Empowering Entrepreneurs

Grades 11-12

CSU/UC: “g” Prerequisite: Completion of Intro to Business and Entrepreneurship

Welcome to Empowering Entrepreneurs! This course is designed to empower entrepreneurial literacy among high school students through a project-based learning approach. At the completion of Empowering Entrepreneurs students will successfully apply concepts regarding the human characteristics (collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking) vital for entrepreneurial thinking in a 21st century global world. The units in this course were aligned to the Common Core State Standards, and the Career & Technical Education standards. This course presents a deeper exploration of Business and builds upon skills taught in Intro to Business and others, focusing mainly on starting, maintaining, and growing a business. Students will give peer feedback on their progress and experiment with different strategies to keep their business profitable and sustainable.