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Mini-Society Entrepreneurial Education

The cost of inspirational art supplies that inspire a good or service, but are not "ready made" is $819, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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Mini-Society is a trademarked Entrepreneurial Education program designed for children 8- 12 years of age. During this program, students learn how to open and operate businesses authentically by creating their own stores within a self-created society. This is an experiential learning endeavor that takes more than 20 class hours to complete. The teacher acts as a facilitator only, while students are forced to design their own goods, services, laws, and resolutions. The class makes all decisions and ultimately creates a governing and economic system. Understanding resource allocation and scarcity principles are vital for economic success. Children create all of the business ideas, including marketing strategies and cost benefit analysis. They do market surveys, bookkeeping, and much more. Teachers must be specifically certified to teach Mini-Society. As a teacher of fifth grade social studies, I am excited to be able to offer this program to my students. Economics and fiscal literacy are emphasized during this year. I have successfully implemented this program with over 550 youth. As with most excellent programs, it requires material costs that add up quickly. Most needs are inspirational art supplies; those that inspire a good or service, but are not "ready made". Here's what www.minisociety.org has to say about this program: "Mini-Society is based on the belief that experience is the best teacher. The Mini-Society is an ongoing process of directly experiencing mature entrepreneurship, economic, social, ethical, and political problems, exploring various resolutions and their implications, and instituting solutions and experiencing the consequences of one's decisions. Because the Mini-Society is not just a simulation but a real world to the students, it becomes a highly motivating instructional system, encouraging independent, creative, self-directed inquiry learning by the students, with guidance from the teacher. Mini-Society students also exhibit measurable increases in positive attitudes toward school and learning."

Mrs. Thomas Gibsonville Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Gibsonville, NC View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
POSTER BOARD1 -- Pacon White Poster Board • Quill Corporation $26.99 2 $53.98
NO-SPILL PAINT CUPS -- Chenille Kraft No Spill Paint Cups • Quill Corporation $5.84 1 $5.84
QUILL DRY ERASE MARKERS CHISEL TIP -- Quill Dry Erase Markers; 4-Color Set • Quill Corporation $3.77 4 $15.08
PRE-STRUNG MERCHANDISE TAGS, 1-1/16X3/4 -- Tag size: 1 1/16x3/4" • Quill Corporation $15.29 1 $15.29
QUILL BRIGHT COLORED COPY PAPER-LTR SIZE,8-1/2 X 11,20 LB. -- Quill Brand Xtra-Brights Color Paper; Assorted Pack • Quill Corporation $7.49 1 $7.49
HEWLETT PACKARD RECYCLED OFFICE PAPER 8-1/2X11 -- HP Office Copy Paper; 8-1/2x11", Recycled • Quill Corporation $7.37 1 $7.37
ELMER'S GLUE-ALL, GALLON -- Elmer's Glue-All ; Gallon • Quill Corporation $10.34 1 $10.34
GLITTER GLUE PEN CLASSPACK -- Chenille Kraft Glitter Glue Pens Classpack • Quill Corporation $25.19 1 $25.19
GLUE PUMP -- Elmer's Glue Pump • Quill Corporation $15.29 1 $15.29
CRAYOLA DISPENSING PUMP -- Crayola Dispensing Pump • Quill Corporation $1.79 9 $16.11
SPARKLING GLITTER CRYSTAL, 4OZ CONTAINERS -- Spectra Glitter; 6-Jar Assortment • Quill Corporation $18.89 1 $18.89
Crayola Washable Paint - Set of 9 Gallons • Nasco $143.05 1 $143.05
NASCO Unlined Dry-Erase Boards - Set of Ten 9 x 12 Boards • Nasco $18.85 3 $56.55
Chenille Stems (Pipe Cleaners) - 1/4 Polyester Jumbo Stems Box of 1,000 • Nasco $15.16 1 $15.16
Glitter Poms Classroom Pack • Nasco $22.45 1 $22.45
Poster Board - Assorted (100 Sheets) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $35.22 1 $35.22
Lowercase Stamp Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $11.14 1 $11.14
Uppercase Stamp Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $11.14 1 $11.14
Pom Poms - Assorted Sizes • Kaplan Early Learning Company $12.00 1 $12.00
QUILL BRIGHT COLORED COPY PAPER-LTR SIZE,8-1/2 X 11,20 LB. -- Quill Brand Xtra-Brights Color Paper; Lemon • Quill Corporation $9.49 1 $9.49
QUILL BRIGHT COLORED COPY PAPER-LTR SIZE,8-1/2 X 11,20 LB. -- Quill Brand Xtra-Brights Color Paper; Green • Quill Corporation $9.49 1 $9.49
4 x 4 Economy Square Bean Bags • Nasco $11.47 1 $11.47
Wiggle Eyes Multi-Pack of 500 • Nasco $10.71 1 $10.71
Model Magic Classpack • Kaplan Early Learning Company $33.50 1 $33.50

Materials cost

$572.24

Vendor shipping charges

 $57.22

Sales tax

 $24.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$685.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.37

Total project goal

$835.37

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $835.37

5 Donors

-$797.06

Donations toward project cost

-$685.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$112.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.31

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