Warwick School District

Curriculum❯Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

Grade Levels: 11 | 12 |

Course Description

Entrepreneurship is a project-based course designed for students interested in developing real-world business and life skills. Students will explore how entrepreneurs identify opportunities, solve problems, and create value in the marketplace. Throughout the course, students will generate business ideas, conduct market research, develop branding and marketing strategies, and create a product or service. Emphasis is placed on creativity, collaboration, communication, and adaptability. The course culminates in a final project or pitch where students present their business concept to an authentic audience.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

Sci & Tech - Technology and Engineering Education (2009-2012)

  • Technology and Society

    • GRADE 10

      • Recognize that technological development has been evolutionary, the result of a series of refinements to a basic invention.(3.4.10.B4)

Economics (2009-2012)

  • Scarcity and Choice

    • GRADE 12

      • Analyze the opportunity cost of decisions made by individuals, businesses, communities, and nations.(6.1.12.C)

  • Economic Interdependence

    • GRADE 12

      • Evaluate the comparative advantage of nations in the production of goods and services.(6.4.12.A)

  • Income, Profit, and Wealth

    • GRADE 9

      • Identify and explain the characteristics of sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation.(6.5.9.C)

    • GRADE 12

      • Analyze the factors influencing wages.(6.5.12.A)
      • Analyze the costs and benefits of organizing a business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation.(6.5.12.C)
      • Assess the impact of entrepreneurs on the economy.(6.5.12.F)

Career Education and Work (2002)

  • Entrepreneurship

    • GRADE 11

      • Analyze entrepreneurship as it relates to personal career goals and corporate opportunities.(13.4.11.A)
      • Analyze entrepreneurship as it relates to personal character traits.(13.4.11.B)
      • Develop a business plan for an entrepreneurial concept of personal interest and identify available resources, such as, but not limited to: -Community based organizations (that is chambers of commerce, trade/technical associations, Industrial Resource Centers) -Financial institutions -School-based career centers Small Business Administration services (that is SCORE, Small Business Development Centers, Entrepreneurial Development Centers) -Venture capital(13.4.11.C)

Business, Computer and Information Technology (2012)

  • Communication

    • GRADES 9 - 12

      • Evaluate a speaker’s reasoning and intent; ask questions to deepen understanding. (individual, team, employment, and business).Reference English Language Arts CC.1.5.11-12.G. CC.1.5.11-12.C(15.3.12.F)
      • Identify the diverse communication skills necessary within an organization (e.g., customer relations, sales, management).(15.3.12.O)

  • Entrepreneurship

    • GRADES 9 - 12

      • Analyze personal choices in preparation for entrepreneurship.(15.5.12.A)
      • Evaluate personal management and organizational abilities to succeed in entrepreneurship.Reference Career Education and Work 13.4.12 A - B(15.5.12.B)
      • Analyze the impact of entrepreneurship in the domestic economy.(15.5.12.C)
      • Create a business plan using appropriate data to support the business concept.(15.5.12.D)

  • Management

    • GRADES 9 - 12

      • Analyze leadership skills necessary for leading at various management levels.(15.8.12.G)
      • Evaluate selection criteria for a position in a business or organization.(15.8.12.M)

  • Marketing

    • GRADES 9 - 12

      • Research and analyze consumer behavior patterns and the effect of those patterns on business and the economy.(15.9.12.E)
      • Evaluate processes needed to obtain, develop, maintain, and improve products or services; including product development, packaging, branding, product mix, product life cycle, and product positioning.(15.9.12.F)
      • Design a comprehensive promotion plan for a product or service.(15.9.12.I)

Units

Unit #1 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Idea Generation

Unit #2 - Market Research & Validation

Unit #3 - Branding & Marketing

Unit #4 - Financial Basics

Unit #5 - Product/Service Development

Unit #6 - Responding to Challenges & Failure

Unit #7 - Pivoting & Innovation

Unit #8 - Scaling & Growth

Unit #9 - Professional Skills & Career Readiness

Unit #10 - Final Business Plan

Unit #11 - Pitching & Presentation

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