Students learn about the fundamental tasks performed by a business owner and play a game that allows them to see money coming in and going out of a business.
Analyze products and services that can be offered by using resources.At the culmination of this teacher-led program, students visit JA Finance Park, a realistic on-site or virtual community, to put into practice what theyve learned by developing and committing to a personal budget. Recognize natural, human, and capital resources. JA Finance Park is Junior Achievement’s capstone program for personal financial planning and career exploration.Junior Achievement has been an annual event in Northvail for several years, through the combined efforts and planning of Principal Jeff Martens and Alicia Fusco from the Junior. Students are introduced to resources and how entrepreneurs use resources to offer products and services in a region. Others said, My favorite part was the hot dog game when I learned about profit and loss, and a fifth grader said, I learned about filling out a resume. Session Two: Regional Resources – Tools for Entrepreneurs Apply traits common to successful entrepreneurs to their own skills and abilities.Recognize the impact entrepreneurs have on a community or a region.Students explore well-known businesses, their origins, and the traits common to the They will also be able to recognize the skills, tasks, and concepts an entrepreneur must master to start a successful business. JA Our Region consists of five 45 minute volunteer led sessions.įollowing participation in the program, students will be able to analyze how entrepreneurs use resources and work with each other to produce goods and services in a community. JA Volunteers show how resources are combined to create goods and services that individuals, businesses, and organizations provide to customers. Students demonstrate the supply chain through a hands-on manufacturing and trade experience.In JA Our Region, students examine regional resources, supply chains, and solve problems by weighing risks and potential rewards. Students journey through the complex world of business problem-solving by weighing potential risks and rewards and tracking the outcome of their decisions. Session Four: Entrepreneurs Solve Problems They play a game and track the revenue and expenses of a business. Students learn the fundamental tasks performed by a business owner. 'Ever wonder what President George 'Dubya' Bush will be doing once he leaves the White HouseWell, we wondered too and voted for him to run a hot dog stand, in the city that. Students are introduced to resources and how entrepreneurs use resources to offer products and services in a region. Session Two: Resources – Tools for Entrepreneurs Students explore well-known businesses, their origins, and the traits common to the entrepreneurs who started them. Program Concepts: ℹ️ Program Concepts Advertising, Business fundamentals, Capital resources, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur characteristics, Expense, Finance tracking, Goodes and services, Human resources, Innovation, Interdependence, Loss, Manufacturing, Natural resources, Price, Products, Profit, Region, Resources, Revenue, Reward, Risk, Services, Supply, Supply chain, Trade, Traits, Transportation Program Skills: ℹ️ Program Skills Analyzing a diagram, Analyzing information, Assembling parts, Categorizing data, Cooperative trading, Decision making, Evaluating alternatives, Following directions, Mathematics, Oral and written communication, Presenting information, Problem solving, Reading for understanding, Working in pairs, Working in groups JA programs also correlate to state standards in social studies, English, and mathematics, and to Common Core State Standards. Materials are packaged in a self-contained kit that includes detailed session plans for the volunteer and materials for 32 students.Īll JA programs are designed to support the skills and competencies identified by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The average time for each session is 45 minutes.
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JA Our Region is a series of five sessions with additional extended learning activities offered throughout. The program provides students with a practical approach to starting a business while preparing them to be entrepreneurial in their thinking to meet the requirements of a demanding and ever-changing workforce. JA Our Region is an interdisciplinary program that introduces 4th grade students to entrepreneurship and upper elementary grade social studies learning objectives including regions, resources, supply chains, and problem solving.