Overview:
In this lesson, students will read and analyze informational text comparing and contrasting themes and ideas. Students will learn about innovation and where innovative ideas come from. Students will research and report on innovative businesses.
NBEA Standard(s):
- Entrepreneurship, I. Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
- Marketing, I. Foundations of Marketing
- Management, III. Business Organization
- Information Technology, XVII. Information Technology and Business Functions
Knowledge@Wharton High School Articles:
- “Where Do Ideas Come From?”
- “What Is Innovation?”
- “Thoughtful Approach: Developing a Questioning Mind and Spirit”
- “Thinking Like an Innovator: The Power of Experimentation”
- “Learning to Embrace the Impractical and Think More Creatively”
- “Inside Innovation: Tackling the World’s Most Pressing Problems”
- “Innovators Must Master the Art of Brainstorming”
- “How Dungeons & Dragons Sparks Business Insight”
- “How a Teen Joined Tesla’s Supercharger Analytics Team”
- “Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Thoughts from Gen Z on the Future of Technology”
- “CEO Alex Poscente Unveils Her Plan for an Augmented Reality App”
- “Aspiring Scientists Launch the World’s Lightest Satellites”
- “Aspiring Entrepreneurs Take Note: 4 Tips from a Venture Capitalist Investor”
- “A Hackathon How-to”
- “5 Questions for Amber Yang, Master of the ‘Space Debris Apocalypse’”
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