Who creates jobs-and what happens when people can't find them?
Using Senegal as a case study, students examine how entrepreneurship, business regulations, and public policy shape economic opportunity. Through the story of entrepreneur Magatte Wade, they explore why some communities struggle to create enough jobs, how barriers to business growth can affect workers and families, and why the search for opportunity often leads people to leave home.
As students evaluate Wade's perspective, they'll consider questions that extend far beyond Senegal: What drives prosperity? What keeps businesses from growing? What role should policy play in creating opportunity? Rather than offering simple answers, this lesson helps students connect entrepreneurship, poverty, migration, and economic development to the choices individuals and nations face.
Rather than offering simple answers, this lesson helps students connect entrepreneurship, poverty, migration, and economic development to the choices individuals and nations face.
What's Included in a Lesson:
Discover the comprehensive resources included in our Who Creates Jobs in Senegal lesson:
- Student video viewing guide (with a note-taking section and 4 thematic questions)
- Video Lesson
- Lesson activity one
- Online formative assessment
- Lesson activity two
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Lesson Presentation:
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Lesson Resources:
Our comprehensive Lesson Resources section includes an Educator How-To-Use Guide, providing step-by-step instructions and strategies for seamless lesson implementation. Engage your students with the Student Viewing Guide, which focuses their attention on key concepts and promotes active learning during the video lesson. Extend the learning experience with Lesson Activity One and Lesson Activity Two, offering interactive exercises that reinforce understanding and encourage critical thinking. With these carefully crafted resources at your fingertips, you'll have everything you need to create a dynamic and immersive educational journey for your students.
Online Formative Assessment:
Each lesson has an 11-question formative assessment, ten multiple choice questions, and one written response that will test your students' general understanding of the video. This can be done in class with technology or issued for homework.
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