Business and Marketing Education

○​ Students rotate and apply decisions to a product (e.g., smoothie shop, T-shirt line) ○​ Use sticky notes, poster boards, or digital tools (Padlet/Jamboard) Entrepreneurship : ​ NFTE – Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship ●​ www.nfte.com ●​ Entrepreneurial mindset lessons, pitch activities, and simplified business plan tools Teen Business Plan Template (Google Docs/Slides/Canva) ●​ Prompts for business idea, target market, revenue, expenses, risks, and pitch ●​ Scaffolded for middle school readiness​

TED-Ed / YouTube: Kid Entrepreneurs​

●​ Use short clips on young business owners to spark discussion ●​ Topics: innovation, creativity, taking risks, and perseverance Sales : YouTube – Sales Skills for Students​

●​ Search: "How to sell a product – middle school," "Teen sales roleplay” ●​ Use for modeling customer interaction and sales steps​

Sales Simulation Cards​

●​ Create roleplay scenarios using fictional customers with traits and objections ●​ Practice: approach, engage, pitch, handle objections, close the sale​

Guest Speaker or Interview Video​

●​ Invite a local entrepreneur or watch student pitch clips from BizKid$ or YEA! ●​ Analyze real-world sales techniques and customer handling