Free Business Every Day Lesson Plan for 9th Grade Students

Topic: Business Every Day

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will understand the concept of business and how it is related to their daily lives.

Materials

• Handouts or slides on business and its functions
• Examples of successful businesses (e.g. Apple, Starbucks)
• Brainstorming sheets or worksheets

Warm-up

• Review the concept of career and discuss what students plan to do after high school.
• Ask students if they have ever visited a workplace or met with a businessperson.
• Discuss the importance of business in our everyday lives.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of business and explain that it is the activity of making money by providing products or services to consumers.
• Discuss the different types of businesses, including small businesses, large corporations, and not-for-profit organizations.
• Explain the different roles within a business, such as owners, managers, and employees.
• Discuss the importance of marketing in the success of a business.
• Introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and explain that it is the process of starting a new business.

Guided Practice

• Have students work in pairs to create a business plan for a small company that specializes in providing a product or service that they think would be in demand.
• Have the pairs present their business plans to the class and discuss the reasons for the decisions that they made.

Independent Practice

• Assign each student to work on creating a business plan for a real or hypothetical small company that they are interested in starting.
• Have students create a presentation to share their business plan with the class.

Closure

• Review the key points of the lesson and discuss the importance of business planning and how it can help a company be successful.
• Ask students to share their thoughts on what they learned and how they might use this skill in the future.

Assessment

• Observe students during the group and individual presentations to assess their understanding of the material and their ability to effectively communicate their ideas to the rest of the class.
• Administer a quiz to assess students' knowledge of the key points covered in the lesson (i.e. purpose of business planning, importance of business planning, components of a business plan, benefits of business planning).