Enterprise teaching resources to help stimulate & motivate ks3 & ks4 students of all abilities
106 Resources available for download in this subject
Produced in conjunction with ASTs and business advisors, the lesson plans, assemblies and form time activities bring real entrepreneurs experiences into the classroom.
Students explore the concept of success and indeed failure of entrepreneurial ideas and how to assess these outcomes.
The enterprise teaching resources are designed so that they can fit easily into your timetable, sequentially or as independent exercises to suit your own context. They can also be used across mixed ability groups.
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KS3 - What is enterprise? - 4 lessons
An introduction to enterprise and entrepreneurial skills. Includes enterprise lessons using case studies, student activities and review, and problem-solving.
KS3 - Enterprise and the community - 4 lessons
A module of 4 lessons using enterprise skills and qualities to make changes in local communities.
KS3 - Economic Ideas - 4 lessons
Students are introduced to basic economic ideas including trade, currency and taxation.
KS3-4 - Financial capability - 1 form time activity
KS3 or KS4 - Financial capability, short activity for form periods or as a lesson filler
KS3-4 - What's the point? - Assembly plan
Assembly plan. This helps the students understand how important personal development education is to their studying.
KS4 - Changes in the World of Work - 6 lessons
A history of changes in the world of work and how to prepare to keep up with the ever continuous change.
KS4 - Financial Risks in Business - 5 lessons
Discussing the different financial risks in business and how to deal with them.
KS4 - Implementation of New Business Ideas - 6 lessons
Building on the innovation lessons for KS4 enterprise, these activities take a closer look at the business angle of implementing a new idea and whether an idea is good enough to work.
KS4 - Innovation Throughout History - 6 enterprise lessons
Enterprise teaching resources for key stage 4, including gadgets, the Internet and a chair! All these and more are covered in these lessons exploring innovation throughout history.
KS4 - Stock Exchange - 6 lessons
Enterprise teaching resources for key stage 4 that teach students about buying and selling shares on the stock exchange.
KS4 - Uncertainty in the Workplace - 6 lessons
This module explores the concept of uncertainty both in work and life. How have people and companies coped with uncertainty in the past?
KS4 - Pitching ideas - 3 form time activities
Three pitching ideas lessons for key stage 4 enterprise.
KS4 - Enterprise Assessment Tool
Download our easy to use enterprise assessment tool for key stage 4 students. Effective assessment plus improving ICT skills all at once.
What is enterprise?
Enterprise is defined as an organisation or plan, particularly designed to earn money, while enterprising defines someone who is good at thinking of and doing new and difficult things, especially things that will make money. In the current economic climate, standing out from the crowd will be vital for your students as they progress through further and higher education into the world of work.
Enterprise in school
As part of the programme of study for Economic wellbeing and financial capability, enterprise education seeks to encourage student to explore what it means to be enterprising. This could mean looking at their own qualities, problem solving or managing risks. As a non-statutory curriculum requirement, it can challenging to find space in your timetable to cover these topics, so there are a range of teaching resources, including lesson plans, assemblies and form time activities of varying lengths to meet your requirement.
Enterprise topics
Our enterprise teaching resources cover the following topics: what is enterprise?, enterprise and the community, economic ideas, financial capability, changes in the world of work, financial risks in business, implementing new business ideas, innovation throughout history, stock exchange, uncertainty in the workplace and pitching ideas. There are also teaching resources for enterprise week (in November) and a student assessment tool.
Cross Curricular – WRL and Form Time
You may also find that some of the learning outcomes for enterprise can also be supported by modules from our work-related learning or form time teaching resources.