8th Grade - Daily Activities
ESSENTIAL STANDARDS
Understand the concept of entrepreneurship
OBJECTIVES:
Recall personal characteristics and skills needed for a successful entrepreneur
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
· What personal qualities are necessary to be a successful entrepreneur?
· What skills do successful entrepreneurs need to have?
ACTION:
I. Venture Modules
Work through each module. A-Team
II. Vision Board
Determine your personal strengths and create a Vision Board - See teacher for specific instructions
Evaluate why you believe these are your strengths - How do you exhibit these strengths everyday?
Present to the class
Video - Entrepreneur characteristics
Summarize
Do you see yourself as a present or future entrepreneur?
OBJECTIVE:
Understand entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
· What is entrepreneurship?
· What are the stages in the entrepreneurial process?
ACTION:
I. Review the "Entrepreneurship" PowerPoint Below, SlideShare1, and/or Slideshare2 with a "Friend"- Discuss and List out things to know about the "Entrepreneurial Process".
MUST BE COMPLETED IN 2 CLASS PERIODS
II. Create 2 of the following with your partner -
One from this group - use Words and Pictures - used to teach material
Online Note Cards (See Tools Link) or
Physical Note Cards (request from teacher)
Vocabulary List
Foldable
Video or PPT- Still shots
Create Song Lyrics - Shoot a music video
Create a Game
One from this group - used to quiz other students
Online Crossword
Online Quiz - quia
Come up with your own assessment tool.
III. Evaluate the results from the quizzes - taken by other students -
What do people need to review?
Summarize on a note card and submit to teacher - How do you think you can ensure that the other student's learn the material and thus do better on the assessment?
IV. Create a review and reassess in a different way.
OBJECTIVE
Understand the procedures for starting a business
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What are the steps necessary to Start a Business?
ACTION:
Review PowerPoint - "Starting a Business" see below
Create 2 of the following with your partner -
One from this group - use Words and Pictures - (Cannot be same as above)
Online Note Cards (See Tools Link) or
Physical Note Cards (request from teacher)
Vocabulary List
Foldable
Video or PPT- Still shots
Song Lyrics - Shoot a music video
One from this group (Choose different option than used before)
Online Crossword
Online Quiz - quia
Come up with your own assessment tool - administer to someone in the class (Opposite Group)
Evaluate the results from the quizzes - taken by other students -
What do people need to review?
Summarize on a note card and submit to teacher - How do you think you can ensure that the other student's learn the material and thus do better on the assessment?