Author: katievale22

Create a Company and Have a Job Fair with your Students!

This is one of my most favorite lessons I’ve ever done with my kids.  Also, when I polled my kids in 2022, this was their favorite project all year.  You can do it too!  It is meaningful, wrapped around curriculum and standards, and kids are fully creating their businesses.  This lasts about two weeks in my class, and you can make it shorter or longer depending on how much time you have.  This would be a really cool end-of-year project, but you could fit it in anywhere.  

My students loved their brands so much that they would come in at lunch to complete their banners, logos, and interview questions.  

On day one, the kids read an article about kid entrepreneurs and how much money they are making with their products.  I’m sure there are videos out there as well. 

Day two, I have paired the kids up, and they have to start brainstorming about their business.  

Days three to five the kids are in full creation mode.  Making logos, posters, flyers, doing research where their business will be located, creating job interview questions, creating job descriptions.  

Days six and seven, I confer with each business to make sure they are ready for the Job Fair we are putting on.  We do mock interviews, and then we go down the hall to invite several classes to join the Job Fair the next day.  (I have arranged classes to come in, and the teacher I arranged with sends 5-10 students at a time to the fair).  

On day eight, my room is transformed into a Job Fair.  See below.  My students take this so seriously.  By this time, they LOVE their businesses, and they are serious about the people they interview.

 

 

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On the final day of the project, the kids write and deliver offer letters to the people they want to hire.  So Fun!  

Find all documents below, do this project and tag me in it!  I LOVE IT!  

You are creating a company with your partner.pptxCreate a Company.docx

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