• Elementary School
  • JA Ourselves
  • JA Our Families
  • JA Our Community
  • JA Our City
  • JA Our Region
  • JA Our Nation
  • JA More than Money
  • Biz Kid$
  • JA BizTown
  • Junior Achievement $ave, USA Lessons
• Middle School
  • JA America Works
  • JA Economics for Success
  • JA Finance Park
  • JA Global Marketplace
  • JA It's My Business!
  • JA's Biz Kid$
  • Junior Achievement $ave, USA Lessons
• High School
  • JA Banks in Action
  • JA Be Entrepreneurial
  • JA Business Ethics
  • JA Careers with a Purpose
  • JA Company Program
  • JA Economics
  • JA Exploring Economics
  • JA Finance Park
  • JA Job Shadow
  • JA Personal Finance
  • JA Success Skills
  • JA Titan
  • Junior Achievement $ave, USA Lessons
  • Global JA Titan Challenge
• Scholarships
• Correlations
• Evaluations
• Supplements
  • Biz Kid$
  • Economic Investigations
  • Excellence through Ethics
  • JA Current Economic Climate
  • JA Travel and Tourism
  • Microsoft Unlimited Potential Technology Curriculum
  • JA Searching for Savings
• Student Events
• JA AfterSchool ®
  • Overview
  • JA More than Money™ (Grades 3-5)
  • JA It's My Business!™ (Grades 6-8)
  • JA Company Program™ (Grades 9-12)
  • Junior Achievement
    $ave USA™
 

Elementary School Programs :: JA Our Region™

JA Our Region introduces students to entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurs use resources to produce goods and services in a community. Students solve problems by weighing risks and rewards. Five required, volunteer-led sessions.

The objectives listed beside each session state the skills and knowledge students will gain.

Session One: Am I an Entrepreneur? Students explore well-known businesses, their origins, and the traits common to the entrepreneurs who started them. Objectives Students will be able to: Recognize the impact entrepreneurs have on a community or a region. Apply traits common to successful entrepreneurs to their own skills and abilities.

Session Two: Regional Resources: Tools for Entrepreneurs Students are introduced to resources and how entrepreneurs use resources to offer products and services in a region. Objectives Students will be able to: Recognize natural, human, and capital resources. Analyze products and services that can be offered by using resources.

Session Three: The Hot Dog Stand Students learn about the fundamental tasks performed by a business owner and play a game that allows them to see money coming in and going out of a business. Objectives Students will be able to: Explain the importance of keeping an accurate account of a business’ financial information. Track the revenue and expenses of a business. Recognize the fundamental tasks required to run a business.

Session Four: Entrepreneurs are Problem Solvers! Students journey through the complex world of business problem solving by weighing potential risks and rewards and tracking the outcome of their choices. Objectives Students will be able to: Apply the business problem-solving process. Recognize that there are potential risks and rewards to business decisions.

Session Five: My Region in the World Students demonstrate the supply chain through a hands-on manufacturing and trade experience. Objectives Students will be able to: Recognize the interdependence of resource providers, businesses, and consumers. Apply the supply chain to a manufacturing example.

JA Our Region enhances students’ learning of the following concepts and skills:

Concepts — Advertising, Business fundamentals, Capital resources, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur characteristics, Expense, Finance tracking, Human resources, Inventory, Loss, Manufacturing, Natural resources, Price, Products, Profit, Region, Resources, Revenue, Reward, Risk, Services, Supply, Supply chain, Trade, Transportation

Skills — Analyzing information, Categorizing data, Decision making, Evaluating alternatives, Following directions, Mathematics, Oral and written communication, Reading for understanding, Working in pairs and groups

JA Our Region is a series of five sessions recommended for students in fourth grade. The average time for each session is 45 minutes. Materials are packaged in a self-contained kit that includes detailed session plans for the volunteer and materials for 32 students.

All JA programs are designed to support the skills and competencies identified by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. These programs also augment school-based, work-based, and connecting activities for communities with school-to-work initiatives.

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