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Setting Up Shop Lesson PlanSetting Up Shop Lesson Plan
Publisher
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Resource Details
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Grade
10th - 12th
Subjects
Career & Technical Education
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
5 days
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Technology
Internet Access
Year
2017
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Setting Up Shop

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  • Floor Plan Diagram Assignment #1 (.docx)
  • Virtual Assistant Job Description Newsletter Assignment #2 (.docx)
  • Gantt Scheduling Chart Assignment #3 (.docx)
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It's time to set up shop! Pupils learn about the process of setting up a virtual business by designing a business website. They also create a newsletter about virtual assistants and develop a floor plan diagram of what their offices would look like.

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Concepts

business skills, website design, business plans

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a Venn diagram or T-chart on the board to compare brick-and-mortar businesses to home-based ones
  • At the end of the lesson, have scholars write a paragraph about the advantages and disadvantages of having a virtual office

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires computers for student projects

Pros

  • Provides instructional objectives
  • Includes enrichment activities

Cons

  • None

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