Entrepreneurial Ideas

EQ - How can identifying a problem lead us to develop an entrepreneurial idea?

1. Activator - What makes an idea a good idea?
2. 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.
     
3. Museum Walk & Handout- Place your images around the room. Complete the handout. 
• Handout
4. Class Discussion
• Collaboration Opportunities?
• Favorite Idea?
• Most Likely To Succeed?
5. How does this relate to that big "E" Word...What is an Entrepreneur?
6. Collaborative Pairs - How could you turn your idea into a business?
7. TOD - Answer the EQ

Welcome to Entrepreneurship

EQ - What is entrepreneurship?

1. Activator - I Want To Draw A Cat For You
2. Splashdown *Discovery Questionnaire
3. Class Discussion
4. The Key to defining Entrepreneurship
• Light bulbs vs. Money bags
5. Class Discussion - What have you learned so far?
6. *Revisiting "I Want To Draw A Cat For You" * Copyright You and Me This Morning
7.  TOD
• What are your thoughts regarding becoming an entrepreneur?  Explain using what you have learned about entrepreneurship today.

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

Project Based Learning

The Imagination Land Money Giveaway has just announced that you and your team have collectively won an unspecified sum of money but you can be assured it's "enough".

It sounds legit....so CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The only CATCH...ahh yes...the catch.

You must agree to use the funds to create a business within your community.  You may wonder...

 

It is completely up to your group.  Its almost that easy.  There are only a few additional requirements which are listed as follows:

1. Describe the business (Purpose, Type of Business, Consumer Needs Being Satisfied)
2. Picture of how the business will operate
3. Describes in detail the Factors of Production needed to operate
4. List of proposed resources to be used including
1. Volume/Amount Needed
2. Cost (Fixed/Variable)
3. Place an asterisk (*) next to each ESSENTIAL resource
5. How many products will you need to sell in order to breakeven?

Please prepare a short (3 minute) presentation to explain your business to the TRIBE TANK

Questions you should ponder include:

1. What is unique about your product?
2. What does it cost to produce?  At what price can it be sold?
3. How much debt do you have?
4. How will you distribute your product?
5. How many competitors exist?
6. How will you best reach your customers?

Connect to the 5 W's of quality writing

1. Who?
2. What?
3. Where?
4. When?
5. Why?

Mr. Hill's Notes

Retrieval, Analyze, Synthesis, & Evaluation