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Unit Plan
Radford University

Business Ownership

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Let's learn a little bit about business! Given information about a t-shirt company, young mathematicians explore the revenue, costs, profits, and future sales. They develop mathematical models for these quantities using linear,...
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Curated OER

Business Ownership

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students should identify and define the three basic forms of private business ownership.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Business Economics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the key issues arising from business growth, i.e. the divorce between ownership and control and the principal-agent problem. They investigate these issues in the context of an attempted takeover of a fictionalized company.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lemonade Business Stock Market Intro

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students role play as business owners in order to learn about how certain aspects of business works. In this 3rd - 6th grade lesson plan, students experience creating and running their own business, including earning profits and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Three Forms Of Business

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders identify and define, in writing, the three forms of business organizations. After a lecture/demo, 11th graders complete an assignment that's imbedded in this plan. They discover the advantages, and disadvantages, of each...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Entrepreneurship: Creating Products and Systems That Meet the Needs of Your Clients

For Teachers 6th - 8th
There is no better way to learn about a subject than with a hands on project. Middle schoolers design and create a product that meets the needs of fictitious clients. They view a PowerPoint, consider how the Western marketing style is...
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Curated OER

What's In It For Me?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze the costs and benefits that are involved with owning a business. They create their own decision making grid and identify their trade-offs. They also identify the opportunity costs involved in owning their own business.
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Lesson Plan
National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Depreciation (Double Declining)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Have you ever been told that your new car begins to lose its value as soon as you drive it off the lot? Aspiring accountants take on the concepts of depreciation and book value through an easy-to-deliver career and technology lesson. The...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Community Commerce

For Teachers 6th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Ownership of Travel and Tourism Organisations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the types of travel and tourism organization. They carry out research into different organisations and find out about the structure of some travel companies. They investigate takeovers in the travel and tourism...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Business Ownership: How Sweet It Can Be!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students research the three basic types of business organization: sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. Considering the advantages and disadvantages of each, they function as consultants offering...
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Article
Wolters Kluwer

Small Business Guide: Understanding the Requirements of Business Ownership

For Students 9th - 10th
The advantages and disadvantages of owning your own business are listed. Includes the pros and cons of a home-based business as well.
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Website
Other

Business Owners' Idea Cafe

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wanted to start your own business? The Idea Cafe provides a variety of resources to assist you in taking the first steps towards business ownership.
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Website
Nolo

Nolo: Types of Ownership Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Nolo. Before you can decide on an ownership structure for your business, you must learn at least a little bit about how each structure works. This site provides a brief rundown of the most common forms of...
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Article
Other

Small Business Association: Is Entrepreneurship for You?

For Students 9th - 10th
In the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Startup Kit, this section walks you through the characteristics required to be an entrepreneur. It concludes with the advantages of owning your own business.
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Website
PBS

Nh Pbs: Outlook on Money: Growing a Business

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet a vegetable farmer from Hooksett, NH, who shares his experiences as a small business owner. Gives tips and advice for starting a business and for how to take advantage of helpful resources to pursue entrepreneurial dreams. Includes...
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Article
Wolters Kluwer

Biz Filings: Tax Avoidance Is Legal; Tax Evasion Is Criminal

For Students 9th - 10th
A small business owner's tax obligations are discussed.Especially if small business ownership is in your future, knowing how to consider how to handle tax liabilities is vital to your success.
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Activity
Other

University of Massachusetts: Bonds Payable

For Students 9th - 10th
Issuing bonds is one way a corporation raises capital. This site from the University of Massachusetts Lowell provides a quiz and several problems, complete with solutions, that illustrate the accounting procedures for bonds payable.
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Activity
Other

University of Massachusetts: Corporation Stock Transactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides quiz questions and exercises, complete with solutions, that illustrate the transactions for stocks and dividends for a corporation.
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Handout
Other

Investor Words: Cooperative

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the meaning of common property ownership (cooperatives) in multi housing projects like condominiums.
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Article
Wolters Kluwer

Biz Filings: Protecting House Without a Homestead Exemption

For Students 9th - 10th
Business Owner's Toolkit website offers a broad definition of "tenancy in common." Reference to survivorship, ownership rights, conveyance of property are also explained.

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