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Who Is My Competitor?
Students brainstorm businesses in their community and which businesses compete for the same business. They view the Yellow Pages as a resource to identify business who compete against one another and offer similar products. They...
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Team Players
Learners examine a school to career website. They collect and collate data about careers from their own data collection. They determine which skills and abilities ensure successful teamwork. They research two careers that they come...
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Getting Down to Business
Students develop a business plan to serve as a road map that ultimately help them achieve business goals. They create a description of the business and their work.
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Community Commerce
Sixth graders explore commerce in their own community. They interview local business owners and collect data about their town. Students research the history of a local business and its daily operation. They prepare a presentation to...
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Reading
High schoolers participate in a jungle run in which they must group with the same people who hold the same cards with pictures of a tree, mushroom, deer or insect. In these groups, they read the definitions of sustainable development. ...
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Asset Led versus Market Led Marketing
Students make a distinction between asset-led and market-led business approaches. The context used is that of British Airways (BA). BA has faced a number of challenges in the last ten years and the strategies developed have, in some...
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External Influences 1
Students discover the main objectives of the government. They apply economic data to different scenerios. They present their findings to the class.
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Contestable Markets
Students make inquiry into the concept of contestable markets. The lesson focuses upon theory and the intention is to encourage students to move to analysis or evaluation of the market. The lesson helps to reinforce the skills of...
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Models of Development
Students examine the main characteristics of models of development. They list the limitations of each model. They compare and contrast the models and explain how they would move a business toward further development.
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Strategies for Economic Development
Young scholars develop some suggested strategies that are used to help reduce poverty. The skill of development is the focus. The incorporation of theories and strategies are learned in a problem solving exercise. The political issues...
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Business Travel Operations
Students examine the structure of the business travel industry. They identify the main characters and analyze trends. They read articles and answer questions about the sector as well.
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Running a Business
Students discuss spreadsheets and how they work. They then imagine they are owners of a store, determine twenty items that they would sell, and create spreadsheets to record amounts of each item sold in a two-week period. After entering...
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Business writing--Responding to Requests for Information
Students take part in several guided discussions to determine the organization of the information required in a business letter.
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Contestable Markets
Students examine the issue of contestable markets. They investigate the low cost airlines industry and evaluate how far the market exhibits the characteristics of a contestable market.
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Jesse's Ice Cream Stand
Students discover ways to earn money through business. They explain how to calculate profit using an income statement and evaluate the best price to scoop size combination for profit. They discuss business opportunities for teens.