Here are some enterprise icebreakers to get young people thinking like an entrepreneur! Useful for introducing a lesson on business skills, money or innovation.

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A fun financial education board game activity aimed at Key Stage 3 (11-14 year olds) to increase their understanding of financial terms and the impact of the financial decisions we make. Ideal for Citizenship, Business Studies or PSHE teachers. Participants will increase their understanding of financial terms and grasp the negative/positive impact of financial decisions. Covers: Bank, Credit Card, Interest, High Interest Savings Accounts, Credit History, Loan Shark, Inheritance, Microfinance, and Bankruptcy. Contents: Lesson Plan, instructions, video (link), board, die and counters. MyBnk provide a range of money skills workshops. Their flagship programme has the UK's highest effectiveness rating of any youth financial education project. (Money Advice Service)

Understand the basics of investing, how it works, and the risks and rewards involved - particularly when listening to social media and influencers. These games, quizes, videos and audio resources can be delivered in the classroom via PowerPoint or as an online independent learning task. Both take around 15 minutes. This resource has been created for Global Money Week 2021. A worldwide campaign to raise awareness of financial education for young people. More info here.

Ideal for Global Entrepreneurial Week. This activity is all about getting young people to think enterprise wise. It will encourage them to use their creative thinking skills to create pitch a product. The Magic Bag activity practices the basic tenets of enterprise and entrepreneurship as participants begin to think about how they could market their own products in the future.

Here we interview entrepreneurs and philanthropists about their paths to success and the challenges they faced!

Here we interview entrepreneurs and philanthropists about their paths to success and the challenges they faced!

Here we interview entrepreneurs and philanthropists about their paths to success and the challenges they faced!

Here we interview entrepreneurs and philanthropists about their paths to success and the challenges they faced!

Here we interview entrepreneurs and philanthropists about their paths to success and the challenges they faced!

Here we interview entrepreneurs and philanthropists about their paths to success and the challenges they faced!

10m people in 104 countries are focusing lessons on GEW from 14th November - here are some enterprise icebreakers to get young people thinking like an entrepreneur! Useful for introducing a lesson on business skills, money or innovation. Fun and interactive activities challenge participants to be innovative and examine how branding and advertising help make a business idea effective. Young people also explore social entrepreneurship by identifying a problem in their community and coming up with a solution to solve it.

Introduce students to the concept of currency, different forms money around the world and why countries use different currencies. Comes as a two part PowerPoint led classroom resource and Includes Educator Note, games, quizzes and short activities. Total time 40 minutes. Students will be asked to complete short activities, leading to them creating their own new currency, taking into account key terms learnt earlier such as exchange rates, design, symbol and form. This resource has been created for Global Money Week 2021. A worldwide campaign to raise awareness of financial education for young people. More info here.

This resource is designed to guide groups of young people through the steps of creating an enterprising idea. The key aspects of an idea are explored on the worksheet, and can act as: • The first step at the beginning of a short or long term enterprise project • A standalone ideation session for young people to understand the elements of creating an enterprise idea • A framework to prepare an elevator pitch presentation • A focussed brainstorming activity prior to the development of a more detailed business plan