertisement for a company. After pairs come  up with an idea for a company, they create ads on their own.

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computer code, friendship, companies, advertising

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science

Instructional Ideas

  • Invite a marketing specialist to give a presentation
  • Run a contest and bring in local business leaders to judge projects

Classroom Considerations

  • Headphones are necessary for listening to videos and including sound in the projects

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  • Includes very thorough instructions for both the facilitator and the participants
  • Optional add-ons let users customize their projects

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