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

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Contents

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


 
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