Learning Goals
Students will be able to investigate how entrepreneurs evaluate opportunity, risk, cost, and market demand in real business cases and community interviews to determine whether a venture is worth pursuing.
Students will be able to analyze how entrepreneurs contribute to the economy through job creation, meeting community needs, and generating economic activity.
Students will be able to evaluate the point of view, reasoning, and evidence of a local business owner interview to determine the strength of entrepreneurial claims.
Students will be able to formulate and refine an investigable question about a business idea's risks and rewards using case study evidence and peer feedback.
Students will be able to reflect on how their thinking about entrepreneurial risk and reward changes after research, discussion, and evidence-based comparison.
Products
Entrepreneurship Investigation Notebook
A research notebook that documents the student's question development, case study notes, interview question, evidence selection, and individual analysis of whether a venture was worth the risk. It must show how the student weighed opportunity, costs, market demand, and economic impact before drafting a personal conclusion.
Local Venture Podcast and Economic Impact Visual Summary
A 3–5 minute team podcast with interview clips, evidence-based commentary, and a clear shared judgment about the venture's risks and rewards. Teams also create a one-page visual summary that maps the entrepreneur's opportunity, costs, risks, market demand, community benefits, and limitations of the evidence.
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