"Selling is important in all professions because it involves synthesizing information and persuading people." Rather than using this as a lesson on how to sell a product, this resource might best be used as an inquiry into what goes into attracting customers, including recognizing the human attributes or practices that salespeople attempt to target in their marketing strategies.

Concepts

advertising, entrepreneurs, careers

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Additional Tags

advertising, entrepreneur, social studies

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Pros

• Collaborative activity with a variety of possible creative extensions
• Incorporates teamwork strategies and real-life applications

Cons

• Would be best to combine this lesson with another subject matter rather than used as a stand-alone lesson