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Middle school business simulations
Quickie Stock Market Simulation
This assignment is designed to take only one day, and is for a short introduction to the stock market for grades 5-12.This is a VERY fun an interactive lesson! My 7th students absolutely loved it and wanted to keep trying it again and again. It was fun to watch them light up as they started to get a small idea of what investing in the stock market really means! At the push of a button, 5 random stocks are chosen from a hidden list of 140. The students decide how much to invest in each stock, the
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5th - 8th
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Types of Economic Systems: Paper Airplane Challenge
Teach students the different types of economic systems through the Paper Airplane Challenge; a fun and interactive way for students to learn about the four types of economies. Students begin by either being a producer or consumer of paper airplanes. Through this interactive challenge, students are introduced to the basic principles of each economy type (traditional, command and market). After small group and class discussions, students will view a Google Slides presentation providing more spe
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5th - 11th
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Also included in: Economics Lesson Bundle: Paper Airplane Challenge
Ultimate Entrepreneurship & Business Mastery Bundle: Shark Tank to Stock Market
Experience ALL of my Entrepreneurial, Business Creation, Marketing, Design Thinking, Stock Market and Investing Projects currently available in my TpT Store! Each activity is easily sharable or assignable on Google Classroom or your LMS, and many include printable PDF files for your convenience.In this Bundle you will receive EVERYTHING that is currently listed in The Edpreneur Academy TpT Store! That's 25 activities and projects, enough for 1 full school year of business creation and entreprene
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4th - 12th
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Business Bundle
This bundle provides an engaging business unit that promotes creativity. Students will:
-Learn the basics of starting up a business
-Brainstorm their own ideas for a business
-Create a business plan
-Analyze their business plan
-Explore various marketing strategies
-Create a marketing campaign
-Learn about investors
-Write a sales pitch to investors
-Participate in a mock "Shark Tank"
Requires students to use background knowledge in:
-Basic reading skills
-Basic writing skills
-Technology/21
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3rd - 7th
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Career Day - Job application and Interview skills, third fourth and fifth grade
Your students will love this activity! Students will start with filling out an elementary school friendly application for the career of their choice, some are provided. Meanwhile other students will pretend to be managers and conduct interviews. This activity works great for a speaking and listening grade/activity as well as great social studies activity for teaching communities. Over the years, I have received feedback from several upper level ESE teachers that said this mock interview helped w
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Financial Fraud/Identity Theft Simulation
Students will read several financial scenarios, including investment opportunities and consumer purchasing methods, and determine whether there is fraud or identity theft taking place for each situation. Students will place the fraudulent scenarios in the jail shoebox, and the non-fraudulent scenarios in the housing shoebox.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The entire book's .pdf can be purchased at a discount from my TPT store at the following lin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Exploring Careers: Hospitality & Tourism | Distance Learning
This career unit gives students an introduction to the hospitality and tourism career cluster and what a career in this field would be like. This is perfect for a career, technology, CTE or business class. The included PowerPoint presentation can be used by the teacher for whole class instruction, or provided to the students electronically (or as a printout) for them to review individually. Students use close reading skills with a short informational passage to learn about the career field an
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6th - 8th
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Young Entrepreneur - Independent Business Project (Google Slides)
This two part project will walk your students through all the steps they need to design a school-wide business, estimate costs, plan a budget, determine pricing for profits, and seek investors! This digital project is ready to go with student editable slides, alternative slides for teacher customization, and a teacher walk through! Whether learners are creating a hypothetical business or actually running a school-wide business, they will LOVE becoming young entrepreneurs!(printer friendly versio
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3rd - 8th
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Exploring Careers: Education & Training | Distance Learning
This career unit gives students an introduction to the education and training career cluster and what a career in this field would be like. This is perfect for a career, technology, CTE or business class. The included PowerPoint presentation can be used by the teacher for whole class instruction, or provided to the students electronically (or as a printout) for them to review individually. Students use close reading skills with a short informational passage to learn about the career field and
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6th - 8th
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REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS Career Exploration Curriculum Guide
With this resource you can now DIGITIZE your own lessons and assign to students in GOOGLE DOCS. It incorporates 234 pages of "REAL WORLD" ready-to-use lesson plans, warm-ups, worksheets, group activities, role-plays, assignments, rubrics, and assessments at your fingertips. This curriculum guide is also included in a MEGA bundle for all 4 Career Ready Education Curriculum guides: There are testimonials pictures and videos to review: https://www.crteaching.com/workshttps://www.teacherspayteachers
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8th - 12th
2 Scarcity Simulations and Activities for Basic Economics Concepts
Are you looking for a student-centered simulation to introduce the concept of scarcity and basic economic concepts? Then this is the product for you! Scarcity refers to the basic economic problem, the gap between limited – that is, scarce – resources and theoretically limitless wants. This situation requires people to make decisions about how to allocate resources efficiently, in order to satisfy basic needs and as many additional wants as possible.ObjectiveStudents will engage in a simulation t
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Basic Economic Concepts Powerpoint Webquest Digital Interactive Notebook
Exploring Careers: Health Science | Distance Learning
This career unit gives students an introduction to the health science career cluster and what a career in this field would be like. This is perfect for a career, technology, CTE or business class. The included PowerPoint presentation can be used by the teacher for whole class instruction, or provided to the students electronically (or as a printout) for them to review individually. Students use close reading skills with a short informational passage to learn about the career field and answer
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6th - 8th
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Family Consumer Science (FACS) Class Final Project-Startup Food Truck/Restaurant
Family and Consumer Science (FACS) students act as entrepreneurs for a Simple Startup Food Truck or Restaurant. There are actually TWO project files in this resource. The Food Truck file is separate from the Restaurant file. This is a REAL WORLD PROJECT that is project-based learning (PBL) at its best! NO PREP! Send it easily through your LMS to all of your students!⭐This project is aligned with the national FCS educational standards. Makes a great FINAL project ⭐Student Competencies:Entre
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6th - 12th
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Engaging Business Case Study Bundle!
Ready to get your students out of the textbook, and into real world situations? This engaging set of business case studies are sure to get your students thinking about what critical business skills look like in the real world. This set of business case studies covers crucial ideas such as ethics, technological disruption, starting a brand new business, balancing profit and innovation, and differing leadership styles (among other things). This is an evolving bundle, as well, so you can anticipate
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS - MONOPOLY ACTIVITY
This activity uses the classic board game of monopoly to gently introduce students to a variety of economic ideas (summarised below):
- Pricing
- Subsidies
- Demand
- Taxation
- Stimulus
- Rent
- Redistribution of assets
The resource includes:
13 page Powerpoint activity (not notes, a fun game)
1 page explanatory notes
2 pages of reflective questions
2 pages of suggested solutions to the questions
I have tested this activity with my students and it is always a fun and enjoyable activity that
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7th - 12th
Interview Role Play Scenario
This product contains 5 role-play scenario task cards and notes to the teacher. This activity provides scenarios for students to act out when covering interviews and careers. Please see the Preview for Teacher Notes.
Ask for 5 student volunteers. You will have one interviewer and four interviewees. One of the four interviewees should be a “good” interview and three of the four interviewees are “bad” interviews.
a. Have students act out scenarios provided.
b. After each student’s role-play, disc
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8th - 12th
Book About Hands-On Financial Literacy Simulations for Teens & Young Adults
These simulations come from Nick's book, "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet." The book is available on Amazon for $24, or on TPT for $21 in .pdf format. The .pdf format is more ideal for teachers than the printed copies of the book because it allows for easier access to print the activities and handouts.
"You're Gonna Need a Bigger Wallet" is geared towards teachers and organizations who desire to teach personal finance skills in engaging and practical ways. Several industry experts contribute
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Real World Budgeting/Job Simulation (for Distance Learning AND in-person!)
Based completely online, this personal finance simulation teaches students the importance of budgeting their money, paying their monthly bills, shopping for the best deals, and what things cost! With the included video links to guide them, this works great both for students in the classroom and those learning remotely. Plan for about a week (5 hours of class time or so) to complete this simulation in class. The online and interactive personal finance simulation, allows students to receive one of
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4th - 12th
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Retirement Accounts and Compound Interest Simulation
Students are given a person’s financial scenario and must help that person determine how much money they need to save in order to meet their retirement goals. They are asked to put a certain percentage of their gross monthly income into a 401(k). Then, students will use string to graphically measure the estimated returns that can accrue with Roth IRAs when people begin saving at a young age compared to beginning to save at an older age.
This activity is a simulation in my book, "You're Gon
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Real World Math - How Math is Used in Business, Management & Admin. Careers
This project has students using real-world math skills to learn to perform the calculations that are done in business, management and administration jobs. They will use formulas (included) to learn how to compute interest and profits, how to determine percentages and use fractions, and other basic math skills used in this industry.Are your students always asking "When will be ever USE this??" This short activity shows students a real world use for the math skills they learn every day. This less
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Real World Math Bundle - Math Activities for All 17 Career Clusters
Exploring Careers: Marketing, Sales & Service | Distance Learning
This career unit gives students an introduction to the marketing, sales and service career cluster and what a career in this field would be like. This is perfect for a career, technology, CTE or business class. The included PowerPoint presentation can be used by the teacher for whole class instruction, or provided to the students electronically (or as a printout) for them to review individually. Students use close reading skills with a short informational passage to learn about the career fie
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6th - 8th
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Shark Tank Project - Completely editable!
This resource is completely editable!! You will download a hard copy. On the directions page, follow the link to the editable resource to make it work for you and your classroom!Practice persuasive skills in a real and engaging way!Based on the hit TV show, Shark Tank, students prepare a pitch for their product to a panel of investors. Students will have directions, helpful guides, and a rubric to develop their project. Will they be able to convince the judges? Transform your classroom into
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3rd - 8th
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Engaging Business Case Study: Business Ethics
What happens when a new manager uncovers evidence of wage fraud? What do you do when an unethical practice is ingrained in the culture, and rocking the boat could mean a loss of profit? This business ethics case study puts students in those very shoes."New Leadership at ManuJet" follows a new manager trying to inspire confidence in her abilities while navigating a difficult ethical situation. This case study is designed for high school business students to analyze competing priorities between un
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Engaging Business Case Study Bundle!
REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS TIME MANAGEMENT GROUP ACTIVITY
Students will become familiar with using their time wisely as they experience this exciting and fun activity about time management. This is a story and 4 rubrics to set the expectation. Students will be placed in groups of 3 to work together and accomplish the tasks that are asked of them for this project. This lesson is one of my students favorite and they obtain a tremendous amount of group social skills and overall time management knowledge. This is a sure WIN, WIN for the class.Overview Stud
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS Time Management
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