8Th Grade Power Point Project

8th Grade Power Point Project

Entrepreneurship

Career Standards:

MKT-EN-1: Understands concepts and processes associated with successful entrepreneurial performance.

a) Define entrepreneurship.

b) Identify and analyze characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.

c) Identify the reasons for planning in entrepreneurial businesses.

f) Determine opportunities for business creation.

g) Generate ideas for business.

h) Determine feasibility of ideas.

i) Determine the major reasons for business failure.

Business/Computer Science Standards:

(MSBCS-BCSIII-6: The students will examine the basics of entrepreneurship.

a) Define entrepreneurship (National Standards for NBEA, pg. 70) and steps needed to start and maintain a business opportunity.

b) Distinguish the role of the entrepreneur in business.

c) Identify necessary traits of a successful entrepreneur.

d) Describe the difference between an employer and employee.

e) Differentiate between a manager and an entrepreneur.

Essential Questions:

What is an entrepreneur?
What is the role of an entrepreneur?
What are the traits of a successful entrepreneur?
What is the difference between an employer and an employee?
What is the difference between a manager and an entrepreneur?

Directions: Students will follow the guide and rubric on this worksheet to make a Power Point presentation about entrepreneurship.

Slide / Title/Description
Slide 1 (Title Slide) /

Title: What is an Entrepreneur?
Subtitle: Your first and last name

Slide 2 / Title: What is an Entrepreneur?

Go to the following website to find the definition of an entrepreneur:

Slide 3 / Title: Characteristics of an Entrepreneur

Go to the following website:

List at least 5 traits/characteristics of entrepreneurs
Slide 4 / Title: Steps to Starting a Business

Go to the following website:

List 10 steps needed to start a business

Slide 5 / Title: What is the difference between an employee and an employer?

Go to the following website:
Define “employee” and “employer”. After the definitions, explain in your own words how they are different.

Slide 6 / Title: What is the difference between a manager and an entrepreneur?

Go to the following website:
In the search box, type: 5 Indisputable Differences Between Entrepreneurs and Managers
List the 5 differences in your own words

Slide 7 / Title: Why Plan?

Go to the following website:
In the search box, type: “Most important reason every entrepreneur needs a plan”.
Click on the first link labeled: Strategic Planning - The Most Important Reason Every Entrepreneur Needs a Strategic Plan.
List the three questions every plan should answer and explain the most important reason for planning.

Slide 8 / Title: The Four D’s of Success

Go to the following website:

In the search box, type: “The Four D’s of Success”

Identify each “D” and give a brief description in your own words
Slide 9 / Title: Innovation and Business Creation

Go to the following website:

In the search box, type: “What is innovation and why is it important”…hint, use your synonyms on the word “innovation”
Answer the following questions on this slide:
What is innovation?
What makes a business successful?

Slide 10 / Title: (Place the name of the entrepreneur of your choice here as the title)

Go to the following website:
Choose one of the following entrepreneurs. Type their name in the search box and click GO

Sam Walton / Ray Kroc
Walt Disney / Bill Gates
James Clark / Coco Chanel
Henry Ford / Estee Lauder
Michael Dell / John Rockefeller
Copy and paste the picture of your entrepreneur below the titlealong with a caption with the company’s name that they created.
Slide 11 / Title: (A topic related to your entrepreneur of choice)

You decide the topic according to the information given about your entrepreneur.

Slide 12 / Title: (A topic related to your entrepreneur of choice)

You decide the topic according to the information given about your entrepreneur.

Slide 13 / Title: (A topic related to your entrepreneur of choice)

You decide the topic according to the information given about your entrepreneur.

Slide 14 / Title: Conclusion

A brief summary about your entrepreneur.

Slide 15 / Title: Bibliography (This part will be done together as a class)

You will insert a bibliography indicating where you got all of your information using the reference section of Microsoft Word.

Slide 16 / Career Standards
Slide 17 / Business and Computer Science Standards
Slide 18 / Essential Questions
Slide 19 / Answers to Essential Questions

Part 2: On Your Own! (10 Slides + the Bibliography Slide)

1. Go to the following website:

2. There are two pages of famous entrepreneurs. Create another PowerPoint about the entrepreneur of your choice. (Must come from this list)

3. Once you pick your entrepreneur, you will need to use Google to find out enough information about your entrepreneur to make a complete PowerPoint. (You decide the category topic for each slide)

4. Add each website to your FAVORITES that you use for your PowerPoint because you will have to create your own bibliography when you are finished.