Friday, December 21, 2007

Week 15 Friday December 21 2007

Today we are going to finish up talking about protecting yourself and your business from scams.  

go to the following website and complete the on-line quiz.  When you are finished, check your answers and see how you did.  
http://www.abcfraud.ca/English_1.pdf

On a peice of paper, write down a couple things that you have learned about scams in the last three classes.  (It will be your ticket out of the door)

Have a Great Holiday!!  See you in the New Year.  

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Week 15 Thursday December 20 2007

Dragon's Den

Discussion on how to protect your business from theft and scams

Worksheet on protecting your business.  

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Week 15 Wednesday December 19 2007


1.  Will you change anything about your banking/debit card habits after watching Dateline and reading this article, why or why not?

2. Explain 2 ways debit/credit card fraud can occur?

3.  Wnat can you do if you are a victem of fraud?

Week 15 Tuesday December 18 2007

Dragons Den

Today we are going to discuss places that you can get money for your business.  Eg, loans, friends, family, etc,

We are then going to talk about protecting your money and your business's money.  Specifically from scams.  We will watch an episode of Dateline on Identity theft and credit card scams.  

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Week 15 Monday December 17 2007

Quiz on lesson 7.1

Read and complete the worksheet on lesson 7.2 when you are finished.  

Friday, December 14, 2007

Update


Download Gazillionaire

http://www.lavamind.com/edu.html

Week 14 Friday December 14 2007

Good Morning, today we are going to carry on with finace (both personal and business)

First Complete worksheet on "percent increase or decrease"

Next go to the following website and complete a Full game of financial Football. (high school edition)
When you finish you can test your skills at the other games especially quiz show.  

http://practicalmoneyskills.com/english/resources/games/

If you finish, here is the next game for you to download and play.  

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Week 14 Thursday December 13 2007

Dragon's Den

Mark Worksheet 7.1


Go over calculating percent, simple interest, and compound interest.

Review the following terms:  Financial Statements, forecasting, cash flow statements, operation costs/expenses, start up costs, income statement, accounts payable, accounts receivable, assests, liabilities, pro forma, depreciation.  

Quiz on Monday.  

More business Math :)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Week 14 Wednesday December 12 2007


Go over work from yesterday

Complete questions 1 and 2 om page 162 (What Went Wrong)

Next Complete Quesionts 1-5 on page 163.

We will next move onto some basic business math.  Percent, Simple Interest, and Compound Interest.  

HOMEWORK: Finish Math worksheets.  

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Week 14 Tuesday December 11 2007

Dragon's Den

Today we are going to move on to financial management and planning

Discuss personal finance and planning.  Mortgages, loans, cash, credit, payday loans etc.

Read Section 7.1 in your textbook and complete the activity sheet 7.1

Week 14 Monday December 10 2007


Today we are going to present your powerpoints

Well Done!!!

Monday, December 10, 2007

Week 13 Friday December 7 2007

Today we will put the finishing touches on your powerpoint presentations.  

We will present them on Monday

Have a good weekend

Week 13 Thursday December 6 2007


Today we will be carrying on with your powerpoint presentations.  

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Week 13 Wednesday December 5 2007

Today we will carry on with your Powerpoint Presentations

Remember they are due on Friday and will be presented in class

Here is a helpful link if you are having trouble finding ideas.
http://www.gizmag.com/ecogizmo/

IMPORTANT FYI:

StudyBuzz, the provincial exam prep site to help students improve
achievement, is now available free to all BC students. Edvantage Press and
Etraffic Solutions, the creators of StudyBuzz, would like to remind you that
BC students have free access through LearnNowBC. BC students have already
taken over 28 000 StudyBuzz tests in the past year.

How do students access StudyBuzz?
Students log in with their PEN numbers at the LearnNowBC site,
http://www.learnnowbc.gov.bc.ca/. This gives them free use of StudyBuzz,
Live Tutoring, Live Classes and Charged Up for Math & Science. An online
tutorial is available through
http://www.edvantagepress.com/studybuzz/tutorial.html.

Four steps to StudyBuzz:
1. Students log in, choose their course and do a series of online
assessments.
2. Students immediately receive a personalized study guide, summarizing
their strengths and weaknesses. The study guides provide solutions to
questions and reasons why incorrect answers are wrong.
3. Students focus their study time on their areas of weakness.
4. Students can retake the tests to see if they still have areas of weakness
in their provincial exam prep.

How do teachers access StudyBuzz?
Teachers access StudyBuzz through the Educator¹s link at LearnNowBC,
http://www.learnnowbc.gov.bc.ca/.. Your superintendent¹s office has your
district login access code.

What courses are available?
We now have 17 StudyBuzz courses available including Science 10; Essentials
of Math 10; Principles of Math 10, 11 and 12; Applications of Math 12;
Biology 12; Physics 12; Chemistry 12; Geology 12; Geography 12; History 12;
Social Studies 11; and more grade 11 courses.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Week 13 Tuesday December 3 2007

Dragon's Den

Today you will have time to work on your powerpoint presentations.  

Remember, they are Due and will be Presented on FRIDAY!!!

Monday, December 3, 2007

Week 13 Monday December 3 2007

Today we are going to carry on with your Technology in Business Powerpoint Presentations.

Here is a link to a google search which will give you a place to start looking.
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=new+business+technology&meta=

 Remember to find NEW technologies, not ones that have been around for a long time such as the phone or the computer.  

Friday, November 30, 2007

Week 12 Friday November 30 2007

HAND IN Preparing a Business Plan Part 3.

Talk on business technology.

Assignment:  You are to use chapter 13 in your textbook and the internet to research how technology can help your business.  For this assignment you can look at how technology can help business in general, as well as your specific business.  (wireless printers, gps tracking of inventory, computer conferencing etc).

You are to create a powerpoint presentation highlighting how NEW technology can help business.  In other words, explain how a new technology can save time, money, space, or make life easier for business.  

Your powerpoint must touch on several different technologies, have a non-default background, include pictures, sound, and run automatically with proper timing.  

This assignment is to help teach you about new technology, increase your competitive edge, and help improve your proficiency with Microsoft Powerpoint.  

OUT OF:  30 Marks

Due Friday December 7th

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Week 12 Thursdy November 29 2007

Dragons Den

Put in your SBC inputs www.carleton.ca/sbc

Next: Go to the following link and read the article on the future (it is several pages long) and answer the following questions?

http://www.macleans.ca/science/technology/article.jsp?content=20071008_110118_110118

1.  According to the article, how will homes be different in the future?
2.  As a young person what are some business oppourtunities that may exist for you because of changing home technology?

3. According to the article, how may cars be different in the next 10 years?
4. What's your opinion, do you think that these changes would be good/bad why/why not?

5.  What are some of the changes predicted for the office?

6.  How will entertainment change in the future?
7.  Come up with at least 5 business oppourtunities that these changes may create for you?

FINISH YOUR BUSINESS PLAN PART 3:  DUE TOMORROW!!!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Week 12 Wednesday November 28 2007

Hello, Today I am away on a fieldtrip.
 
You have today's class to finish your preparing a business plan part 3 assignment.  

See you tomorrow

Week 12 Tuesday November 27 2007

Dragons Den

SBC inputs

Time to work on your Business Plan Part 3B

DUE FRIDAY!!

Monday, November 26, 2007

Week 12 Monday November 26 2007

Hand in Worksheet 8.3 from Friday

Read Section 8.4 and complete worksheet 8.4 and hand in

Work on Preparing a Business Plan Part 3B

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Week 11 Friday November 23 2007

Presentations

Read lesson 8.3 in your textbook and complete: Worksheet 8.3

Finish Preparing a Business plan part 3a

HOMEWORK: Worksheet 8.3

Week 11 Thursday November 22 2007

Dragon's Den

Notes and Discussion: Shrinkage, Customer Flow, Ergonomics, warehousing, J.I.T. (just in time), inventory

Time to work on Business plan

Week 11 Wednesday November 21 2007

Preseintations:

Time to work on Preparing a Business Plan part 3A

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Week 11 Tuesday November 20 2007

Dragon's Den

Notes: Lease, Mortgage, interest, commercial and residential real estate

Assignment: Preparing a Business plan part 3A

Week 11 Monday November 19 2007

Good to be back

Today we will finish watching "The Corporation"

Week 10 Friday November 16 2007

Sorry I am still away, because I am an new Daddy :)

Today you will be watching 'The Corporation'

Week 10 Thursday November 15 2007

Sorry, I'm still away

Today you will be working on a communications worksheet.  Please hand in when finished.

Week 10 Wednesday November 14 2007

Sorry that I'm still away

Today you will finish watching The Pursuit of Happyness and complete the accompanying worksheet

Hand in worksheet.  

Week 10 Tuesday November 13 2007

Sorry I am away today,

You will be watching "The Pursuit of Happyness"

Monday, November 12, 2007

Week 9 Friday November 9 2007

Presentations (5)

Carleton University Business Competition inputs.  

Work on Investopeidia (Remember you will will be receiving marks for this)

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Week 9 Thursday Novemeber 8 2007

Dragon's Den

Go to the following link and answer the questions
http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/startupbasics/location/article21830.html

1. Briefly describe each of the 5 location types described and give two examples of businesses which would use that type of location.

NEXT go to the following link and choose THREE articles that interest you.  For EACH one answer the following questions.  
http://www.entrepreneur.com/startupbasics/location/archive116048.html

2. What are the main points of the article? (point form is acceptable)
3. After reading this article, summarize it into one or two sentences in the form of advice for a new and upcoming entrepreneur like yourself.  

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Week 9 Wednesday November 7 2007

Presentations (Rajie,Alisha, Samantha)

Today we are going to look at the 3 most important things about your business, location, location, location.  

Discussion on options for location (location types)
NOTES: Agglomeration, big box retail,

Worksheet on location.  

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Week 9 Tuesday November 6 2007

Dragons Den

Projects DUE!!! Please hand them in

Skit assignment: in groups of 2 or 3 you are to create a short skit of a customer complaint.  One of you must be a complaining customer and the other person/persons must use the L.E.A.R.N. strategy to deal with the customer complaint.  

SBC Inputs


Monday, November 5, 2007

Week 9 Monday November 5 2007

Class discussion and notes on how to deal with customer complaints.

Remember the acronym L.E.A.R.N.

Handout on resolving conflict.  Please Hand in when finished.

HOMEWORK:   Preparing a Business Plan Part 2 Due Tomorrow.  

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Week 8 Friday November 2 2007

Dragons Den,

Today we are going to learn about conducting and taking interviews.

Go to the following Link and use it to answer the following questions
http://www.jobinterviewquestions.org/questions/interview-questions.asp

1. What are 3 types of illegal interview questions? How can you ask them and get away with it?

Read the 50 General interview questions.  

2.  List three things that you have learned by reading this list.

Once you've answered the questions, find a partner and take turns interviewing each other.  First decide a job that you will be interviewing for.  Then ask the person 5+ interview questions.  Let them know if you would hire them, and why or why not.  Then switch and the next person asks the questions while the other answers.  

PROJECTS DUE NOV 6th!!


Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Week 8 Thursday November 1 2007

Sorry that I was not in class today.  You may have seen me at school but I was busy with a district program.  

You have the class to work on your projects.  Use this time wisely or I will just assign it for homework!!

Week 8 Wednesday October 31 2007

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Presentations:

Read and discuss lesson 10.3 on management styles. What are different management styles? What kind of manager will you be?

Go to the Following Link to Find out your Mangament Style, are you Social, Intelectual, Task Focused, or Participative?
http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/story/0,10801,98557,00.html

Go to the following link and find out your Management Aptitude!!

http://www.businessbureau-uk.co.uk/growing_business/employee_relations/management_style_test.htm


Time to work on your project.


Week 8 Tuesday October 30 2007

Dragon's Den

Read and Discuss Lesson 10.2

New Project:  Preparing a business plan Part 2.  

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Week 9 Monday October 29 2007

Today we are going to look at hiring staff.  We will also discuss conducting and giving interviews.  

Read Lesson 10.1 pg 244-250 (you may notice that we have skipped a few chapters, we are going through the textbook a little out of order)

NEW PROJECT: Preparing a Business Plan Part 2A

Your first task will be to create an organizational chart for your business.  It should include the following:
* Your Business Name
* ALL people/positions in the company, including yours (if you don't have the names of employees, just list the job title.
* Job positions should be divided into categories (depends on the type of business)  Examples cooks, waitresses, managers, sales staff, etc.
* The chart should be arranged to show the management positions at the top and the part-time, low-pay positions at the bottom.  
(please see me if you business will have no employees)

(Make sure you know all bolded works in case there is a POP quiz!!)

Week 8 Friday October 26 2007

Dragon's Den Business Presentations

Watch "How Bad is Your Boss"

Talk about what a manager/boss should be like.  

Week 8 Thursday October 25 2007

Dragons Den

HAND IN PROJECT!

Activity: Create an analysis of competitors (similar to one on page 145 in your textbook)

Use 3 direct and 3 indirect competitors.  
Show to Mr. Southwell when you're finished.  

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Week 8 Tuesday October 23 2007


Dragons Den!


Time to work on Projects

DUE THURSDAY!!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Week 8 Monday October 22 2007


Chapter 4 and 5 QUIZ,

Read Lesson 6.2 in your textbook to help with your project

Time to work on your project


HOMEWORK:  PROJECT DUE THURSDAY!!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Week 7 Thursday October 18 2007

Sorry that I am away at a meeting today.  Your quiz has been moved to Monday :(

Complete you On-line Carleton business inputs.  

You then have the rest of class to work on your project

Quiz MONDAY

Week 7 Wednesday October 16 2007

Business Idea/Dragon's Den Presentations

New Project:  Time to work on project.  

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Week 7 Tuesday October 15 2007

Dragons Den

Go over worksheet from yesterday

Powerpoint Presentation


SBC competition.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Week 7 Monday October 15 2007

Read Section 5.3 in the textbook

Complete 2 handouts (for HOMEWORK if you don't finish in class)

Friday, October 12, 2007

Week 6 Friday October 12 2007

First, you need to put in your inputs for the next quarter in your on-line business competition.  
Next: ....
Today is a Review of some of the things we have learned so far.
You are to play a game of JA Titan again. This time, keep in mind the importance of Supply and Demand, the importance of Marketing, R & D Research and Development, (and capital investment. This is for marks, here is the marks breakdown:
If you play a Short Game and get a Performance Index Score of 60+ you get 3/5
If you play a Medium Game and get a Performance Index of 50+ you get 3/5
If you play a Short Game and get a P.I. of 90+, you receive 4/5
If you play a Medium Game and get a P.I. of 80+ you receive 4/5
If you play either a Short, Medium, or Long game and get 100+ you will get 5/5
(If you try 2 games and still can't score a high Performance Index, you will still receive a 3/5)
Good Luck
Here is the link:
http://titan.ja.org/ The User Name is: frank hurt and the Password is: hornets
Next Start a practice game and name it YOUR NAME.  (so I can give you marks)  Good luck!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Week 6 Thursday October 11 2007

Dragons Den

Read the article "Networking 101 and answer the following questions"

1. What is networking?
2. Why is networking important, especially to small businesses?
3. What are some of the do's and don'ts of networking?

Read the article "step by step guide to establishing a business" and answer the following questions

1. What are 3 things that you have learned from this article that would/will help you as an entrepreneur?

When you Finish, show to Mr. Southwell for completion marks.

Read Sec 5.2 on pages 110-114

Answer the two worksheets!

Next, login to the SBC game and complete your inputs for this quarter.  

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Week 6 Wednesday October 10 2007

Dragon's Den

Read, 'importance of a business plan' and Section 5.1 pages 105-109

Assign business Presentation Project

Go to the following link and complete activity.  When you finish, please hand it in.  
http://www.ideas-in-action.swep.com/second/index.html

Monday, October 8, 2007

Week 6 Tuesday October 9 2007

Dragons Den

Today we start our on-line business competition!


Tips and strategy guide.  
Each group will receive one strategy guide.  The team will be given time to summarize their tip sheet and then present it to the class.  

Once our presentations are finished, you and your team will make your first inputs for the competition.  MUST BE DONE BEFORE 4:00!

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Week 5 Friday October 5 2007

Start by answering the following questions and hand them in.  

Wall Street Questions:

1. What is the stock market?  Briefly outline how it works.
2. What is insider trading and why is it illegal?
3.  What is Limited Liability mean?
3. Create a list and EXPLAIN some of the pros and cons of having the idea of publicly traded companies (and therefor the stock market)
[think of the benefits/negatives to the shareholders, the workers, towns, cities etc]


Next:
 You are going to start creating the plans for a business.  Each student will need to come up with a business idea and create a business plan.  You will be using this business idea for the rest of the semester, so choose wisely.  

Criteria:  You have just inherited $150,000 to start your business.  In your plans, you could start a business that requires more capital but you'll need to account for it (loans, financing, partners etc)

Step 1:

Create a point form Pro and Con list for the following business types (for you)

Sole proprietorship
Partnership
Private corporation
Franchise

Step 2: Decide which type of business you would like to start and create a brainstorm of the business you will start.  (if you can't decide today, you can think about it over the long weekend)

Next: Read "Full Service Management" on pg 23 and answer question 1-4

HOMEWORK:
If you didn't finish in class Finish the above work for homework

Week 5 Thursday October 4 2007

Dragon's Den

We will be finishing up with Wall Street.

Final Inputs for the Carleton University business simulation.

Next, go to investopedia and check you investments.  If you have finished buying, print a copy of your investments and hand it in to Mr. Southwell.  

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Week 5 Wednesday October 3 2007

Today we will be carrying on with Wall Street.  

Monday, October 1, 2007

Week 5 Tuesday October 2 2007

Dragons Den

More Stock Market Vocabulary

Watch, selections from the movie 'Wall Street"
(There will be questions at the end)

Week 5 Monday October 1 2007

Current Event on 'Holey Soles'

Log in to Carleton business competition and complete the 3rd practice quarter.
www.carleton.ca/sbc

Next, log in to investopedia and continue your investing. (you will win a prize for the most money earned by Jan 10th as well as receive MARKS!)

More Stock Market Vocabulary
  Insider Trading
  Splitting a Company

Friday, September 28, 2007

Week 4 Friday September 28 2007

Today we will be carrying on with learning about Corporations, Publicly Traded companies and the stock market.

Activity:
We will be starting a stock market game/competition that will run from today until January 10, 2008.  You will be given $100,000 (imaginary) to invest using an on-line stock market simulator.  This is VERY realistic, because it uses REAL stocks and stock prices.  The people who make the most money by January will win a PRIZE!!

Go to the following link and create a login (MAKE SURE YOU WRITE IT DOWN so you don't forget)
http://www.investopedia.com/

Next, search for the game called "Frank Hurt"
    The game login is:  Frank Hurt
              Password:  frank


Start buying and selling stocks.
(See the teacher and the internet for help and stock tips)

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Week 4 Thursday September 27 2007

Dragons Den presentation

Today we will carry on with our Practice, On-line Business Simulation Competition.

Once the class has made their quarterly business decision we will carry on with our lecture and notes from yesterday.

Notes: Corporations and the stock market continued.  

Week 4 Wednesday September 26 2007

Legal Forms of Business:

Sole proprietorship, partnerships, and the corporation.

Today we will have a lecture explaining the above forms of business and you will get an introduction to the basics of the stock market.  

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Week 4 Tuesday September 25 2007

Dragons Den

Work on the Carfeton on-line business comptetition.  

Monday, September 24, 2007

Week 4 Monday September 24 2007

Hand in your 'buying a business' worksheet.  

Activity:  You are to go on-line and find 3 franchises that you can buy into.  For each, answer the following questions

1. What is the franchise called? Briefly describe the business
2.  What is the initial franchise fee?
3. What will you need to start this franchise (make a list)
4.  Now you have a list of what you need to start the franchise, how much do you estimate the TOTAL Start-up cost to be?
5.  Do you have to pay any Royalty Fees, Advertising Fees or other Fees to the Franchise? Is so, how much and for what?
6. How much Capital (money on hand) will you need to start this franchise?

Print and Hand in when you are finished, out of 12 marks!

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Week 3 Friday September 21 2007

You will have time to work on yesterdays assignment "Buying and Existing Business"

Discussion:  What is a franchise?

Week 3 Thursday September 20 2007

TEST #1 on Chapters 1-3.

Dragons Den.

Read pgs 80-83 on running an existing business

Activity: You will be looking for and comparing three companies that are currently for sale and deciding,  which posses the best oppourtunity.  

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Week 3 Wednesday September 19 2007

TEST Review

For Practice: http://www.ideas-in-action.swep.com/second/crossword/ch03.html


Here is a list of all the terms and concepts that you are responsible for on the first test.


entrepreneur
employee
% of small businesses in Canada
advantages of being and entrepreneur (4)
disadvantages of being an entrepreneur (4)
basic business letter format
key points of good communication (eye contact, be polite, speak clearly etc)
how to determine markup and mark down
how to calculate percent
how to calculate profit
'principle'
productivity
supply and demand
monopoly
4 functions of business (productivity, marketing, management, and finance)
fixed cost
variable cost
marginal cost vs marginal benefit
economic cycle (boom, growth, recession, depression)
government intervention in the economy


HOMEWORK: Study for the test!!!

Week 3 Tuesday September 18 2007

Dragon's Den product pitch

Mark T/F and multiple choice questions on cost from yesterday.

Go over list of Fixed and Variable costs

Lesson: the Economic Cycle and government involvement in the economy

Activity:  Complete worksheet 'You be the Government'.  

Monday, September 17, 2007

Week 3 Monday Sept 17 2007

Bee T.V.

Divide class into teams for 'Carleton University' business competition

Read pg. 63 - 66 on Cost

Activity 1.  Two work sheets on Cost

Activity 2:  You may work individually or in partners (not 3's or 4's) do do this activity.  You are to come up with a business idea and write it down.  

Next, you are to create a chart listing  the fixed and variable costs that will be involved in your business.  List as many as you can!! Remember taxes, employees, utilities, legal etc..

Friday, September 14, 2007

Week 2 Friday Sept 14 2007

Hand in graph from yesterday

Powerpoint presentation and notes

Watch 'Venture' on Fou Fou Dog.

Answer the following questions


1. Is the idea of fou fou dog a good one, wh or why not?
2. Evalate the website, is it laid out well?  Visually appealing etc?
3. Do you think that Ms. Ng will recover her $75,000 and make a good profit, why or why not?

DUE MONDAY

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Week 2 Thursday Sept 13 2007

Watch clip from 'Dragons Den'

Mark Business Math Questions from yesterday.

Notes from Chapter 3, lesson one on Supply and Demand

Activity: Creating a Demand curve.  

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Week 2 Wednesday Sept 12 2007

Current Events

Talk and demonstration on handshaking and telephone skills.  

Activity on basic Business Math: Worksheets

Homework: Finish worksheets if unable to in class


Week 2 Tuesday Sept 11 2007

Watch episode of "Dragons Den" on rakastaka and decide if you would invest.

Finish Business Letter to the Angry Customer from yesterday.


Activity:  You are to write a Cover Letter (using correct business format) applying for the job of entrepreneur.  When you are finish, staple it and the 'Angry customer letter' together using 'proper' business stapling form (I am going to be picky)

Homework: Finish Letters for homework to hand it at the beginning of class

Monday, September 10, 2007

Week 2 Monday Sept 10 2007

Read lesson 1.3 and 2.1

Finish the assignment from Friday and hand it in

Assignment: (Hand out) Complete 'angry customer' business letter assignment
Print out finished letter but do not hand it in until tomorrow. You will attach it with tomorrows assignment.

HOMEWORK: Finish Business Letter Assignment if not finished in class.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Week 1 Friday Sept 7 2007

We will start by marking the worksheet from yesterday.

Read aloud, Lesson 1.2 pgs 9-13

Activity 1: Think of five of your favourite companies. Then use the Internet to obtain the information that you need for the following task

Using Microsoft EXCEL create a chart of your five favourite companies. The chart must include the 'Company Name', 'Founders Name', 'Year Founded', 'list of Changes that have happened in the Company'.

Activity 2: When you finish activity one, work with a partner to come up with a list of 10-20 business opportunities that you feel exist. Pick the best one and write a few sentences explaining why you feel a business opportunity exists.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Week 1 Thursday Sept 6 2007

Share our list of Entrepreneurs from yesterday

Read Lesson 1.1 (pgs. 4-8) in the textbook and complete True False and multiple choice questions.

Activity: You are to choose a famous entrepreneur. You are to then use the Internet to research your entrepreneur and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What is your entrepreneurs name and what is the business/product that they are famous for.
2. Briefly explain some of their major successes.
3. Have they had any failures or troubles, if so, do you think that it hurt them or helped them in the end? Explain.
4. In a paragraph explain how this person has managed to achieve success, (you may wish to talk about their ideas, work ethic, ability to compete etc.)
5. Include a picture(s)

Here are some links to information about famous entrepreneurs
http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/Famous_Entrepreneurs.htm

Here is a list of famous entrepreneurs, you can pick on and google their name.
http://cecteachers.dpsk12.org/stories/storyReader$75
HOMEWORK: The above activity is for homework if you do not finish in class.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Week 1 Wednesday Sept. 5 2007

Welcome to Entrepreneurship 12!

Today you will receive the course outline. Please make sure you fill out the student information sheet.

What is entrepreneurship?

Type A/B personalities
Activity: Go to the following link and complete the questionnaire as honestly as you can.
(be prepared to discuss the results)
http://www.psych.uncc.edu/pagoolka/TypeA-B-intro.html
What is your personality type?
Do you think that it is accurate? Why?

Homework: Come up with an example of an entrepreneur

N.B. If you are late or away, don't forget to check the website. If you have any questions or need help, you can always send me an e-mail at: southwell_j@sd36.bc.ca