SEC | S19W1: Designing lesson plans

YES! for lesson planning

The task of the teacher is to transfer the knowledge he has to his students. ✔
A good teacher is a teacher who has a lesson plan. ✔

My Steemian friends and teachers,

I gladly share with you my assignment on lesson planning.

Before we go into the planning of a lesson as per the assignment, it is important that we first look at the parties we are dealing with.

According to the brief these will be teachers, students, and children.

The Oxford Dictionary give the defintions of each as follows:

Teacher: a person who teaches, especially in a school
Student: a person who is studying at a university or other place of higher education
Child: a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority, or a son or daughter of any age

By looking at the above, we must design our lesson planning for “students” or “your child.”

As a business owner with a background in hospitality, sales, IT, and real estate, I will present a lesson plan for teaching high school students about starting their own businesses based on the true story of a child.

For me, it is of utmost importance to equip the youth of today with the knowledge and skills to become potential successful. This will not only help them in the difficult economic times we are currently experiencing, but it could also unlock a world of opportunity and a feeling of personal fulfillment.

1. The Background

There is nothing as boring as sitting in a class where the teacher does all the talking; it is not interesting, and there is no excitement. Therefore, I will base the lesson on the concept of “Shark Tank” the reality television series. Read more

The students will be the panel of investors, and I will present the concept of a business by a young entrepreneur to them with the end goal in mind that I will be able to convince at least one of them to invest in the business.

• The lesson will be simple and easy to follow, but not longer than 1,5 hours with a short question and answer sessions after each topic
• The lesson material will be visual, colorful, and presented on a multi-touch interactive whiteboard.
• There will be a clear goal.
• The goal will be achievable.
• The lesson will be on par with other learning facilities and exam requirements.
• They will each receive a 10,000$ cheque which they can use to invest

2. Introduction

Everybody loves a story.

I will be presenting my stepson’s roaring business selling ice cream as a ten-year-old. By doing this I will have their full attention as it is true story that they can relate to. If a boy of ten years can do it, so can they!

What they will also enjoy is knowing that they will be investors and they have to listen carefully as they will have to make a decision.

Through the presentation, I will cover the main points that they will have to consider when they decide if they want to invest or not. Points that will come in handy if they want to start their own businesses.

3. Project Overview

The students must understand the concept and how it all started.

• How the product was chosen
• The Purpose
• The Target market
• The Unique selling point (USP)
• The Economic Impact
• The Marketing

4. Cost Estimate

The estimated cost included the purchase and the completion of the concept.

➤ What is a fixed cost (the purchase of the product)?
➤ What is a variable cost (delivery cost, advertising, discount, etc.)?

5. Pricing Strategy

It is so important to find the right price for your products or concept, as it can easily be the downfall of a business.
The three main points on which the pricing of a product is based will be presented.

1. Cost-based or cost-plus pricing

2. Market-based pricing

3. Value-based pricing

6. Potential Profit Margin

It is important to get them involved. I will give them an order from a client, a mini supermarket at a filling station, and based on the cost and pricing structure I presented to them earlier, they can do their calculations.

There after, I will give them my potential sales and profit for selling ice creams all over our beautiful seaside and well-known holiday destination town, Ballito.

In closure

After the presentation, the floor will be theirs to ask me any questions they may have related to the business.
All that remains is to ask the million dollar questions, "Who is willing to invest?"

Homework

You cannot give a lesson and not give homework.

It is now up to them, either as individuals or as teams, to come up with a concept that they can present to a real panel of judges. This can be the school board or even local business owners who might be willing to sponsor a prize or two.
The students can now put what they have learned to the test.

Entrepreneurship education have the power to empower the next generation of innovators, job creators, and trailblazers who will help drive economic progress and solve the challenges we are all currently facing.

^{Except for the main images that was designed with Canva the rest of the images are my stepsons created by him with Canva.}

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