KS4 Curriculum Booklet 2017 - 18

Curriculum Overview KS3

Subject: Business Studies Overview effective from[date ]: September 2017

3.1 Business in the real world Teach before: 3.2 Influences on business

3.1.1 The purpose and nature of businesses

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To understand what a business is and the reasons for starting a business.

Reasons for starting a business include: producing goods, supplying services, distributing products, fulfilling a business opportunity and providing a good or service to benefit others.

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Business types – show pictures of a variety of businesses – students to explain what the purpose of each business is. Stretch and challenge opportunity – students to generate ideas of other businesses that are created for each purpose. What is a business – BBC Bitesize video Why start a business – BBC Bitesize article Reasons for starting a business will overlap with entrepreneur’s objectives. See section below for further ideas.

Purpose of business Reasons for starting a business