Pawing for Profits
📚 Teaching Guide: Pawing for Profits
This classroom guide helps teach entrepreneurship through the story-based book Pawing for Profits…
This vocabulary list highlights key business terms from Pawing for Profits…
Answer key for the chapter quizzes included in the Pawing for Profits curriculum…
📈 Chapter 1 Classroom Activity – Supply and Demand
Students explore how supply, demand, and equilibrium pricing work…
🤝 Chapter 2 Classroom Activity – Competitor Analysis Role Play
Students work in pairs to role-play as business owners and competitors…
🎨 Chapter 3 Classroom Activity – Build Your Brand
Students develop branding strategies by designing logos, slogans, and value propositions…
🎲 Chapter 4 Classroom Activity – Operational Challenges
Students draw scenario cards that introduce challenges or opportunities…
💸 Chapter 5 Classroom Activity – Managing Expenses
Students receive preset expense lists and budgets for their businesses…
🧮 Chapter 6 Classroom Activity – Profit Calculation
Students use income and expense data to calculate gross and net profits…
🎯 Chapter 7 Classroom Activity – Ideal Customer Profile
Students define and describe their target customers…
🛠️ Chapter 8 Classroom Activity – Business Roles Simulation
Students draw role cards that assign them specific business responsibilities…
⚡ Chapter 9 Classroom Activity – Efficiency Challenge
Students analyze workflows and brainstorm ways to improve efficiency…
🔀 Chapter 10 Classroom Activity – Opportunity Cost Decisions
Students evaluate different business opportunities…
📋 Chapter 11 Classroom Activity – Delegation Planning
Students practice assigning tasks among team members…
🏖️ Chapter 12 Classroom Activity – Peak Season Planning
Students plan marketing and operational strategies for peak seasons…
🔒 Chapter 13 Classroom Activity – Customer Retention Strategies
Students design loyalty programs, promotions, and services to retain customers…
🚨 Chapter 14 Classroom Activity – Crisis Management
Students work through business crisis scenarios…
🗣️ Chapter 15 Classroom Activity – Accountability Scripts
Students learn how to address missed expectations professionally…
🔮 Chapter 16 Classroom Activity – Forecasting Strategy
Students predict future business revenue and expenses…
🧠 Chapter 17 Activity – Reflection
Students reflect on what they learned about entrepreneurship…
🗓️ Chapter 18 Activity – Schedules & Conflicts
Students practice coordinating team schedules and resolving conflicts…
🌱 Chapter 19 Activity – Business Growth Planning
Students brainstorm and strategize ways to expand their businesses…