YOUNG WOMEN�S TECH

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EBC-BUSHWICK H.S.

Lesson 1 � (Welcome/Overview & Intro To Media Literacy)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students and teacher will get to know each other.
� Students will understand scope of program and expectations of them.
� Students will gain awareness and skills around issues of Media Literacy.

Lesson 2 � (Media Literacy)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students will continue to discuss Media Literacy and will critically examine messages relayed on TV shows they watched.
� Students will critically examine magazines geared to teen girls and women.

Lesson 3 � (Entrepreneurship)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students will explore traditional and nontraditional careers of women around the world.
� Students will identify present and potential businesses for young women in the Bushwick area.
� Students will use �careercruising.com� to determine the best careers/businesses to develop for themselves.

Lesson 4 � (Digital Collage � Gathering Images)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students will gather images of themselves, role models in their particular field, and objects related to their particular field.
� Students will learn to scan images, and to save them to their folder on the network.
� Students will learn to save images from digital file to their folder on the network.
� Students will learn to save images from the Internet to their folder on the network.

Unit Outcomes

� Students will create a collage using construction paper and the images they�ve gathered.
� Students will respond to literature re: traditional/nontraditional careers of women.
� Students will create a shout out page.

UNIT 2 � INTRODUCTION TO HTML

Lesson 1 � (Introduction)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students will learn HTML terms and concepts.
� Students will review html source codes and identify tags and basic text structures.

Lesson 2

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students will open notepad to begin creating their first homepage.
� Students will learn the head and body section.
� Students will manipulate background color and text.

Lesson 3

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students will manipulate text and create lists.
� Students will link to other pages.

Lesson 4

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students will place images on their pages.
� Students will create tables.

Unit Outcome

Students will build their own homepage that requires them to write in HTML.

UNIT 3- INTRODUCTION TO POWER POINT

Lesson 1 � (Introduction)

Lesson Performance Objectives:
� Students will create slides
� Students will make changes to slides

Lesson 2 -

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students will add images and charts.
� Students will add motion & sound.
� Students will learn timing and rehearsing.

Unit Outcome

Students will create a presentation on their personal �Business Plan.�

UNIT 4 � INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP

Lesson 1 � (Introduction)

Lesson Performance Objective:

� Students gain a basic understanding of Photoshop and begin to create their digital collage.
Lesson 2 � (Digital Collage � open studio)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students work independently to finish their Digital Collage.
� Student work independently on �Artist�s Statement� to accompany Digital Collage.

Lesson 3 � (Digital Collage � Student Presentations)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Students work independently to finish Digital Collage and statement to accompany the Digital Collage, and prepare for their presentation.
� Students present their collages to the group and discuss the images chosen, themes represented, and techniques used to create it.

Unit Outcome

Students will create a digital collage using the images they�ve gathered and an artist�s statement to present to the class.

Course Outcome

Students will produce an on line magazine that will demonstrate their skills, and talents.

UNIT 5 � INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Lesson 1 - (What is an Entrepreneur?)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Analyze differences between an employee and an entrepreneur.
� Explain how small business helps the economy.
� List some statistics on the numbers of small businesses owned by women and minorities.

Lesson 2 � (Opportunity Recognition)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� To identify five roots of opportunity.
� To suggest a business opportunity based on a given situation.
� To evaluate the necessary ingredients for a business partnership.

Lesson 3 � (The Right Stuff)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� To evaluate their own entrepreneurial potential.
� To evaluate how childhood challenges can help an entrepreneur.
� To match skills and interests to possible businesses.
� To examine possible goals.

Lesson 4 � (Preparing Income Statements)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� To prepare an income statement from figures in a word problem.
� To explain the various types of costs.
� To analyze why an income statement is important for a business.

Lesson 5 � (Business Ideas)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� To select a business idea.
� To identify ways of finding an appropriate business.

Lesson 6 � (Marketing/Market Research)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� To list the four "P's " of marketing: product, place, price, promotion.
� To explain the differences between selling and marketing.
To explain why a marketing plan is important.
� To explain why market research is important.
� To conduct market research for the prospective business.
� To outline a marketing plan.

Lesson 7 � (Keys to Success)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� To state two keys to business success.
� To identify prospective markets.
� To explain the four functions of every business.

Lesson 8 � (Technology Works)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� To list technology products helpful in business.
� To list ways computers are used in business.
� To explain how to protect a computer.
� To explore and evaluate web sites.

Lesson 9 � (Supply and Demand/Forecasting Supply and Demand)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� To explain the relationship between supply, demand, and price.
� To recognize factors that affect supply, demand, and price.
� To explain how competition affects the price and quality of products
through market forces.
� To recognize factors that affect supply and demand.
� To read and construct a supply and demand graph to find the market clearing price.

Lesson 10 � (Promotion and Binding)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� Explain how promotion is both advertising and publicity and cite examples.
� Identify the parts of a print advertisement.
� Analyze what type of promotion would fit particular businesses and markets.
� Evaluate electronic storefronts.

Lesson 11 � (Raising Capital)

Lesson Performance Objectives:

� To explain the objectives of venture capitalists.
� To explore sources of venture capital.
� To use a search engine to find information on specific topics.

Please Note: Unit 5 will be interjected throughout the curriculum. The Unit Outcome will be the �Business Plan� Powerpoint Presentation (See Unit 3 - Student Outcomes)