Entrepreneurship
Aug 31-Sept 7
Entrepreneurship
Subject Area: BCIT
Teacher Name: Gavitt
Unit 1- Are you an entrepreneur?
Academic Standard(s) – PA Chapter 4
1.1.11.G Demonstrate after reading understanding and interpretation of both fiction and nonfiction text,
including public documents.
1.2.11.A Read and understand essential content of informational texts and documents in all academic areas.
13.1.11.A: Relate careers to individual interests, abilities, and aptitudes
13.1.11.F: Analyze the relationship between career choices and career preparation opportunities, such as,
but not limited to: Entrepreneurship
6.5.12.F: Assess the impact of entrepreneurs on the economy.
13.2.11.A: Apply effective speaking and listening skills used in a job interview.
National Entrepreneurship Standards
Explain career opportunities in entrepreneurship.
a. Describe personality traits associated with successful entrepreneurs.
b. Explain skills needed for entrepreneurial success.
c. Demonstrate procedures for assessing entrepreneurial potential.
Benchmarks / Indicators
Students will:
 Evaluate what it takes to create a job
 Compare local business within the local economy with those in the national economy
 Evaluate entrepreneurships within the community
 Demonstrate effective reading, listening and writing skills
Essential / Topical / Guiding Question(s)
If you lose a job, can you create a job?
Is entrepreneurship right for everyone?
What kinds of behaviors lead to success or failure of a business?
Is there a right or wrong time to start a business?
Objectives (Bloom’s Taxonomy)
Students will:
 Develop a comparative graphic organizer of general and specific entrepreneurships, AND
corporations, based on local and national examples,(o) p5.
 Interview a local entrepreneur
 Summarize non-fiction information gained in the interviews based on information in the
text, article review, and primary source.
 Compare your own skills and abilities with those of successful entrepreneurs
 Examine the impact of the Internet to entrepreneurship.
 Reading and analysis- "How to Create a Job" TIME, Mar 29, 2010, by Barbara Kiviat
Assessment Options AND Performance Criteria
Students will:
 Complete an Objective Test
 Performance Based Communication Assessment- (graded by the business person
interviewed)
 Written assessment- summary
Essential Learnings and Learning Opportunities
Entrepreneurship
Aug 31-Sept 7
Entrepreneurship
Students will:
 Explain what it takes to become your own boss through an article review and through
talking with real entrepreneurs in the community.
 Explore opportunities to become an entrepreneur
 Compare industry sectors where entrepreneurs are often found
Discussion
Presentation of questions, followed by discussion, and then related to text or research to dispel
misconceptions about owning your own business.
Graphic organizer using computers
Students will construct a comparison of industry sectors and the entrepreneurial opportunities that
exist in each
After material is presented and articles read, students will interview a small business owner and
compare the information collected to the information presented, to form a realistic and non-biased
approach to entrepreneurship. They will summarize the experience. In-class activities will help
students make this determination.
Timeline: three class periods
Differentiation: Content, Process (Learning Opportunities), Product (Assessment Options)
Notes will be taken in class accompanied by a notes handout for anyone unable to attend or keep
up. We will prepare a memo for the business owner asking their permission for an interview and a
list of questions so students understand the importance of business etiquette and communication
with the prospective entrepreneur. The entrepreneur will also be given a questionnaire to complete
at the end of the interview. In some cases, the student may interview a family member.
Closure
To bring closure to the lessons, I will ask these basic questions to my students:
 What are the characteristics of an entrepreneur?
 Are all entrepreneurs alike?
 Can you be an entrepreneur? Why or why not?
 What are some advantages and disadvantages of entrepreneurship?
 What online presence did the local entrepreneurs have?
 What misconception did you have that was cleared up?
Essential Materials
Text Book – South-Western; Entrepreneurship Ideas in Action 1st and 4th eds.
The Outliers, by Malcolm Glidewell
Notebook, Pencil, or laptop
Computer with Microsoft Word
Overhead Projector and teacher laptop
Rubric or Assessment
Three classwork assignments
One written summary
An interview with an entrepreneur about his/her business and a survey from the entrepreneur
about the student's performance.
Short objective test
Daily attendance and observation/questioning/notes check