lesson: FV: Win-Win Focus

The Youth Entrepreneurs value “Be principled” teaches students integrity, respect and toleration. Approaching life and work with principles leads to long-term success. In …

video: Debrief

The Paper Airplanes Game helps students learn concepts like scarcity, opportunity cost and competition. And it’s a chance to coach students in the Foundational Values of sou…

lesson: Hack My School

A hackathon is a sprint-like design event with a specific focus. The goal of the hackathon is to improve upon or innovate a selected industry, service, or even a company. Hack…

lesson: Game Challenge

Let’s combine learning and playing with the Game Challenge. Students often learn best when interacting with content in a game style format. The Game Challenge is a PBL-desig…

lesson: Pop-Up Business Challenge

It can be easy to be creative and plan a business when the sky is the limit, but how creative can students be when strict constraints limit opportunities? Students will be ask…

lesson: Paper Airplane Factory

This activity engages students in the process of rapid prototyping, while facing challenges like scarcity and risk. Explore how to bring the Paper Airplane Factory to life in …

lesson: Cinema Challenge

Foundational values are what binds this course together. Students will have a chance to be creative as they think of a popular movie, TV show or other media to connect to the …

video: Why

Understand why Foundational Value Win-Win is key both inside and outside the classroom for your students. …

video: What

At Youth Entrepreneurs, the principles that guide behavior are called Foundational Values. These YE values are central to our curriculum and significant in helping our student…

video: How

Discover practical ways to integrate the Foundational Value Win-Win into your Youth Entrepreneurs activities. …

lesson: Savor the Flavor

The Jones Soda activity is a marketing activity that can be used to introduce the Marketing Mix to your students. It can also be used to dive deeper into marketing after havin…

lesson: Lego COGS Activity

The Lego Cost of Goods Sold Activity provides students the opportunity to calculate the cost of goods sold for a prototype they designed. The activity also allows students to …

lesson: Three-Legged Stool

In this lesson students will learn about the three-legged stool. The three-legged stool is an analogy for three things all businesses need to sustain long-term success. All bu…

lesson: Negotiating Game

Negotiating skills can be important to the success in the marketplace of business owners and consumers.  In The Negotiating Game students will engage in buying and selling, m…

lesson: Ticket Out

There are many strategies for checking for student understanding of class material. One quick, easy and effective strategy is the “ticket out the door”. Students need to r…

lesson: Think Outside the Box

Think Outside the Box is a great way to introduce and reinforce the Foundational Values. Students will be asked to complete a 100-piece puzzle, but there is a catch - they won…

lesson: Vacant Lot Opportunity Mindset

Today and every day, across America from coast to coast, from rural communities, to the suburbs, to inner-cities, America’s students will walk, pedal and ride past a landsca…

lesson: Foundational Values Walkabout

YE’s Foundational Values create a shared language and understanding of what creates value in our lives. Students will be asked to share their thoughts about a Foundational V…

lesson: CPV Triangle

At the very heart of being entrepreneurial is the world of voluntary exchange and creating win-win. We make hundreds of mutually beneficial trades every week. With this in min…

lesson: Human Treasure Hunt

This is an activity to help your students get to know one another better and practice their soft skills.

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