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: Eye Spy
Entrepreneurs learn through observation. They observe the marketplace, trends, business models, the behavior of businesses and consumers, how value is being created, Principle…
video: Activity
YE equips students to overcome barriers and adversity with an opportunity mindset. In this exercise, students get to practice pushing past barriers as a team — and remaining…
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: Money Bowl
Money Bowl provides an applicable example of greed while exploring the effects of communication and trust within a group.
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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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lesson: Bridge Building for Team Building
As we come together, we each have many talents, skills, and ideas which we can share with each other. This activity will give you a chance to share these talents with one anot…
lesson: Pitch It
The purpose of Pitch It is to help students experiment with different product or service concepts and then try to convince customers to choose their idea based on th…
lesson: Speak Out, Speak Back
Speak Out Cards afford students the opportunity to practice standing in front of others and speaking extemporaneously. There is little risk but high return for the s…
lesson: The Footwear Design Project
The Footwear Project is a fast-paced project leading students through the design thinking process. This project supports the same mindset, thinking and outcomes as T…
lesson: The Trading Game
The Trading Game engages students in a trading simulation designed to illustrate a complex marketplace in which goods and services are traded. Through several rounds of trade,…
video: Set-up
YE instills economic principles built for prosperity. And students gain knowledge about the economy, commodity markets and trading through PIT. See how to set-up PIT for your …
video: Intro
Explore Pit, a hands-on activity that engages your students in entrepreneurial learning. …
video: Debrief
Uncover the Foundational Values in Pit, and how our students can take their learning beyond the classroom. …
lesson: PIT – Just the Basics
Pit is a fast-paced card game designed to simulate open outcry bidding for commodities. We use the game as a way for students to learn about trade and simple negotia…
lesson: Three Simple but Not Easy Questions
The following activity will challenge your students. Many of them will fail to answer correctly. Correct answers are not the goal of this activity. For the purpose o…
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: PIT With Namecards
Pit is a fast-paced card game designed to simulate open outcry bidding for commodities. If you are familiar with this classic game, be aware that we don’t necessar…
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: 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 …
