UNIT DESCRIPTION: Finding My Place In The Community SUGGESTED UNIT TIMELINE: 2 Lessons This unit is designed to help students understand that there are many occupations in CLASS PERIOD (min.): 30 minutes each which personal preferences can be a part of their future work. Students will complete a checklist that identifies their preferences for working conditions. This checklist will be used as an exploration guide throughout the current year and saved for comparison/assessment next year. Students will be introduced to various career explorations of electronic and print resources, software, Web Quests and bibliographic resources. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: 1. How does understanding one’s interests and strengths relate to career exploration? 2. Why is researching a career important in the career decision-making process? ESSENTIAL MEASURABLE LEARNING OBJECTIVES CCSS LEARNING GOALS CROSSWALK TO STANDARDS (Anchor GLEs/CLEs PS CCSS OTHER DOK Standards/Clusters) ASCA The student will identify personal and CD.7.A.04: RF.4.3 CD A. DOK Level 3 – W.4.8 Compare Students will educational interests and strengths in common SL.4.1 interests and acquire the with those of a worker in the local community. SL.4.3 strengths with skills to SL.4.4 those of investigate the L.4.1 workers in the world of work L.4.3 local in relation to L.4.4 L.4.5 community. knowledge of L.4.6 self and to make informed career DOK Level 1,2 CD.7.B.04: decisions. – Identify CD C. Students school and will understand community the relationship resources between available for training and the exploration of world of work. the six career paths. DOK Level 2 – CD.7.C.04:
UNIT DESCRIPTION: Finding My Place In The Community This unit is designed to help students understand that there are many occupations in which personal preferences can be a part of their future work. Students will complete a checklist that identifies their preferences for working conditions. This checklist will be used as an exploration guide throughout the current year and saved for comparison/assessment next year. Students will be introduced to various career explorations of electronic and print resources, software, Web Quests and bibliographic resources. SUGGESTED UNIT TIMELINE: 2 Lessons CLASS PERIOD (min.): 30 minutes each ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: 1. How does understanding one’s interests and strengths relate to career exploration? 2. Why is researching a career important in the career decision-making process? ESSENTIAL MEASURABLE LEARNING OBJECTIVES CCSS LEARNING GOALS (Anchor Standards/Clusters) CROSSWALK TO STANDARDS GLEs/CLEs PS CCSS OTHER ASCA DOK The student will identify personal and educational interests and strengths in common with those of a worker in the local community. CD.7.A.04: Compare interests and strengths with those of workers in the local community. CD.7.B.04: Identify school and community resources available for exploration of the six career paths. CD.7.C.04: RF.4.3 W.4.8 SL.4.1 SL.4.3 SL.4.4 L.4.1 L.4.3 L.4.4 L.4.5 L.4.6 CD A. Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions. CD C. Students will understand the relationship between training and the world of work. DOK – Level 3 DOK – Level 1,2 DOK – Level 2
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