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

Unit 1 Exam

EQ - How can I justify becoming an entrepreneur?

1. Q&A
2. Table Quiz
1. Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
2. Advantages & Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship
3. How can identifying a problem lead us to develop an entrepreneurial idea?
4. What makes entrepreneurship a viable career option?
3. Unit Exam
4. 10 Tips for a Strong Start
   
1. Actively read the article 
1. Jot ideas and questions in the margins
2. Write down words you don't yet know
3. Highlight interesting points
2. Pick one new idea/concept presented in the article
1. Use Google to find out more about this new idea/concept
2. Write down what you find out
3. Share with a classmate or if its really cool, the entire class
5. If Time Permits - Entrepreneur presentations (continued)
   

The Final Pieces of the Introduction

EQ - How are the four types of businesses classified?

1. Activator - Quizlet
2. Quiz - Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
3. Revisiting "The Downside"
4. Sim-Card Foldable - Advantages and Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship
5. Today's Meet Questionnaire - Do the adv. outweigh the disadv.? Why or why not?
6. Class Brainstorm - Names of Local Businesses
1. List on Board
2. Can we categorize these in any way? How?
7. Sim-Card Foldable - Introduction to 4 Types of Business
8. Can we categorize our list in a different way?
9. Today's Meet Questionnaire - Based upon your personal characteristics, which type of business do you think you'd be most successful operating?

Is Entrepreneurship Right For Me?

Continuation from last class

PLEASE PREPARE FOR CLASS BY TAKING OUT YOUR ADVANCED ORGANIZER 

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

1. Activator -  Splashdown 8 characteristics of successful entrepreneurs
2. Meet a young entrepreneur
3. Teamwork - As a class, list Adora's personal traits that have contributed to her success as an entrepreneur.
4.  Team Discussion (Groups of 4) - Brainstorm at least 5 characteristics from your advanced organizer that you most possess?
5. Project - Self-assessment - What 3 personality traits do you most express that match the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?  How do you know? (Prove it by providing specific examples from your life that show evidence that you possess these characteristics).

Is Entrepreneurship Right For Me

Continuation from last class

PLEASE PREPARE FOR CLASS BY TAKING OUT YOUR ADVANCED ORGANIZER 

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

1. Activator -  Splashdown 8 characteristics of successful entrepreneurs
2. Discussion - Which of the characteristics from your reading do you most possess?
3. Project - Self-assessment - What personality traits do you express that match the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?  How do you know? (Prove It)

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. Meet a young entrepreneur
6. Teamwork - As a class, list Adora's personal traits that have contributed to her success as an entrepreneur.
7. CP - Entrepreneur Project
8. TOD - Is entrepreneurship right for you? Why or why not?