| CareerZone Lesson Plan Registry
http://www.nycareerzone.org/resources/lessonplans |
| ???What's My Line??? |
| Author(s): Barbara Nigro |
| Grades: 7 - 12 |
| Subject: Career Development and Occupational Studies |
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| Learning Context:
1. As students enter the classroom the teacher places an index card with a job title on the back of each student without the student seeing the job listed. (Stick with rolled tape) 2. Then each student may ask 3 true/false or yes/no or one word answer questions about the unknown job title on his/her back, in an attempt to try to name the job (i.e. education, office, inside/outside, people). The jobs titles chosen for this lesson are from CareerZone and only those jobs that have a video section. 3. The students may find this difficult. After 20 minutes we will see who can name the job on his/her back. 4. The students will then research the job title on their cards (or trade with a classmate) using the CareerZone site, one other website, and use a teacher prepared worksheet to plan a short presentation about a career field. 5. Home & Careers Intro. to Career Unit could be used by any teacher (i.e. Health/using only one cluster on cards from the health service jobs listed in CareerZone. 6. This could also be adapted for a special needs learner. Pair with a student who could help without doing all of the activities for the special needs student. 7. The students will need to know how to use the Internet to obtain information using the CareerZone site and one other career oriented website. 8. The students will research job information and organize it into a 3-5 minute presentation for the other students. |
| Procedure:
Students will: 1. Play the "What's My Line Card Game." 2. Use the Internet to research job titles 3. Take notes from the Internet using teacher prepared worksheet. 4. Compose a presentation using career information. The teacher will: 1. Show guided tour of the CareerZone site showing students how to access information. 2. Prepare index card file box of CareerZone titles (color coding) with a video according to necessary amount of education (put a colored dot on each card to indicate which cluster the career can be found in). 3. Create a rubric checklist to evaluate presentation content. 4. Prepare a study guide worksheet to gather information. |
| Instructional/Environmental Modifications:
1. Students will need to use computers during study hall time or at home. 2. The teacher will need to get a multimedia computer for the classroom. 3. The teacher will team special needs students with a partner to help with information gathering. |
| Materials and Supplies:
Students: 1. Computer with access to the Internet, sound and video capacity 2. Pencil 3. Paper 4. Worksheet 5. Rubric Teacher: 1. Index cards 2. Colored dots 3. File box 4. Check sheet rubric 5. Worksheet |
| Time Required:
The teacher needs time to plan ahead: cards, overview/worksheet & check sheet rubric. Also, 1 day to explain the procedure. At the end of the project, the teacher, students, and invited guest need to complete the rubric. Students: 1. 3 days for research 2. 2 days to plan the presentation 3. 3 days to listen to presentations =10 days total |
| Assessment Tools and Techniques:
1. Teacher prepared worksheet (see attached sheet) 2. Teacher prepared checklist for evaluation (see attached sheet) 3. Student presentations |
| Reflections:
Our school does not have sound on the computers that have access to the Internet, and they will not read the CD's. This is because there are no individual CD ROM drives. This will change in the future. I had several students try this project and they were surprised at the number of job titles they did not know existed. Having students look at jobs they did not choose can broaden their scope of job research, and then they can begin to personalize. |
| Attachments:
Attachment 1 |