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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

Unit 1 Assessment

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)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship

EQ - What are the advantages and disadvantages of entrepreneurship?

1. Activator - Adora Discussion
2. Give One Get One
1. Share your Young Entrepreneur Story Project with as many students as you can.
2. What characteristics of successful entrepreneurs do the founders share?
3. Class Collaboration -List the names of businesses on the board. 
1. Intro to 4 types of businesses
2. Class Evaluation
4. Collaborative Pair Analysis
1. 30 for 30 - Categorize
5. Quiz
6. Advantages and Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship 
1. Independent 
1. Explore 3 different sources and identify the advantages and disadvantages of entrepreneurship.
2. Collaborative
1. What are the 4 most significant advantages?
2. What are the most significant disadvantages?
7. AP - Self-Assessment: Is entrepreneurship right for you?
8. TEST NEXT CLASS

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 Schoology and to the discussion board with your definition of entrepreneurship