- Activator - Muddy Point Grab Bag
- What we need to know as entrepreneurs
- Create a personalized study guide
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Concluding Unit 2
EQ - How are entrepreneurial decisions made?
Friday, September 28, 2012
Project Based Learning
EQ - How do entrepreneurs make economic decisions?
- Homework Review
- Activator: Kindle Fire
- Emerging Business Issues Event
- Introduction
- Team Assignments
- Directions
- Work Time
- Regrouping
- Unit Exam Prep
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Price Determination
EQ - How is price determined so an entrepreneur can make a profit?
- Activator: What do you know about price?
- Introduce Price Equation
- Vocabulary
- Costs
- Fixed Costs
- Variable Costs
- Introduce Profit Equation
- Discussion Questions:
- How can we increase our profit?
- How do you know how much a customer will pay? (*hint* last class)
- How can we reduce our costs?
- TPS - Making the connection and answering the EQ
- TOD or homework - After today's lesson, why is the outsourcing of American jobs a viable option for American companies ? (Feel free to discuss this with your family)EQ - How is price determined so an entrepreneur can make a profit?
Monday, September 24, 2012
Supply and Demand
EQ - How do supply and demand impact pricing strategies for entrepreneurs?
- Review TOD
- Activator: Supply and Demand Game
- Vocabulary Review - Opportunity Cost and Scarcity
- TPS - Focus on Economics (p. 49)
- Intro to the S & D curves
- Demand
- Supply
- Equilibrium
- Surplus v. Deficit
- Knowledge Check (Question #1 p. 54)
Monday, September 17, 2012
Entrepreneurial View of Economics
UEQ - How do entrepreneurs make economic decisions?
LEQ - How are the factors of production impacted by consumer needs and wants?
LEQ - How are the factors of production impacted by consumer needs and wants?
- Activator: TPS - Ideas In Action (p. 35)
- Vocab Preview *
- Table Groups: Focus on Economics (p. 36)
- Chalk Talk: Identifying Needs and Wants
- The Role of Businesses & Entrepreneurs
- Introduction to Factors of Production
- Local Business Breakdown
- Choose a local business
- What need/want does this business fill?
- What resources are used to fill this need/want?
- Classify these resources by type of factors of production
- TOD - Assessment 2.1 (p. 41)
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