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Social Enterprise

CONCEPTUAL
Life Skills›Entrepreneurship|Ages 9—11|ID: mt_QepALf3bin

Using business skills to help others or solve social and environmental problems; making money AND making a difference; examples of social enterprises

Mastery Evidence

  • Explain what a social enterprise is in their own words (a business that helps people or the planet)
  • Give an example of a real social enterprise or charity shop
  • Suggest a social enterprise idea that could help their school or community

Assessment Prompt

“Could [child] come up with an idea for a business that both makes money and helps people or the environment?”

Prerequisites2

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  • Being a Good Seller soft

    Understanding ethical selling extends to social enterprise values

    • Making Something to Sell soft

      Selling experience provides context for understanding honest business practice

      • Needs & Wants soft

        Cross-domain: needs vs wants (Money & Finance) helps understand what makes a product desirable

        • What Money Is hard

          Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

      • Goods & Services hard

        Must know what goods are before creating a product to sell

      • Buyers & Sellers hard

        Must understand exchange before making something to sell

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

        • What Money Is soft

          Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

    • Who Is a Customer? hard

      Must understand customer concept before learning about customer service and trust

      • Making Something to Sell soft

        Making a product helps understand what customers want

        • Needs & Wants soft

          Cross-domain: needs vs wants (Money & Finance) helps understand what makes a product desirable

          • What Money Is hard

            Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must know what goods are before creating a product to sell

        • Buyers & Sellers hard

          Must understand exchange before making something to sell

          • Goods & Services hard

            Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

          • What Money Is soft

            Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

      • Buyers & Sellers hard

        Must understand buyers and sellers before exploring customer concept in depth

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

        • What Money Is soft

          Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

  • Having a Business Idea hard

    Must understand business ideas before applying them to social problems

    • Making Something to Sell hard

      Must have experience making something to sell before generating business ideas

      • Needs & Wants soft

        Cross-domain: needs vs wants (Money & Finance) helps understand what makes a product desirable

        • What Money Is hard

          Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

      • Goods & Services hard

        Must know what goods are before creating a product to sell

      • Buyers & Sellers hard

        Must understand exchange before making something to sell

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

        • What Money Is soft

          Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

    • Who Is a Customer? hard

      Must understand customers before spotting problems to solve for them

      • Making Something to Sell soft

        Making a product helps understand what customers want

        • Needs & Wants soft

          Cross-domain: needs vs wants (Money & Finance) helps understand what makes a product desirable

          • What Money Is hard

            Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must know what goods are before creating a product to sell

        • Buyers & Sellers hard

          Must understand exchange before making something to sell

          • Goods & Services hard

            Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

          • What Money Is soft

            Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

      • Buyers & Sellers hard

        Must understand buyers and sellers before exploring customer concept in depth

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

        • What Money Is soft

          Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

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