Project Based Learning

The Imagination Land Money Giveaway has just announced that you and your team have collectively won an unspecified sum of money.

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

You must agree to use the funds to create a business within your community.  You may wonder...what are we supposed to create?

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?

RESOURCES:

Academic Standards Handout

Classroom Tools - Textbooks, Whiteboards, etc.

Schoology

Chromebooks

Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

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

1. Activator - TPS Discussion - What makes an idea a good idea?
2. Video - Steven Johnson suggests how good ideas are created. 
1. Advance Organizer/Questionnaire
2.   
3. AP – Small group summary: Where do good ideas come from?
4. TPS - How does Ideation connect with the concept presented by Steven Johnson?
5. Class Activity - Ideation in Practice - Silly Cow
1. Introduction to Silly Cow
2. Ideation Processing
3. Small Group Presentations to Class
6. Debriefing
7. Reflection - Submit to Schoology
1. How does ideation differ from brainstorming?
2. How can this be applied to our class moving forward?
8. Preview of next class - Project Based Learning

Unit 1 Exam

EQ - How is entrepreneurship a viable career choice?

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. Ideation Article
5. If Time Permits 
1. Article Distribution - 10 Tips for a Strong Start
2. 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
3. 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
4. Share with a classmate or if it’s really cool, the entire class
6. Debriefing (based on class discussion)