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Many Roles
Students will recognize that people have varying roles and will describe their own roles.



Primary Learning Outcomes
What is a role? What roles do I have?

Additional Learning Outcomes


Assessed QCC Standards:

Grade: 3
Guidance
C. Career Planning
10
Topic: Awareness of the interrelationship of life roles.
Standard: Describe the various roles an individual may have (e.g., , friend, student, worker, family member). Describe work-related activities in the home, community, and school. Describe how family members depend on one another, work together, and share responsibilities. Describe how work roles complement family roles.


Procedures/Activities


Step:  1 Duration: 5 min.
Discuss the word “role” with students. Begin by telling them several roles you have—teacher, wife/husband, mother/father, consumer, citizen, son/daughter. Let students think of roles to add to those you suggested. Explain that all these are roles that each person has.

Step:  2 Duration: 25 min.
Ask students to think about their roles. Have them name as many different roles as they can think of. Distribute the handout and ask students to draw pictures of themselves in several different roles.

Attachments for Step 2
Title: FileName: I Have Many Roles.doc
Description: Print and copy for each student.




Materials and Equipment
“I Have Many Roles” handout


Standards (Local and/or National)

Total Duration
30 min.

Technology Connection



Assessment
Students answers on the worksheet will be evaluated.
Extension
Ask students to think into the future and predict how their roles will change as they get older.
Remediation
Ask students to take a blank sheet home and work with a parent to figure out what roles their parent has.
Accommodation
For students with exceptional needs, what changes can be made in instruction and teaching delivery to enhance student participation and learning? Each area below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations.

Non-readers     Physical Impairments     Sensory Impairments     Attention/Behavior

Each disability below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations specific for that disability.

    Autism
    Deaf - Blind
    Deaf/Hard of Hearing
    Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
    Mild Intellectual Disability
    Orthopedic Impairment
    Other Health Impairment
        Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
        Tourette Syndrome
    Significant Development Delay
    Specific Learning Disability
    Speech - Language Impairment
    Traumatic Brain Injury
    Visual Impairment

Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of this lesson plan.