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Students will describe how workers learn from their
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Primary Learning Outcomes
How can I conduct an interview to learn more about a person's
occupation? What does a person learn from their job?
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.
Grade: 4
Social Studies
Core Social Study Skills
29
Topic: Information Processing
Standard:
Gathers information through reading, listening, observing and
surveying.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 10 min.
Have students as help you list adult school workers. Once all
are listed, divide students into pairs and have them choose a school worker to
interview.
Step: 2 Duration: 20
min.
Discuss the interviewing process and the kind of information
they are seeking. Help student pairs create interview questions. Students may
want to interview parents or other adults about their jobs. Suggested questions:
How long have you been a(n)_________? How did you prepare to become
a(n)___________? What kind of training does a(n)____________need? What have you
learned from being a(n)_____________? What is the best thing about being
a(n)__________? What did you do before you became a(n) _______________?
Materials and Equipment
Pencil and paper
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
30 min.
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students' participation in the activity will be
evaluated.
Extension
Ask students to interview people from other careers within the
community for homework. Then ask students to share what they have learned with
the class.
Remediation
Allow students to share the answers to their interview
questions with the class.
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.
