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Students will obtain information about
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Primary Learning Outcomes
What are the names of some careers in which I am interested?
How can I find out more about these careers by interviewing someone who holds
that position?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 6
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
6
Topic: Skills to
locate, understand, and use career information.
Standard: Identify various ways that
occupations can be classified. Identify a number of occupational groups for
exploration. Demonstrate skills in using school and community resources to learn
about occupational groups. Identify sources to obtain information about
occupational groups including self-employment. Identify skills that are
transferable from one occupation to another. Identify sources of employment in
the community.
C. Career Planning
11
Topic: Knowledge of different occupations and changing male/female
roles.
Standard: Describe
advantages and problems of entering nontraditional occupations. Describe the
advantages of taking courses related to personal interests, even if they are
most often taken by members of the opposite gender. Describe stereotypes,
biases, and discriminatory behaviors that may limit opportunities for women and
men in certain occupations.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 10 min.
Have students name as many occupations as they can. Record
them on the chalkboard. Ask students to identify some occupations that they
would like to know more about.
Step:
2 Duration: several days
Have students develop an interview questionnaire to obtain
information about the identified occupations. Instruct students to use the
questionnaires they have developed to interview individuals who are in
occupations that interest them.
Step:
3 Duration: 30 min.
Have students report their findings from the interview back to
class.
Step: 4 Duration: 20
min.
Make a list of occupations that students have obtained
information about during their interviews. Identify the career cluster to which
each career belongs. Identify differences between male and female career
choices.
Materials and Equipment
Chalkboard/chalk, Paper, Pencil or pen
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
Two or three class periods
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students' participation in the activity and their completed
interviews will be evaluated.
Extension
Allow students to watch the interview style of major news
reporters. Have students critique each interview and write down things that they
liked and didn't like about the way the interviewer conducted the
interview.
Remediation
Accommodation
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.
