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?