SUMMARY

6th-9th Grade Curriculum

The following is a weekly breakdown of the 2025 schedule for the Altgeld Gardens Entrepreneurship training program. These sessions will take place once a week for 1 hour per session.

WEEK 1 -  ASSESSMENT AND INTRO TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Week 1 will start will an assessment to see where are students are in their understanding of entrepreneurship. This will give us insight into where our starting point is in correlation with our end goals of the enrichment. After the assessment we will focus on defining Entrepreneurship on a very basic level and exposing our students to young entrepreneurs so that they can see examples of the possibilities.

WEEK 1

What is Entrepreneurship Assessment

We will cover the basics of entrepreneurship starting with an assessment of our students current knowledge base on the subject.

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WEEK 1

What is Entrepreneurship Curriculum

Week one covers the definition of entrepreneurship. The students learn how to define entrepreneurship as well as how to identify the characteristics of an entrepreneur.

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WEEK 1

Teaching Aids and Supplements

These are the teaching supplements for "What is Entrepreneurship" curriculum.

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WEEK 2 - RECOGNIZING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITES & PLANNING TO START YOUR BUSINESS

This financial education course guides students through their own personal journey of becoming an entrepreneur. Tasked with starting their own food truck business, students must create a balanced budget, make informed business decisions, and even perfect their business pitch. The course presents learning in a real-life context, using case studies and interactive business simulations to teach students how to think entrepreneurially in business and in life.

WEEK 2

Curriculum Overview

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WEEK 2

Curriculum

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 2

Teaching Aids and Supplements

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WEEK 3 - THE ENTREPRENEUR IN YOU/HOW ARE BUSINESSES STARTED

This financial education course guides students through their own personal journey of becoming an entrepreneur. Tasked with starting their own food truck business, students must create a balanced budget, make informed business decisions, and even perfect their business pitch. The course presents learning in a real-life context, using case studies and interactive business simulations to teach students how to think entrepreneurially in business and in life.

WEEK 3

Curriculum Overview

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 3

Curriculum

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 3

Teaching Aids and Supplements

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 4 - PLANNING TO START YOUR BUSINESS

This financial education course guides students through their own personal journey of becoming an entrepreneur. Tasked with starting their own food truck business, students must create a balanced budget, make informed business decisions, and even perfect their business pitch. The course presents learning in a real-life context, using case studies and interactive business simulations to teach students how to think entrepreneurially in business and in life.

WEEK 4

Curriculum Overview

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 4

Curriculum

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 4

Teaching Aids and Supplements

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 5 - PLANNING TO START YOUR BUSINESS CONT.

This class session will focus on identifying a central problem in many underserved communities: Food Deserts. It will explore what they are and why do they exist.

WEEK 5

Curriculum Overview

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WEEK 5

Curriculum

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 5

Teaching Aids and Supplements

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 6 - GROUP PRESENTATIONS, INTRO TO FREIGHT FARM

This class session will focus on identifying the ways in which we can work to eradicate the food deserts in the community using the freight farm.

WEEK 6

Curriculum Overview

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WEEK 6

Curriculum

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 6

Teaching Aids and Supplements

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 7 - ENTRREPRENEURSHIP (SOLVING THE PROBLEM)

BOWEN HARVEST PROGRAM OVERVIEW AND CONTAINER FARM TOUR

The students will get a full tour of the freight farm that will be conducted by one of our Bowen Harvest student entrepreneurs. They will get a full overview of Bowen Harvest and how it fulfils our mission of being an entrepreneurship operation that services the community.

WEEK 7

Curriculum Overview

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WEEK 7

Curriculum

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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WEEK 7

Teaching Aids and Supplements

Change the color to match your brand or vision, add your logo, choose the perfect layout, modify menu settings, add animations, add shape dividers, increase engagement with call to action and more.

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