Developing Your Skills - Entrepreneurship

Grade Level:  9th

Subject:   Preparing for College and Careers

Duration:  50 minutes (2 days)

DOK Level: 3

SAMR Level:  2

Indiana Standard:

PCC- 6.5 Demonstrate leadership and responsibility by using interpersonal and problem-solving skills to influence and guide others toward a goal

PCC-6.7 Demonstrate initiative to assess past experiences, plan future progress, and expand

lifelong learning opportunities to advance skill levels towards a professional level.

PCC-7.1 Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for seeking employment

Objectives:

Student will demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurship as it applies to services/products by researching and presenting a new service/product.

Essential Questions:

A. What is an "entrepreneur"?

B. Do you know an entrepreneur?

C. Can you think of products or services you use because of the efforts of an entrepreneur?

Procedure:

1. Discuss essential questions: A. What is an "entrepreneur"? B. Do you know an entrepreneur? Share C. Can you think of products or services you use because of the efforts of an entrepreneur?

2. Watch the attached video entitled "10 Self-Made Teenage Entrepreneurs".

3. Brainstorm as a class what you believe to be the personal characteristics of the entrepreneurs from the video.

4. Within a group of three, create a service/product that would be marketable (see rubric)

5. “Sell” your idea to the class for evaluation.

Product or Assessment:

1. Participation in the introductory discussion of “essential questions”
2. Rubric evaluation of service/product presentation below.

Enrichment:  

Explore test markets for new services/products which are in development stages.

Entrepreneur Rubric

Product/Service  Title____________________________

Group Members:  ________________________________________________

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