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Students will explore the importance of places of
employment in the community. |
Primary Learning Outcomes
What are some jobs that are done in our community?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 4
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.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration:
Hang a map of your community in the classroom at a height
accessible to the students.
Step:
2 Duration: 15 min.
Discuss the map with the students, having them point out
places of employment. Make small flags using construction paper and stick pins.
Label the flags with the name of the business and attach the flag to the
appropriate address on the map. Discuss the kinds of work people do at the
various locations and the importance of this work to the community.
Step: 3 Duration: 10 min.
Have students work with a partner to create a report on their
findings on the computer.
Materials and Equipment
Map of community, Construction paper, Scissors, Stick pins,
Newspapers, Computer
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
30 min.
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students' participation in the activity will be evaluated.
Extension
Have students create a map of their own neighborhood and
pinpoint different careers in their neighborhood.
Remediation
Ask students to find pictures in a magazine of the types of
community workers that were pinpointed on the map. Have them cut out each
picture, mount it on the construction paper, write a short paragraph describing
the job, and display it around the map.
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.
