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Create A Firm Project Bundle

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I use these worksheets, PowerPoints, activities, and assessments as an ongoing project throughout a semester-long Introduction to Economics class. Students start by coming up with a business and creating a Google Sites website about their firm.

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Create a Firm Project Website Checklist

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By the end of the semester, students should create a Google Sites website that includes all of the sections included on this checklist. Each heading in this checklist should be the title of each page on their site. I grade each section as students

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Business Structure Scenarios

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These are three different readings that give a scenario of a new business. Students must determine the best structure for their assigned reading and discuss with the class. There really is not “right or wrong” answers and the discussion usually

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Projects, Activities, Literature Circles

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Introduction to Marketing PowerPoint

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These slides introduce students to marketing at a business. *These are very introductory!*

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Projects

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Finding Investors PowerPoint

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These slides introduce students to angel investors and venture capitalist firms.

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Projects

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Business Structure PowerPoints

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These slides introduce students to three different business structures: sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations.

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Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Inputs and Costs and Revenue Worksheets

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There are two worksheets in this resource that students complete relating to their firm they created. The first worksheet has students list all of their inputs for a single product and the costs associated with each input. The second part of the

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Projects, Activities

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Corporate Structure Worksheet

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Student fill out this short worksheet that asks questions about the board of directors, executive officers, and financiers they would choose if their firm were to become a corporation. I distribute this worksheet digitally so response boxes are

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Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Projects, Activities

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Investment Activity

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Students are engaged and active during this activity. Start out by having students fill out the first two worksheets: about what kind of investor they want in their business and what kind of business they would invest in. Then, students

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Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Loan Calculator

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After discussing loans and business financing, students complete this worksheet to get an idea of the impacts of loan terms and interest rates. This worksheet takes students a loan calculator website and gives them two tables, each with different

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Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Market A Candy Bar

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This is a very simple and straightforward partner activity where students describe their product (candy bar), describe the potential target audience, and write six potential survey questions for their target audience. If students finish the

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Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Your Marketing Plan

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After learning about target audiences, the 4P’s, and viewing sample advertisements, students create their own marketing plan. This assignment is quite informal--students follow the guidelines outlines on this document to create some sort of poster

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Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Shark Tank Project

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I’ve used this as an end-of-the-year project in both AP Economics and Introduction to Economics. Students love the ability to apply concepts learned in class to a real-world scenario. Before I introduce the project, I show one or two episodes of

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Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Business Plan Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan has students read adapted articles about what a business plan is individually and in groups. We then have group discussions about what a business plan includes. Finally, students will write their own formal business plan as an

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Lesson

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Election of 1860 Viewpoints Lesson Plan

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In this lesson, fifth-grade students read and analyze two primary source from the election of 1860. One group will look at a campaign poster and read quotes from Abraham Lincoln, while the other will look at similar sources from John Breckenridge’s

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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State Parade Float Project

By Sierra Social Studies Resources

Fourth grade students completed this project as an end-of-the-year assessment. For two weeks, they researched an assigned state, completed a research packet, and created a parade float out of old shoe boxes to show off their knowledge to their

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Geography, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Projects, Assessment

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Pen Pals Activity

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Guide students towards writing a full letter to another kid somewhere else in the world! This is an outline for students to write four paragraphs that detail their lives, culture, and hometown, while having students write questions for the kids

Subjects:

Geography, Other (Social Studies - History), Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Activities, Cultural Activities

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Corporation Structure WebQuest

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Students engage with some of the biggest corporations in the world through this WebQuest. There are informative readings about the board of directors, officers, and shareholders of corporations. They are then sent to different websites to look at

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Webquests

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Create A Constitution

By Sierra Social Studies Resources

Let the constitutional Convention commence! Students are given the opportunity to create their own classroom constitution in this activity. This version roughly follows the format of the U.S. Constitution with a preamble, seven articles, and an

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Projects, Activities

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Create Your Own Firm Assignment

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Students create a business and describe their products, marketed audience, competitors, cost-benefit analysis, and factors of production. I used this as a week 1 activity this semester and will relate new economics concepts back to it as the

Subjects:

Other (Social Studies - History), Business, Economics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Projects, Activities

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