Is entrepreneurship a viable career option?

1. Finalize Partnership Activity
1. Choose a successful entrepreneur - 30 Under 30
2. List the traits and aptitudes that have contributed to his/her success (You should search beyond Inc.com)
3. Create a list of advantages and disadvantages to becoming an entrepreneur based on this Trep's story.
4. Create a brief overview of this Trep to present to the class.

EQ - How will I know if entrepreneurship is right for me?

1. Activator - The Downside*
2. Class Discussion
3. Advantages & Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship
4. TPS - What Went Wrong? (p.13)
5. AP – Considering the risks associated with entrepreneurship, why do many people consider opening their own business?
6. Homework Evaluation – Access your homework
1. What characteristics of successful entrepreneurs do you display?
2. Provide evidence from your life
3. How can your characteristics allow you to capitalize on the advantages of entrepreneurship?
7. TOD - Is entrepreneurship right for you? Why or why not?

Unit Assessment Next Class

EQ - Is entrepreneurship right for me? 

1. Activator - What do you think it takes to be a successful entrepreneur?
1. TPS - Splashdown
2. Quizlet
2. Meet a young entrepreneur - As a class, list Adora's personal traits that have contributed to her success as an entrepreneur.
3. AP - Quiz
4. Activity
1. Choose a successful entrepreneur - 30 Under 30
2. List the traits and aptitudes that have contributed to his/her success (You should search beyond Inc.com)
3. Create a list of advantages and disadvantages to becoming an entrepreneur based on this Trep's story.
4. Create a brief overview of this Trep to present to the class.

Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

 EQ - How do my character traits compare to those of a successful entrepreneur?

1. Activator:  Word Association "Success"
2. Key Terminology AO
3. Ideas In Action - Making Job Connections (p. 3)
1. Actively Read (Intro & Demo)
2. Complete "What do you know?"
3. Prepare for a class discussion
4. Card Group Activity - Understanding Entrepreneurship
1. Actively Read p 4-8 (skip "Types of Entrepreneurial Businesses)
2. Checkpoint Question
3. Class Discussion
5. Collaborative Pairs Splashdown- What do you think it takes to be a successful entrepreneur?
1. CP Activity (10-11)
2. Update your list
6. Discussion - Which of the characteristics from your reading do you most possess?
7. Homework - Self-assessment - What personality traits do you express that match the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?  How do you know?

 Homework/Study Help - Quizlet

Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

EQ - How can a person transform a good idea into a viable entrepreneurial venture?

1. Activator - What is entrepreneurship?
1. Commenting on the class website
2. Gyrate Your Genius *Credit to Soul Pancake*
1. Think of a problem that irritates you.
2. Channel your inner inventor
3. Create a solution.  No matter how far-fetched it seems, sketch it out and name it.
3. TPS Discussion - What makes an idea a good idea?
4. Video - Steven Johnson suggests how good ideas are created.  After watching the video we will share our inner genius with others and see if our ideas can grow together.
     
5. AP – Small group summary: Where do good ideas come from?
6. Share your Gyrate Your Genius projects with your small groups and utilize Steven Johnson’s research to create a good idea for a business
1. White Board Drawing
7. AP - Museum Walk & Handout- Place your images around the room. Complete the handout. 
1. Handout
8. Class Discussion
1. Collaboration Opportunities?
2. Favorite Idea?
3. Most Likely To Succeed?
9. AP - Collaborative Pairs - How could you turn your idea into a business?
10. TOD - Answer the EQ

Welcome to Entrepreneurship

EQ - How is entrepreneurship defined?

1. Welcome to Entrepreneurship
2. Classroom Policies & Procedures
3. Syllabus Review
4. Activator - I Want To Draw A Cat For You
5. Splashdown *Discovery Questionnaire
6. AP - Class Discussion: Review of Discovery Questionnaire*
7. The Key to defining Entrepreneurship
• Light bulbs vs. Money bags
8. AP - Discussion Groups - What have you learned so far?
9. *Revisiting "I Want To Draw A Cat For You" * Copyright You and Me This Morning
10.  TPS
• What are your thoughts regarding becoming an entrepreneur?  Explain using what you have learned about entrepreneurship today.
11. TOD - Back of Notecard
1. List 3 parts of your life that you feel passionate
2. List 2 goals for yourself in this class.
3. Ask Mr. Hill 1 meaningful question regarding this class, learning/teaching, or business.

**Homework** Visit the class website and comment on this post with your definition of entrepreneurship