Employability Skills Lesson 3
Now that students have an idea of what jobs are available to them with their current skill level, they can begin to research what each job entails. This lesson gives them the opportunity to use hands-on math to determine more detailed salary information and to see what skills they will need to get to the next level into a “dream” job.
GED Content Areas
- Mathematics and Social Studies
Compare and Contrast with the Battle of Gettysburg
The purpose of this lesson is to compare and contrast two view points of a text so that students understand that view point may affect information portrayed in writing.
GED Content Areas
- RLA and Social Studies
Dateline Chappaquiddick—Analyzing One of the Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century
Students will recognize examples of “loaded” language and be able to relate its effects upon the outcome of a specific historical event.
GED Content Areas
- RLA and Social Studies
Everyday Edit
The purpose of this lesson is for students to demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English by correcting any punctuation, capitalization, grammar, or spelling errors in the given paragraph. This lesson also makes students aware of the structure of texts, including how specific sentences relate to each other and the whole.
GED Content Areas
- RLA and Social Studies
First-Person View, the Holocaust, and Japanese Internment Camps
The purpose of this lesson is to teach students the necessary strategies to compare two topics and form an opinion supported by facts so that they can clearly express their ideas.
GED Content Areas
- RLA and Social Studies
How the Industrial Revolution Leads to the Roaring Twenties
The purpose of this lesson is to enable students to explain the impact of the Industrial Revolution/Roaring Twenties on the US economy and society.
GED Content Areas
- RLA and Social Studies
Opinion: 911 Attacks and the Patriot Act
The purpose of this lesson is to assess students’ ability to synthesize information and present an opinion with valid reasoning and support so that students develop clear thinking patterns and expression of ideas.
GED Content Areas
- RLA and Social Studies
Social Studies and Systems
To learn how to utilize various sources of information (text, charts, maps, etc.) to gather information and apply systems thinking to solve a problem
GED Content Areas
- RLA and Social Studies
The Words We Live By
To teach students strategies for analyzing and writing a mission statement so that they can better understand purpose, audience, and direction in practical settings and set a mission statement for themselves.
GED Content Areas
- RLA and Social Studies
What Dream Picked You?
To teach students the importance of setting goals and finding their gifts
GED Content Areas
- RLA and Social Studies