The World of Business & Entrepreneurship

7 Activities

Overview

Learning about business and economics are essential topics for young adults. Students engage in various activities that puts them in the shoes of entrepreneurs, learning about the realm of business.

Is This Brand Socially Responsible?

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Is This Brand Socially Responsible?

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the concept of corporate social responsibility and greenwashing. They work in small groups to research a company’s social responsibility practices. Then, they create an advertisement for the company’s product, based on their research. When they finish, they share their completed ad with the group and discuss ways in which companies can become more socially responsible.

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Is This Brand Socially Responsible?

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Employee Benefits

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Employee Benefits

9 - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students explore the different types of paid and unpaid employee benefits offered by employers, as well as costs of those benefits. They begin by brainstorming the types of benefits that attract employees to jobs and consider how businesses use benefits to attract employees. Students learn about several kinds of benefits and the costs of providing them. They use this knowledge to create “benefits cards” and work in pairs to negotiate benefits packages.

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Employee Benefits

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

The World of Banking

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

The World of Banking

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the world of banking, including categories of accounts and services, the differences between banks and credit unions, and the general rules that bankers and their customers must follow.

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The World of Banking

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students learn about the different types of intellectual property and work in small groups to brainstorm examples of each.

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Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Can You Patent It?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Can You Patent It?

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Youth learn about patentable ideas. Youth discuss and assess whether hypothetical ideas are patentable and think of their own invention that could be patented.

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Can You Patent It?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Case Studies of Business Failures

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Case Studies of Business Failures

9 - 12

45 Minutes

“Too big to fail” is a popular phrase in business, but what exactly causes a once-thriving company to fail? In most cases, there is not a single answer to this question because several factors often contribute to driving a company to the brink of going out of business or actually pushing it over that edge, as students will discover during this activity.

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Case Studies of Business Failures

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Combat Global Climate Change—and Make Money, Too!

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Combat Global Climate Change—and Make Money, Too!

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Student teams research various technologies and strategies for combating global climate change, including carbon capture, biofuel production, and new systems for mass transit. They recognize that each of these technologies could offer a huge profit for a savvy entrepreneur or business.

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Combat Global Climate Change—and Make Money, Too!

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

The World of Business & Entrepreneurship

Grades 9 - 12

6 Hours 45 Minutes

Overview

Is This Brand Socially Responsible?

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Is This Brand Socially Responsible?

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Is This Brand Socially Responsible?

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Employee Benefits

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Employee Benefits

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Employee Benefits

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

The World of Banking

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

The World of Banking

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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The World of Banking

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students learn about the different types of intellectual property and work in small groups to brainstorm examples of each.

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Intellectual Property: Protect Your Ideas (Grades 9-12)

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Can You Patent It?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Can You Patent It?

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Youth learn about patentable ideas. Youth discuss and assess whether hypothetical ideas are patentable and think of their own invention that could be patented.

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Can You Patent It?

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Grades 9 - 12

Case Studies of Business Failures

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Grades 9 - 12

Case Studies of Business Failures

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Case Studies of Business Failures