Teacher(s) Name: Vest, , , and
School: Hungary Creek MS
Grade Level(s): Grade 6,Grade 7,Grade 8,Grade 9,Grade 10,Grade 11,Grade 12
Content Area(s): English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Electives, Art, Business, CTE, Culinary Arts, Family Consumer Sciences, Technology, Children’s Engineering, Creative Communication, Marketing, Gifted
Lesson Summary
”You are too young to do that!” This lesson debunks the myth that teenagers can’t impact the world by creating their own business venture. Students develop their own business venture, create and manage a “working” dinner event, and connect with local entrepreneurs to get feedback about their ideas.
TIPC Ratings
Research & Information Fluency
Rating:Approaching – Explanation: Students must create their own questions to create a concept for their own business venture and for specific feedback from entrepreneurs
Communication & Collaboration
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: Students must prepare venture plan and articulate to class and then entrepreneurs in person
Students must reach out to entrepreneurs directly via email, phone, and/or social media to connect & invite to dinner
Students use feedback to advance business venture
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: Creating their own business venture and pitch; empathize with how venture benefits other people
Students use Flipgrid to self-reflect; use feedback to enhance business venture
Creativity & Innovation
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: Creating business venture based on own passions, reaching out to experts in the field, networking with local entrepreneurs, and using feedback to further creations
Student Artifact
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