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Enter the World of Free Enterprise!  Become an entrepreneur!

Project PowerPoint (Click here)               Writing Leads  (Click here)     Writing Dialogue  (Click here)   Six Trait Writing  (Click here)

Business World Project Overview

I.  Launching Activity:  Business Trip (Main Street)

II.  What is the function of a business?

III. Business Basics
      a)  history:  barter-trade-money
      b)  needs versus wants

IV. Goods versus Services

V.  Making a Business Plan  

(Template)  (Sample Businesses)
    a) Choosing the product or service
    b) Choosing a demographic
    c)  Marketing
             1.  Name
             2.  
Slogan / Motto /Mission Statement / Logo
             3.  Advertising
                           a- techniques  (hand out)
                           b- medium (media, print, other)
                           c- other

VI. Manufacturing
     a) Answer: How are we going to make or provide ____?
     b) Specialization, Interdependencs, & Assembly Line
     c) The factory!

VII.  Financials
     a) Budget
     b) Overhead / Expense  /Inventory
     c) Taxes
     d)  Sales

VIII  Business Principles  (ongoing- lesson per day)
    a) Needs and Wants   (Information)    
    b) Goods and Services  (Information)
    c) Supply and Demand   (Information)
    d) Scarcity   (Information)
    e) Interdependence   (Information)    
    f) Taxes (Information)
    g) Budgets   (Teacher Resource 1)  (Student Resource 1)  (Student Resource 2)
    h) Debt   (Information)



Business Survey  (click here)

Common Core (Click here) (click here)

Project Objectives  (Click here)

Vocabulary   (Click here)


Common Core Connections  (Click here)


Sample Essays  (Click here)   


Entrepreneur Checklist  (Click here)

Helpful Links  (Click here)

Goal Resources  (Click here)

Sample Projects/ Reflection/ Checklist  (Click here)

Kids' Entrepreneur Club Link  (Click Here)

Video Resources!

Where does the money go?

Taxes!

The Debt!

Budgets!