Standards
Learning
Expectations |
This activity will help students acquire competencies
which relate to the following standards:
6. Knowledge and skills to achieve
career goals
The student will:
6.2 Apply listening and teamwork
skills in the academic setting and career exploration
6.4 Employ academic and job readiness
skills in career-related activities
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General Approach |
The general approach is that each student
will use a variety of on-line resources to create a "role" based on a career
of their choice. They will then separate into groups of 3-4 to create a
skit in which each member acts out their career-based role. The groups
will then perform their skits while class members try to guess which occupation
each member is acting out. |
Activity Steps
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Explain that each student will be using web-based
resources to discover more about their personalities, interests, and future
career options. Tell them to keep in mind that, once they choose a career
on which to focus, they will need to take notes on the skills, educational
qualifications, interests, and personality traits that distinguish people
in that career. This is the information that they will use to create their
"roles."
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Instruct the students to take the Career
Key Assessment located at the following address: http://www.ncsu.edu/careerkey.
They will take an interest/personality test that will eventually present
them with a variety of career options to explore.
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Have the students also explore occupations at
this website
which features further career options and a variety of links for each option.
The address is www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/careers.html.
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Divide students into groups of 3-4 and ask them
to come up with a 5-6 minute skit based on the roles/characters they created
from their web-based explorations. The only rule is that students may NOT
say the actual career they are representing. Encourage them to use the
educational qualifications, daily activities, and personality traits discovered
about their career when acting out their roles.
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Possible scenarios you may suggest to help the
students with skit ideas are to imagine that their characters are:
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stuck in an elevator together
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at a family reunion
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playing or competing against each other on a sports
team
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waiting in a doctor's office
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at a dinner party
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Have each group perform their skit while the rest
of the class tries to guess which occupation each student is representing
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Time Required |
This activity will probably require a total
of 1-1.30 hours. The research aspect will take about 30 minutes with about
15 minutes for groups to come up with a skit. Depending on class size,
it will probably take about 20-30 minutes for each group to perform their
skit. |
Resources Needed |
1. Access to the Internet
2. Paper and pencils/pens |
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Performance
Indicators
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Students will be able to :
Use technology and other resources to gather
career information
Determine how personal interests relate to
career choices
Demonstrate listening and team-building skills
Complete career-related projects by applying
listening and team-building skills |