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Attention:  All materials are copy protected: http://www.smckids.com/  - theme song

EQ: What was the central or key business concept to be learned from this video and how can you relate it to your life right now?

 
Making of the series Secret Millionaire Club | More about the creators & the show | Coming March 2012 - 30 min. mini-series | Mr. Buffet talks about his role in SMC | Interview with Mr. Buffet

 

ighth grade BizKid students are asked to create an imaginary company and Crews publishes the best innovative projects on the Web.  Please Click HERE to see these awesome companies.  The following page contains the projects required of my students.  Learn about advertising, marketing and competition issues from people like Warren Buffet and the Federal Trade Commission site: You Are Here Questions!

Admongo.gov - Language Arts and Social Studies Lessons for Grades 5-6A great site to help consumers learn about advertising and how it relates to who created the ad, what the ad is actually saying, and what does the ad want the consumer to do. weebly logo

Take the quiz on the new $100.00 bill  *Entrepreneurs can Change the world video

Model the Master: | Walt Disney | Harley Davidson | Milton Hershey | The Google Boys|

Copyright Issues Pre-test... [ online tutorial] ©-Quiz

Creative?  How do you protect your creation?

Jade... What did you learn? Entrepreneur Quiz          |Crews Business Video Vault|

Read the comic strip to find out what company she wanted to start.  See other entrepreneurs at evancarmichael.com/

Start Your New Business Website using Weebly, PowerPoint Flash and/or Microsoft FrontPage

How do I ...

Register for VSE? | Purchase/Sell Stocks? |

How do I create a (an)?

| Business Card? | Envelope? | Spreadsheet Portfolio | Business Letter |

 

A website can be a complex task.  To start your website begin with the basics.  Read some good company slogans here.  Another great site to visit to get ideas is INC.com (http://www.inc.com/ss/ )

Entrepreneurs and the Economy [pdf]  This publication from the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank is an excellent document that communicates what entrepreneurship is all about.

 

Start Your New Business Website in Flash

Starting a new business is no easy task.  However the rewards are huge.  These slides will help you make the process of making a website in Flash much easier.

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The classic lemonade game is a great games that will help student learn the value of money as well as understanding how to price a product and purchase supplies.  The Coffee Shop is another great game to learn valuable entrepreneurship skills.


 

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Current Technology and Career Choices

What are the current technology and career choices that will utilize my talents, interests and gifting?

Resource Site for Kids Starting a Business

    Here is a quote from the site: "Teaching children about business at a young age is important for the future of business as a whole. When kids are taught the specific lessons of money management and organizational skills, they can not only apply their skills towards building a business for themselves, but they can also apply the skills they have learned to their personal lives."  This is a great link to business sites.

Teaching Cyber Safety

    What is cyber safety all about?  How can I protect my personal computer and remain safe myself in this digital environment?  Create a comic about what you have learned and print it out.

Exploring Computers Work Sheet

    As a quick review of basic desktop publishing (DTP) skills, students create a brochure covering a variety of computer terms and knowledge. 
What are the Roles of a Business?
    Almost all businesses perform the same basic 7 roles.  This assignments allows you to review these roles and helps guide you into the world of business ownership.
Creating a Grand Opening Flyer/Brochure

See how some famous entrepreneurs got their start running businesses when they were young.
    Students create a document that is folded twice and serves the purpose as a promotion items for the grand opening of their business or branch store. 
Plan a Party
    It has been a hard first month but your business has survived it first true test.  It has prospered for four hard weeks.  Its time to show your appreciation to your customers and employees. 
Construct a Realistic Business Check
    Being able to design and construct a realistic check gives each student an opportunity to experience desktop publishing.  Students also learn the essential parts of a check and quickly grasp the fun of handling large sums of money.
Make Gift Certificates
    Each student creates a gift certificate to use with their business letters.  The design and layout of the certificate provides more opportunities to show off business flair and marketing ability.
Design and Send a Memo
    Learning to write interoffice correspondence is a key to a successful communication with employees.  Each student learns the basic formatting rules for designing and writing a memo.
Produce a Fax Cover Sheet
    Understanding about fax transmission can be a good starting point for the introduction of the Internet.  The design of a fax cover sheet also gives students an opportunity to use their business stationery.
Design Business Cards
    Students design and printout one set of business cards to be used with their business letters.  Each student is given a choice of numerous styles and colors of business card paper.  One sheet of stock paper contains 10 perforated blank business cards.
Build Company Letter Head
    A vital part of any business is the correspondence with customers and other important participants in the business.  It is therefore critical that a company designs appropriate and impressive company stationery.
Letter Head Example
    Shown here is a typical letter head design.  Each person is responsible for creating stylish company letter head that contains the basic facts about their company.
Write Several Business Letters
    Writing is one of the primary means of communication for a business.  Students are asked to write several letters to customers, employees, vendors, or other people associated with their company.
Envelope
    Your letters won't ge far unless you put them in an envelope and mail them.  Make sure you fill in all parts so the post person can deliver it to the correct person. 

Start Your New Business Website in Frontpage

A website can be a complex task.  To start your website begin with the basics.  Read some good company slogans here.  Another great site to visit to get ideas is INC.com (http://www.inc.com/ss/ )

 



Spread Sheet Unit

Input Salary Report

    In this project students create a report using a spread sheet field embedded into company stationery.  Each student must think of their top employees and provide a statement of salary and benefit amounts.  They also must create a graph from this spread sheet.
Prepare Product Report
    This project shows current levels of products on hand.  The report is also done on company stationery and a graph from the spread sheet is created.

Web Site Design Unit

Internet Parent Permission Letter

    Students are given the opportunity to publish their company Internet web site.  However, before their site is published, a parent permission form must be signed.
Internet PreTest (All 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Students)
    To get an idea of how much students know about the Internet, a pretest is given to each student.  Try each question even if you are unsure about the answer.
Internet Article Questions
    This article was written for the typical person who knows just the basics about the Internet.  It defines many of the most popular terms associated with the Internet.  It also briefly explains the history of the Internet.
Directions for ** Constructing ** a "Business Web Site" 
WWW. BUSINESS.COM
    Students are asked to create several Internet pages with the purpose of p Biz Kid$ Television Seriesromoting their company.  Each of these pages must contain a wide variety of key elements.  The requirements for making your own business web site is extensive and should be carefully reviewed with the teacher in class.  Please follow the directions of the instructor closely.
Internet Publishing...
    Each student is required to write a brief description about what they are publishing.  On this page is a list of things that might be included in the description.

    [End of Year Activities]

     


Related Business Sites...

 

 

AJC Article (cover pg.)

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All Terrain BrainAll Terrain Brain logo

All Terrain Brain (ATB) is a multimedia project designed to get 8-to 12-year-old kids to take their brains “off road” and tap into their entrepreneurial spirits.

 

 

 

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