Creating a Business Plan Presentation

This is an activity that will help students learn how to create a business plan. Students will also learn how to use various technological tools such as MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Audacity, Internet Research, YouTube Videos, Jing, Online Forums, and Interactive Timelines.  I suggest that if you present this lesson to your class you allow students plenty of time to work on their ideas. Be sure to explain exactly what you expect from the presentation. When I completed this project with fifth graders I had so many that truly ran with the idea but they did not come up with a business that would "revolutionize" the 21st century although they did come up with a wonderful idea and presentation. If I taught this lesson again I would be sure to explain how the products and businesses of the Industrial Revolution actually revolutionized the world at that time in our history. I was hoping for an idea such as that of Bessemer's steal making process but a lot of students just took products that already exist and tweaked them. Although in this day and age I guess it could be a bit difficult to come up with the next iPhone or light bulb. 

Standards

Social Studies Standard (History and Economics):
̶ Students will demonstrate an understanding of major domestic and foreign devel-opments that contributed to the United States becoming a world power.
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̶ Students will analyze the people and the factors that led to Industrialization in the late 19th century United States.
̶ Standard SS.5.E.1 Students will investigate the roles of consumers and producers in the United States and apply the information to a real life event (e.g., bake sale, sporting events, booth at a fair, snack machines, etc.) using the concepts of
o sales (e.g., advertising and competition)
o expenses
o profits
o supply and demand
̶ Standard SS.5.E.2 Students will explain the concept of supply and demand to specific historic and current economic situations in the United States (e.g., slavery, oil, gas, Industrial Revolution, etc.).
̶ Standard SS.5.E.3 Students will critique the economic reasons for immigration and mi-gration throughout the United States during specific times in history and relate the information to the present (e.g., Great Migration, Ellis Island, etc.).
̶ Standard SS.5.E.5 Students will evaluate the role of agriculture and the impact of indus-trialization on the economic development of the United States.
̶ SS.5.H.CL5.1 Students will examine the Industrial Revolution was furthered by new in-ventions and technologies (e.g., light bulb, telegraph, automobile, assembly line, etc.).
̶ SS.5.H.CL5.2 Students will identify prominent inventors and scientists of the period and summarize their inventions or discoveries, (e.g., Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright Brothers, Henry Ford and Albert Einstein, etc.).
̶ SS.5.H.CL5.3 Students will explain the causes and effects of immigration and urbaniza-tion on the American economy during the Industrial Revolution (e.g., role of immigrants, the growth of cities, the shift to industrialization, the rise of big business and reform movements, etc.).
Language Arts Standards:
̶ Writing: Research to Build and Present Knowledge: ELA.5.W.C11.1 Students will conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of the topic.
̶ Writing: Research to Build and Present Knowledge: ELA.5.W.C11.2 Students will recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
̶ Writing: Text Types and Purposes ELA.5.W.C9.3 Students will write a narrative to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details and clear event sequences.
o Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
o Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
o Use a variety of transitional words, phrases and clauses to manage the se-quence of events.
o Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
o Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
̶ Speaking and Listening: Presentation of Knowledge and ideas ELA.5.SL.C14.2 Students will include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visuals displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

Credits

First of all I would like to thank my instructor Dr. Rita Daniel for giving me and guiding me in this assignment. I would like to thank Jaylayer Academy for sharing his knowledge of creating a PowerPoint presentation in a tutorial. Next I would like to thanks the authors of PBS.org for all their wonderful information on the Industrial Revolution as well as the authors of XTimeline.com for their information on the men of the Industrial Revolution. Bizkidz.com is also very appreciated thanks to their resource "Guide to Writing a Business Plan." Finally I would like to thank my family and all of the teachers out their who have supported and inspired me through my education journey. Bertha Scott I hope you will one day view this website and see how far I have come. Thank you.

Other

This is where I will make any announcements concerning the lesson or offer a discussion section for students who need further clarification. Enjoy this activity because it is meant to help you learn but at the same time have an intriguing experience creating your project.