Resource Type

Themes

Websites

Extensions/ Activities

Informative site for Kids

Jobs then and now

·         http://www.yahooligans.com/content/ka/almanac/business/bus00003.html#BUSINESSTHENANDNOW

Read the jobs then and now section. Students select one of the jobs and  complete a compare and contrast chart/venn diagram abou the job then and now.

Kid Lemonade Simulation Game

Business

• http://www.coolmath4kids.com/lemonade/
• http://www.lemonadestandgame.com/

Have students play the game to understand the ideas of capital, profit etc..

List of Links about careers

Careers

•  http://www.kids.gov/k_careers.htm

Students follow links and learn about different careers. Begin to develop ideas about business.

Interview with an entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

• http://www.homefires.com/kbusiness.htm

Students read the interview and write a summery paragraph about how Mr. Lockwood runs his business.

Informational article

Kids in business

• http://www.harlemlive.org/community/orgs/ptw/entrep99.html

Reading these articles will help students plan their own business

Informational article

How to tell if your hobby can turn into a business

• http://sbinformation.miningco.com/library/tips/bltip120.htm

Company webpage

Middle School Kids’ button Business

• http://www.emcoenterprises.com

List of kids’ patents

• http://www.craig.csufresno.edu/kids2002/