Entrepreneurship Activity: Community Helpers

Activity from EntreED: “Community Helpers”

Students will learn about how they can help their family, friends, and community.  With the children’s book, “The Giving Tree,” as a focal text, students will discuss how the tree helped a little boy throughout his life and how this help was free. Students will discuss ways that they can give back to their community.  A simple introduction to what an entrepreneur is will occur. (a problem solver as a short, easy to comprehend definition at this age). 

Students will then create their own giving tree to display in the classroom or school hallway.  Students will write what gifts they can share with their community on a paper leaf. This leaf can be used for a classroom/hallway bulletin board display as the class’s “giving tree.” This lesson can kickstart into larger conversations and activities with students about solving problems or helping others in their school or neighborhood community. 

This activity is a great way to have students work on soft skills as well as learning about what is an entrepreneur.