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Students will identify reasons why individual goals may
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Primary Learning Outcomes
How can I make a decision with a group? How does the group
decision affect my individual goals?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 8
Guidance
C. Career Planning
9
Topic: Skills to
make decisions.
Standard: Describe personal beliefs and attitudes. Describe how career
development is a continuous process with series of choices. Identify possible
outcomes of decisions. Describe school courses related to personal, educational,
and occupational interests. Describe how the expectations of others affect
career planning. Identify advantages and disadvantages of various secondary and
postsecondary programs for the attainment of career goals. Identify the
requirements for secondary and postsecondary programs.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 15 min.
Give each student a copy of the “Individual NASA” activity
sheet.
Attachments for Step 1
Title: FileName: NASA Individual Sheet.doc
Description: Print and copy
for each student.
Step:
2 Duration: 30 min.
Form groups of 6 to 12 students and select a student to be the
group recorder. (The recorder also participates in the exercise.) Give each
group one “NASA Group Activity Sheet” with the following instructions: a.
Students are not to change any answers on their individual sheets as a result of
the group discussions. b. The recorder is to record group consensus on this
sheet. c. Groups will have 30 minutes to complete the activity sheet. Have
recorder compute group scores.
Attachments for Step 2
Title: FileName: NASA Answer Sheet.doc
Description:
Title: FileName: NASA Group Activity Sheet.doc
Description: Print and
copy.
Step: 3 Duration: 10
min.
Post results on the chalkboard. Have students discuss why they
might have had to compromise individual goals in order to reach the group goals.
Materials and Equipment
“NASA Exercise for Individual and Group Decision Making”
activity sheets, chalkboard/chalk
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
Two class periods
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students' participation in the activity will be
evaluated.
Extension
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.
