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Work and Responsibility
Students will realize that careers may require certain work and responsibilities that are not obvious.



Primary Learning Outcomes
What are the responsibilities related to some careers?

Additional Learning Outcomes


Assessed QCC Standards:

Grade: 3
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
6
Topic: Skills to understand and use career information.
Standard: Describe work of family members, school personnel, and community workers. Identify occupations according to data, people, and things. Identify work activities of interest to the student. Describe the relationship of beliefs, attitudes, interests, and abilities to occupations. Describe jobs that are present in the local community. Identify the working conditions of occupations (e.g., , inside/outside, hazardous). Describe ways in which self-employment differs from working for others. Describe how parents, relatives, adult friends, and neighbors can provide career information.

7
Topic: Awareness of the importance of personal responsibility and good work habits.
Standard: Describe the importance of personal qualities (e.g., , dependability, promptness, getting along with others) to getting and keeping jobs. Demonstrate positive ways of performing work activities. Describe the importance of cooperation among workers to accomplish a task. Demonstrate the ability to work with people who are different from oneself (e.g., , race, age, gender).


Procedures/Activities


Step:  1 Duration: several periods
Invite as many parents as possible to visit and share the job responsibility of their careers.

Step:  2 Duration: 
Take photos of the each guests, glue to pages, and let volunteers write facts that were shared about the various careers.

Step:  3 Duration: 
Bind pages to form a class book.




Materials and Equipment
Resource people to share job responsibilities, Camera, Pencil/paper


Standards (Local and/or National)

Total Duration
several periods

Technology Connection



Assessment
Students' participation will be assessed.
Extension
Have students write thank-you notes to each of the parents who took their time to share with the class.
Remediation
Ask students to choose one of the careers presented and research it further. Have students write a short report and share it with the class.
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.