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About The Resource
The Business Builders Unit Of Work is a practical project based learning resource designed to introduce students to entrepreneurship, innovation and business creation through the process of developing their own small business idea. Across the unit, students work in teams to move from early ideation through to a final pitch, learning how successful businesses identify opportunities, understand customers, build brands and communicate value.
Working through a startup style process, students begin by exploring what entrepreneurship is and why businesses succeed when they solve genuine problems for customers. They analyse real world business examples, investigate how leading brands have innovated within competitive markets and form balanced teams that mirror real startup environments by identifying strengths and assigning roles.
As the unit progresses, students create customer personas, conduct market research, define their value proposition and develop a minimum viable product. They then explore branding, logo design, pricing strategies, budgeting, marketing and digital presence as they shape a business concept that is both practical and commercially viable.
The unit culminates in a final shark tank style pitch where each team presents its business idea, explains its customer value and justifies key business decisions. Designed to build collaboration, creativity, financial literacy, communication and problem solving skills, this unit gives students a highly engaging introduction to entrepreneurship while helping them understand how ideas become real businesses.
Age Group
High School Students
Learning Time
10 weeks of classroom delivery. Approximately 20 x 60-minute lessons, with flexibility for extended project work.
Student Output
Students develop and pitch a small business concept along with branding, pricing, marketing ideas and visual materials that demonstrate how their idea could operate.
Delivery Format
Digital download including editable PowerPoint, Word documents, and printable PDF resources.
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What's Included
Upon purchasing the Business Builders Unit Of Work, you will receive a downloadable bundle of teaching resources designed to support the delivery of a full project based learning unit centred around entrepreneurship, business development and innovation.
The resource package includes a mix of editable teaching materials and ready to use student templates to help educators deliver the program with ease. The unit overview, unit plan and lesson slide decks are provided in editable formats so teachers can adapt the materials to suit their classroom and curriculum needs. Student facing resources such as templates and task sheets are provided as PDF documents ready to print or distribute digitally.
Unit Overview (3 Page Editable Word Document): A high level overview of the unit outlining the weekly structure, learning objectives and classroom activities.
Task Sheet With Challenge Overview (PDF): A student facing brief outlining the challenge, focus areas and final pitch expectations.
Lesson Slide Decks (20 x Editable PowerPoint Slide Decks): Presentation slides designed to guide each stage of the unit, introducing concepts, activities, case studies and classroom prompts.
Printable Student Templates (15 x Printable PDF Documents): A collection of printable worksheets designed to support customer personas, competitor analysis, value proposition work, branding, pricing and marketing.
10 Week Unit Plan (16 Page Editable Word Document): A detailed week by week teaching guide including lesson objectives, activity instructions and materials required.
Guide to Team Formation (PDF): A practical guide for educators outlining recommended approaches for forming effective student teams during the project.
These resources have been designed to support educators in delivering a complete entrepreneurship project, giving students the tools and guidance they need to explore ideas, develop practical business concepts and communicate them clearly.
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