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Create a wordle of the following words. Save the wordle link in

your user data.

Identify and define the unit vocabulary.

Business Plan

Charter

Corporation

Dividends

Entrepreneur Financing

Franchise

Improvement

Innovation

Limited Liability Corporation

Limited partnership

Partnership

Partnership agreement

Shares

Sole Proprietorship

Stockholders



Business Essentials –

Scavenger Hung

Instructions: Using MS Word to answer the scavenger hunt questions. Use acomplete sentence. Upon completion, print your answers and hand in.

1. Subway http://www.subway.com

o How much is the franchise fee?

o What is a non-traditional location?

o How much money can you make?

o When and where did Subway start?

o Can stock be bought in Subway?

o What is FHW?

2. Wal-Mart http://www.walmart.com/

o Where did Sam Walton open the first Wal-Mart Store?

o What was the name of the first Wal-Mart?

o In what year was the first store opened?

o What is Sam's simple business philosophy?

o How many Wal-Marts are there nationwide

o Why do people say that they return to Wal-Mart again and

again?

http://www.subway.com/


http://www.walmart.com/

http://www.walmart.com/




Do You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?

Name _________________________

Date __________________

Instructions: Access the following (tutorial) website to answer the

questions: http://career.sdsu.edu/resources/tutorials/entre/ent2j.html

Using MS Word, key the answer only. Print your answers and hand in.

1. What is first thing a person must do before deciding to become an

entrepreneur?

2. Define entrepreneur?

3. List four ways in which you can become an entrepreneur?

4. What motivates a person to become an entrepreneur?

5. Being your own boss surely has advantages but what about the

disadvantages? List the disadvantages.

6. List some of the responsibilities of running your own business.

7. Successful entrepreneurs possess certain personality traits, list two of

those traits.

8. Successful entrepreneurs take certain kinds of risks. Explain those

risks in your own words.

9. List the steps needed in order to get a business up and running.

(Explain each step in your own words)

10. Give one final thought for an up and coming entrepreneur.

http://career.sdsu.edu/resources/tutorials/entre/ent2j.html






Name: ____________________

Understanding Legal Requirements Quiz

Directions: Match the description of laws that protect businesses, employees and customerswith the terms at the bottom.

1. _____ A name, symbol or special mark that can be used only by certain business.

2. _____ Bans the sale of impure, improperly labeled, falsely guaranteed and unhealthful

foods, drugs and cosmetics.

3. _____ Determines if products are safe and can recall them if necessary.

4. _____ Legal document that gives an inventor the sole right to produce, use and sell an

invention.

5. _____ Requires all banks to calculate credit costs the same way, which assists consumers in

evaluating bank loan options

6. _____ The legal right to exclusive publication, production, sale or distribution of a literary

or artistic work.

7. _____ This act bans discrimination against employees based on age, race, color, national

origin, religion or gender.

8. _____ This act bans discrimination against employees with disabilities.

9. _____ This act establishes the maximum number of hours employees can work. It includes

rules for children under age 16 and outlines the national minimum wage.

10. ____ This act requires businesses with more than 50 employees to provide employees up

to three months of unpaid leave if a serious health condition occurs.



a. Americans with Disabilities Act

b. Consumer Products Safety Act

c. Copyright

d. Equal Employment Act

e. Fair Labor Standards Act f. Family Medical Leave Act

g. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

h. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act

i. Patent

j. Trademark

k. Truth-in-Lending Act



What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur?

Name ________________________________ Period ________ Date ____________________

We have been discussing what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Let’s look at a

few and see what made them so successful! You can choose from this list or

find your own!

Assignment:

You have a choice: (1) You can choose 2 names from the following list or (2) Search for 2 people in the business world you are interested in. Then

answer the following questions for both of them.

Suggestions (please note: you are welcome to use additional websites to

gather the information) :

Walt Disney - A Look at the Man Behind Mickey Mousehttp://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/waltdisney.htm

Ben & Jerry's - The Men Behind the Ice Cream

http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/benandjerrys.ht

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Mary Kay Ash - Most Outstanding Woman in Business in the 20th Century

http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/marykayash.ht

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http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/waltdisney.htm


http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/benandjerrys.htm



http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/marykayash.htm










1. What is the name of the entrepreneur you read about? What website

did you access?

2. What is the name of the company he/she owns?

3. What product(s)/service(s) does the business sell/produce?

4. How did the business start? Year?

5. How/where did he/she receive funding to get started?



Unit 4 Think/Tac/Toe

Select any combination of activities that will make three in a row. All assignments must be completed by the last day of the unit. Don’t wait until the end!

Watch the following videos: Oprah

Winfrey , Andrew Carnegie , and

Muhammad Ali .

Summarize the stories in the videos.

Answer, in complete paragraphs,

how/why did the entrepreneurs

choose their careers? What were the

advantages of the form they chose?

Evaluate

Read the 12 characteristics of Successful

Entrepreneurs on page 77 of the

textbook.

Rank these 12 characteristics from most

important to least important and

explain your rankings.

Read Chapter 5,

Write Notes

Complete Write About It on Page

89 of the textbook. Complete 16-

19

Create a survey using Microsoft

Office software. This survey will be

sent out to local small business

owners and entrepreneurs. Found

out what technical skills they possess

and will need in the future.

Read The New Entrepreneurial

Write a business letter to the economist

Kathryn Kobe with 4 questions that

you’d like to ask. Include 3 interesting

things you learned about the

entrepreneur in the article. Follow the

block formatting style that we learned

in Unit 2.

Watch Write a paragraph

describing how the following quote

applies.

“There will come a time when big

opportunities will be presented to

you, and you’ve got to be in a

position to take advantage of

them.” – Sam Walton,founder of Wal-Mart Inc.

Read about a famous entrepreneur

and write a one page reflection on

their life.

Watch Soda Pop Company video .

Write a paragraph describing how the

following quote applies to the owner.

Include specific examples from the video.

“There will come a time when big

opportunities will be presented to you,

and you’ve got to be in a position to

take advantage of them.” – Sam Walton, founder of

Wal-Mart Inc.

Read Chapter 5,

Take notes Answer Review

Questions 1-7 page 88.

***Each box is worth 20 points for a total of 60 points for the unit.***

http://www.biography.com/people/oprah-winfrey-9534419




http://www.biography.com/people/andrew-carnegie-9238756



http://www.biography.com/people/muhammad-ali-9181165


http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/archives/2012/01/small_business_share_of_economy_job_growth_shrinks.html


http://vimeo.com/6368439











Business Plan Activity

Directions to the Student

In this Activity you will complete an activity designed to simulate a real

work situation. You are to perform this assessment as if you work for your

high school

You will recognize a business opportunity at Burke High School and present

it in an organized and convincing manner using a PowerPoint presentation.

You will use the PowerPoint to present your idea in our next class.

1. Work with you group in generating a business idea.

2. Generate a Business Idea that can be implemented as a School –

based – Enterprise. Answer the following questions for your idea.

a. What will we produce?

b. Who are our competitors?

c. Why is our product needed?

d. How much will our product cost to produce?

e. How many people will we need to run the business?

o Hours of Operation?

o Location?

o Roles & Responsibilities?

f. What physical facilities will we need?

g. What licenses, permits, risks management will be required?

h. How much money will we need to get started?i. How much profit do we expect to make?

j. What challenges do you anticipate?

3. Create a PowerPoint presentation to convince facilitator and other

participants that you (the team) can make this Business idea work.



4. Present your idea, using the PowerPoint Presentation as a visual aid,

to the facilitator and other participants.

5. After all ideas have been presented, discuss and select the idea(s) to

implement.

You will have 2 class blocks to generate an idea and create a PowerPoint

Presentation.



PRESENTATION RUBRIC

Teacher Notes:

Name: ________________________________ Teacher:

Date of Presentation: ____________ Title of Work: Business Plan

Criteria Points

4 3 2 1

Organization

Student presents

information in logical,

interesting sequence which

audience can follow

Student presents

information in logical

sequence which

audience can follow

Audience has

difficulty following

presentation

because student jumps around.

Audience cannot

understand

presentation because

there is no sequenceof information.

______

Content Knowledge

Student demonstrates full

knowledge. Answered all

questions. (more than

required)with explanations

and elaboration.

Student demonstrates

knowledge and

thought. Answered

most questions

satisfactorily.

Student is

uncomfortable with

information and is

able to answer only

rudimentary

questions

Student does not

have grasp of

information; student

cannot answer

questions about

subject

______

Visuals

PowerPoint

Student used visuals to

reinforce screen text and

presentation

Visuals related to text

and presentation

Student occasional

used visuals that

rarely support text

and presentation

Student used no

visuals. ______

Mechanics

Presentation has no

misspellings or

grammatical errors

Presentation has no

more than two

misspellings and/or

grammatical errors.

Presentation had

three misspellings

and/or

grammatical

errors.

.Student's

presentation had

four or more spelling

errors and/or

grammatical errors

______

Delivery

Student used a clear voice

and correct, precise

pronunciation of terms.

Student's voice is clear.

Student pronounces

most words correctly.

Student incorrectly

pronounces terms.

Audience members

have difficulty

hearing

presentation

Student mumbles,

incorrectly

pronounces terms,

and speaks too

quietly for studentsin the back of class

to hear

______

Business Idea Excellent – Convinced all.

Very Good –

Convinced the

majority.

Good – Convinced

half the audience.

Did not gain much

support. ______

Collaborative SkillsGroup ALWAYS listened

to, shared with, and

Group Usually listened

to, shared with, and

Group Sometimes

listened to, shared

Group not very

productive. ______



supported the efforts of

others. Always stayed on

task.

supported the efforts

of others. Usually

stayed on task.

with, and

supported the

efforts of others.

Easily distracted

from task.

Seldom on task.

Total----> ______

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