Montana middle school students undertake ‘economic adventure’ to learn about business

You can make a living doing what you love.

That was one of the lessons that teachers at Bozeman’s Sacajawea Middle School hoped their students would learn in an "economic adventure" project that sent sixth- and seventh-graders out to meet local people who own for-profit businesses and who work for nonprofit organizations.

"Our goal was to help them think beyond school walls, to see what real people do," said Wendy Morical, gifted education coordinator for the Bozeman School District.

"Since economics is in the news all the time, we thought it important that kids understand even the words" of economics, she added.

Six students talked Thursday about the eye-opening experiences they had visiting both nonprofits and businesses. As part of the project, students also had to come up with plans to start their own businesses.

GAIL SCHONTZLER, Chronicle Staff Writer

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