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Biz Kid$: The World Is A Risky Place

28 minutes 5 seconds

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Taking risks in life is important, but you want to be smart about those risks. Learn about liability, contracts, and insurance, and how having these in place can protect your business, your assets, and yourself. Meet two young tennis coaches who protect themselves with contracts, and the owner of Small Town Skateshop who keeps his business insured.

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Runtime: 28 minutes 5 seconds

Topic: Business
Subtopic: Consumer Education
Grade/Interest Level: 5 - 10
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Release Year: 2009
Producer/Distributor: Film Ideas, Inc
Series: BizKid$
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Closeup of a middle-aged woman smiling and looking down at a pink sheet of paper. Caption. Ok, can I have it back, please?

Closeup of a girl speaking while seated in a classroom. Other children sit behind her at desks. Caption. Who suffered from the genocide in 1994.

Closeup of 2 teenage boys looking at each other and talking. Caption. That helps pay for roads and schools.

Black and white rearview photo of a person dressed in collared shirt and vest looking towards a female colleague walking into an office setting. Caption. Darla Dollar could make a hermit ditch his cave.

Closeup of a man wearing glasses, left hand raised with index finger pointing to his head. Caption. See, a business supplies goods or services for money.

Giraffe statue wears a plastic Elvis-style wig next to a wide-mouthed hippopotamus statue in an army helmet. Caption. You know, like, I was never meant to be.

Teenage girl wearing a white t-shirt and red shorts stands next to a lap swimming pool. Text on t-shirt reads, "Lifeguard." Caption. Because we're helping the community.

David Letterman look-alike in mid-speech holds up a card. Text on card reads, "Later Show Top 5 List." Caption. Yeah!

Young woman looks up and smiles. Next to her, a computer screen projects the image off a teenage boy sitting for an interview. Caption. Savings account.

Closeup of a boy with lips parted in mid speech. Caption. There are lots of things you can do.

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Joan A. (Delavan, WI)

March 4th, 2015 at 10:02 AM

Sometimes the talk and information move too fast.