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 …
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…
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: 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: 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: 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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lesson: Zoom
Zoom illustrates the costs and barriers to exchanging needed knowledge and information in a fun, interactive way.
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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 …
lesson: Marshmallow Towers
Marshmallow Towers is an activity that allows your students to gain a basic understanding of different business structures. Students, working in groups, are randomly…
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…
