Murray State University Center for Economic Education would like to provide your grade 4-12 students with the opportunity to gain a better understanding of economics and showcase their business ideas. 

 Participate in the Fourth Annual Entrepreneurial Fair!  The Fair will be held at Murray State University in the Curris Center Ballroom on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from 9:00 am. - 1:00 pm.  All your students--social studies, consumer education, technology, business education, etc.--can participant.  All interested teachers will find complete teacher materials, including lesson plans, both teacher and student packets with all forms and applications below.

 Participating students will prepare for the Fair by studying economics, identifying a business opportunity, completing a basic business plan, estimating production costs, developing a marketing and advertising plan, displaying their product or service, and presenting their business idea to the judges.  These lessons and exercises should provide the students with a valuable learning experience in economics and business. (See Lessons and Resources below.)

 Interested teachers should send an email expressing their interest to fair@murraystate.edu by April 23, 2010.

Each school is responsible for transportation, sack lunches, supervising teachers, and parental consent with medical information and if pictures can be taken of their child. 

 We feel this will be a rewarding experience for your students and should help improve state assessment scores. This real-life activity will make the students more knowledgeable citizens.

Questions?  Just ask!  Call 270-556-2113 or 270-809-4277

 Lessons and Forms -
(These are all in Word document format and can be downloaded.)

Table of Contents

Read Me First
Teacher Packet

Pre/Post Test

Student Packet

Lesson 1 - Am I An Entrepreneur

Lesson 2 - Business Organization

Lesson 3 - What Shall I Produce

Lesson 4 - Productive Resources

Lesson 5 - How Much Consumers Buy

Lesson 6 - Market and Sell the Product

Lesson 7 - Creating a Business Plan

Lesson 8 - Will I Make a Profit
Bonus Lesson - Economic Systems