Effective entrepreneurship requires that students have a keen understanding of the ways in which individuals, businesses, governments, and societies make decisions to allocate human capital, physical capital, and natural resources among alternative uses.
This is part of the economic reasoning process and involves the consideration of costs and benefits with the ultimate goal of making decisions that will enable individuals, businesses, and societies to be as well-off as possible.
The study of entrepreneurship provides students with the concepts and tools necessary for an economic way of thinking and helps them understand the interaction of buyers and sellers in markets everywhere.
Economic reasoning and skillful use of economic tools draw upon a strong base of knowledge about human capital, land, investments, money, income and production, taxation, all of which are essential to being a successful entrepreneur.
Superior Curricular Resource
The curriculum has been recognized by the National Association for Economic Educators (NAEE) for being a superior curricular resource while also offering teachers and administrators a tool for choosing curriculum that has been evaluated by a committee of experts in subject matter and curriculum design.
In addition, there are editable slides created for you to use in your own classrooms!
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Individual Lessons
- Introduction
- Lesson 1: Nebraska Entrepreneur Success Story
- Lesson 2: Entrepreneur: Is It Me?
- Lesson 3: What's In It For Me?
- Lesson 4: Entrepreneurship Opportunities In My Community
- Lesson 5: Competition And Market Structures
- Lesson 6: Legal Forms Of Business
- Lesson 7: Government Incentives And Your Business
- Lesson 8: I'm In Business, Now What Do I Charge?
- Lesson 9: Production And Costs
- Lesson 10: Secrets Of Successful Entrepreneurs
- Lesson 11: Your Business Plan
- Glossary