USS Biz Trek Extension Activities
Lesson One Fantastic Voyage
Vocabulary
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship
Venture
Enterprise
Free Enterprise System
Journal Assignment
Explain why you would be a good entrepreneur. What values, attitudes,
needs and expectations do you have?
Class Discussion
- What new opportunities might be available to you as an entrepreneur
because of rapidly changing technology and the global market place?
- What do you consider to be the greatest reward of starting your own
business? Why?
- What do you consider to be the greatest risk in starting your own
business? Why?
- Math In the city of Clear Lake, 193 new businesses opened in 1997.
By 1998, 20 percent of them were no longer in operation. How many were
still open in 1998? One year later, another 11 percent closed. How many
were still open in 1999?
Project
Research an entrepreneur. Have the students choose an entrepreneur and
explore his/her life. How did they decide to become an entrepreneur? What is
their niche? What process did they use to start their business? What traits
do they demonstrate? Have the students personalize their report by giving it
in an alternative format such as a videotape or other performance, mock
radio/television interview or mock magazine/newspaper article.
Revised: March 02, 2005.
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