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Lesson
Title: 'Tis the Season to Work
Pathway(s)
Addressed: IET, Business, Natural
Resources, Human Services
Submitted
by: Cheryl
Bobo
Date: 6/1/00
Age(s):
11-14
Recommended:
Alaska State Content Standards:
A. A student should be able to speak and
write well for a variety of
purposes and audiences.
A student who meets the content standard
should:
1 applies elements of effective writing and speaking; these elements include ideas, organization, vocabulary, sentence structure, and personal style;
B. A student should understand and be able to select and use a variety of problem-solving strategies.
A student who meets the content standard
should:
3. Formulate mathematical problems that arise from everyday situations
4. Develop and apply strategies to solve a variety of problems
Employability/
(SCANS)
B. A student should be able to identify career interests and plan for career options.
3. Use labor market information to identify occupational and economic trends and opportunities, and evaluate possible career options
Cultural Standards
C. Culturally knowledgeable students are able to actively participate in various cultural environments.
3. Attain a healthy lifestyle through which they are able to maintain their social, emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual well-being;
Overview:
Students
invite community members that employ or are employed as seasonal workers to
explain how the seasonal workforce affects local economy and how their lifestyle
differs from other types of careers.
(Fishermen,
Emergency Firefighters, tourism, construction workers, school employees,
trappers, guides for fishing and hunting,)
Objective:
Students
will understand how work relates to the needs and functions of the economy and
society.
Resources/Materials:
Community
members that employ or are employed as seasonal workers. Fishermen, Emergency
Firefighters, tourism, construction workers, school employees, trappers, guides
for fishing and hunting.
Vocabulary:
Classroom
Setting:
Activities:
1.
Lead the
class in a discussion on what is meant by seasonal work.
What seasonal jobs do we have in our area?
2.
Have
students research which careers are seasonal.
3.
Have
students design a calendar representing seasonal work patterns found in the
community. Include seasonal jobs as they relate to the immediate environment.
4.
Brainstorm
with students:
How the impact of the seasonal workforce affects
their economy and society
How they may budget or plan for the off season living
expenses
5.
Have
students write a paragraph summarizing the discussion.
Community
Connections: Community
partnerships develop from the interactions in the classroom with the local
partners.
Invite those community members to discuss how their
services meet the needs of their community.
Assessment:
This writing needs to include accurate information.
The
writing should be assessed using the Analytical Writing Assessment.