THE WORLD COURSE
THIRD GRADE: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL
INTERDEPENDENCE THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
IN CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURING

Theme

E Xploring and experimenting with social entrepreneurship to address
global issues, especially around child labor; Understanding and address—

ing social and global issues from an inter—disciplinary lens using the perspec—

tives of multiple stakeholders such as individuals, businesses, and NGOS.

Description

In this year, students learn about entrepreneurship and managing a business.
They Start with knowing that they have to make their own kind of chocolate
but based on the multiple processes that underpin chocolate manufacturing as
it moves from raw material to a finished product. Students also examine the
growth of chocolate as a global phenomenon through a historical perspective.
The students work in groups and imagine that they are the owners of a choco—
late business that they want to expand into three different countries. Students
are introduced to a pen pal from each of those countries and learn about those
countries’ cultural values and norms and begin to recognize some of the ste—
reotypes about them. Throughout the year, students “manage” a business by
monitoring the associated expenses, developing a business strategy, and creating
a prototype. Students learn about different physical markets in the world, focus—
ing specifically in three countries they study, and are informed that they can sell

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