Entrepreneurship in the Classroom

As an educator, we want to equip you with engaging ways to help empower students to consider entrepreneurship among their future options.

Resources, Articles and Lesson Plans

Jay Starts a Business

Jay Eagle takes students on an entrepreneurial adventure to start his own bird business in this classroom interactive.

Entrepreneurship Lessons and Resources

From elementary to high school, access these lesson plans and resources to help students explore the world of entrepreneurship.

Black Women Business Startups

Teachers can access resources to help students understand opportunity occupations as an option to consider for their career paths.

Youth Entrepreneurship Guide

This guide helps place a higher emphasis on entrepreneurship throughout the education system.

Building Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Communities of Color

This guide provides an overview of inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystem building for communities of color.

Video Resources

Learn from entrepreneurs across the region in these short videos about their journeys and businesses.

Webinars and Video Resources

Professional Development for Educators

Browse these on-demand webinars to help equip you on a variety of topics, including entrepreneurship.

21st Century Careers Student Webinars

Expose students to a variety of career paths in this video series where they will hear from local leaders about their careers.

Fed Opportunity Occupations Video Series

Within the Federal Reserve there are several opportunity occupations; learn more about each position in this short video series.

Entrepreneurship in Action

In this video series, meet and learn from entrepreneurs across the region; discussion questions for students are included.

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Bite Size Economics

Entertainment purchases can be a budget downfall. Brainstorm a list of 10 budget-friendly ideas for family entertainment that cost $5 or less.

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Research the purposes of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Hold a mock debate where two countries use the WTO as a forum to discuss their disagreements concerning a trade policy.

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Discuss the difference between fixed expenses (those costs that do not change) and variable expenses (those costs that can change). Ask students to interview a parent to discover what fixed and variable expenses they pay monthly. Report findings to the class.

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Bite Size Economics

Would you accept a cow as payment? Learn about the four characteristics of money and evaluate various forms of money, including cows, that were used as currency in earlier times by reviewing Kansas City Fed's lesson Early Forms of Money. http://bit.ly/1a8sTip

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Use handout 3 from lesson 4 of Building Wealth in the Classroom from the Dallas Fed to compare the interest rate, fees and additional information on five account types from a local bank. Share your findings. Once everyone shares, discuss the account and bank you would select. http://bit.ly/18kHBE4

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Using your local newspaper, find three advertisements for products. List examples of marketing techniques that producers use to entice customers to buy their products, suchas bargain prices or use of brand names. Share your results.

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Why have other countries adopted mobile payments faster than the United States? Find out in the Atlanta Fed's podcast The Future of Mobile Payments. Write a description of a mobile payment option you think would work best in United States. http://bit.ly/11YTIOu

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Read Saving Strawberry Farm by Deborah Hopkinson. Use the children's literature lesson to discuss the role banks played during the Great Depression: www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/assets/lesson_plans/StrawberryFarm.pdf.

Bite Size Economics

Introduce the concepts of shortage and surplus. Give the example of a popular new toy on sale before the holidays as a possible shortage situation and a less popular toy as a possible surplus. After brainstorming other shortage/surplus situations, have students write a short story titled "Standing in line to buy..."

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Learn about and compare different payment methods in the Kansas City Fed's role play Payment Parliament. http://bit.ly/196JUbk

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Use the "Professor Finance and Fed Boy Meet the Catastrophe Clan" lesson: www.kansascityfed.org/education to introduce the Credit CARD Act and consumers' credit rights and responsibilities.

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Ask students to work with a partner on the following income/expenses problem: You want to convince your family to buy a new computer to replace the outdated one at home. Create a visual that gives family members ideas on how to cut monthly expenses (such as food, clothing and entertainment) in order to save income for the purchase.

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Debate this topic: "The benefits of making financial mistakes outweigh the costs."

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Hand out various grocery receipts to students with the sales tax blacked out. Discuss that some states tax only non-food items, while others tax both food and non-food. Have students calculate the sales tax for both situations.

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Introduce and discuss the characteristics of an entrepreneur, such as being a risk taker; having high energy; being competitive; having a strong desire to be your own boss; and possessing a "never quit" attitude. Ask students to rank themselves "+" or "-" on each of these characteristics to assess their own potential for entrepreneurship.

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Add together all the bill denominations currently in circulation. What is your dollar total? ($1+$2+$5+$10+$20+$50+$100=$188)

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Discuss the topic of behavioral incentives and teens. Ask students which types of incentives work best to keep teens in line: extending curfew; car privileges; more computer/video game time; increasing allowance/funds. Tell students to give reasons for their choices.

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Before buying clothes or shoes, consumers should consider several features, such as price, quality, fit, style and comfort. Discuss and rank these features with students to see which ones are most important to them in making a purchasing decision.

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Use the FDIC's EDIE the Estimator tool to explore how FDIC insurance protects depositors. Try the simulator using varying deposit balances to determine the FDIC coverage limit for a single account. Check your answer by reviewing the page's Deposit Insurance FAQs. http://1.usa.gov/YVeeTe

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Research three universities you may want to attend. Evaluate each one using a decision grid with these criteria: size, location, fields of study and tuition cost.

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Introduce the concepts of supply and demand. Give students play money and set out items for sale such as pencils, erasers and stickers. Set some prices low to encourage sales and others higher to discourage buyers. Let students shop, and then discuss the demand for the products at various prices.

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List all the concepts from this planner on the board and number them. Number the sections of a beach ball similarly. Toss the ball to the class. Whoever catches it should explain the concept with the number closest to their right thumb. Repeat.