Building the Entrepreneurial Mindset 10, grade 9

Strand A: Business Leadership, Project Management, and Connections 

Overall Expectations: 

A2. Business Technologies 

demonstrate an understanding of business-related digital technologies and use them in a way that respects their own and others’ online safety and data security to complete a variety of business-related tasks and projects 

Specific Expectations: 

A2.2 analyze and compare the benefits, limitations, costs, and risks, including risks to online safety and data security, associated with various digital technologies, tools, and applications used to complete business-related tasks and projects 

A2.3 select and use the most appropriate digital technologies, tools, and applications to complete a variety of business-related tasks and projects 

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A3. Connections, Applications, and Careers 

analyze how business skills and knowledge can be applied in other subject areas and in a variety of careers 

Specific Expectations: 

A3.1 describe ways in which problem solving and creative and critical thinking can be applied to address local and global real-world opportunities and challenges 

A3.2 analyze and explain how business skills and knowledge, including financial literacy, can support learning in other subject areas, in-school job skills programs, and community-based programs 

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 Strand C: Business Communications  

Overall Expectations: 

C1. Developing and Organizing Ideas 

generate and develop ideas for a variety of business texts, including digital and media texts, and research, synthesize, and organize the ideas and information 

Specific Expectations: 

C1.1 identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various business texts they plan to create, and choose a business text form to suit the purpose and audience 

C1.2 research, synthesize, and organize information from a variety of sources to support the topic and purpose of various business texts and to provide accurate and credible communication 

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C2. Creating Business Texts 

create a variety of draft business texts, including digital and media texts, using clear language as well as appropriate business terminology, text forms, design elements, and digital tools and techniques 

Specific Expectations: 

C2.1 draft business texts for a variety of purposes and audiences using clear language as well as appropriate business terminology, text forms, and digital tools and techniques 

C2.2 research and select appropriate and accessible fonts, colours, and visual elements to enhance the graphic design and format of their business texts, using digital tools and techniques 

C2.3 revise draft business texts, including editing and proofreading them, to improve clarity, accuracy, accessibility, and effectiveness, using various strategies and seeking and selectively using feedback 

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C3. Publishing and Presenting 

publish and present final business texts in an accessible format, including digital and media texts, using appropriate digital and oral presentation tools and techniques 

Specific Expectations: 

C3.1 publish final business texts using appropriate digital tools and techniques to inform and persuade an intended audience 

C3.2 present final business texts using appropriate digital and oral presentation tools and techniques to inform and persuade an intended audience 

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