Taking Charge Contents

Taking Charge
Learning Economics through Entrepreneurship
...a ten-week work-readiness curriculum for grades 7-12

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		Overview and Goals of the Curriculum
		Curriculum Design Team
		Funders

		PART I: EXPLORING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Lesson 1		Taking Charge
Lesson 2		The World's First Entrepreneur
Lesson 3		Risks and Rewards
Lesson 4		Portrait of an Entrepreneur
Lesson 5		Face to Face: A Panel of Entrepreneurs

		PART II: LEARNING THE SKILLS
Lesson 6		Going for the Goal
Lesson 7		The Right Choice
Lesson 8		Disappointing Decisions
Lesson 9		We're in This Together
Lesson 10		There's Gotta Be a Better Way!

		PART III: EXPERIENCING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Lesson 11		Entrepreneurship in Action: The Field Trip
Lesson 12		Shadowing the Entrepreneur

		PART IV: PIZZA INC.: An entrepreneurial simulation
		Introduction (for the teacher)
Lesson 1		Investigating Pizza: Can we make money selling pizza?
Lesson 2		The Business Concept: Who are we?
Lesson 3		Starting the Business: How should we organize?
Lesson 4		Making Pizza: What resources should we buy?
Lesson 5		Preparations for Grand Opening: Floor plan, labor decisions/scheduling, advertising
Lesson 6		Choosing a Wholesaler: From whom should we buy?
Lesson 7		Pricing Pizza: What price should we charge?
Lesson 8		Hiring Employees: Whom should we hire?
Lesson 9		Advertising Pizza: Should we increase advertising?
Lesson 10		Competition and Productivity: How can we beat the competition?
Lesson 11		Changing Prices: Why do prices change?
Lesson 12		Negotiating Salaries: Should our employees get a raise?
Lesson 13		The Government and Pizza: Why government?
		Assessments
		Appendix