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COURSE: 6158

Exploring Career UNIT A Who Am I and

What Can I Become? Decisions

COMPETENCY: 1.00 B2 30% Understand interests, attitudes, values, personality, learning styles, and skills.

OBJECTIVE: 1.01 B2 10% Understand interests, attitudes, and values.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What do interests, attitudes, and values say about who I am?

Unpacked Content

I. What are interests?

A. What are examples of interests?

1. Hobbies

2. Activities

3. Subjects

B. How can interests be categorized?

1. People

2. Data

3. Things

4. Ideas

II. What is attitude?

A. How is attitude characterized?

1. Positive

2. Negative

B. How do positive and negative attitudes affect outlooks on life?

III. What are values?

A. What are different types of values?

1. Relationships

2. Responsibility

3. Achievement

4. Compassion

5. Recognition

6. Courage

B. Why are values important?

6158 Exploring Career Decisions Summer 2008 Unit A – 1.01 – page 2

Instructional Activities Relevancy Resources

1. Who Am I? (Hook in activity)

Ask students who are you? After a brief pause, ask for volunteers to share their responses.

Instruct students to complete the Think, Pair, Share activity as follows:

Distribute the Who Am I? activity sheet and instruct students to independently list at least ten things about who they are.

Instruct students to partner with another student and share their responses with each other.

Ask for student pairs to volunteer to share the responses of their partner.

Instruct students to file their Who Am I? activity sheet in their notebooks.

Teacher note: Remind students to maintain a notebook which will be used throughout the course. All student activities should be kept in this notebook. This is a building reference guide.

Distribute the Interests, Attitudes, and Values K-W-L Chart to students and instruct them to complete it as follows:

In Column K, record what they already know about each topic.

In Column W, write any notes about what they wish to learn about each topic.

In Column L, Instruct students that they should record notes as they progress through the activities in this objective.

Introduces students to the topic and starts them talking and thinking about who they are

Who Am I activity sheet

Interests, Attitudes, and Values K-W-L Chart

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2. Using a digital projector, view Slides 1-2 of the 1.01 PowerPoint. Inform students that they will be discovering more about who they are by identifying what their interests, attitudes, and values are.

While viewing Slide 3 of the 1.01 PowerPoint, explain to students that they will be using self-assessment tools often referred to as inventories to learn more about their interests, attitudes, and values. Inform them that self-assessment through completion of inventories is a way to identify and understand who they are.

While viewing Slide 4 of the 1.01 PowerPoint, lead a discussion about interests. Have students brainstorm what interests are and give some examples. Write the responses on the board.

Introduces self-assessment inventories as tools to identify interests, attitudes, and values

Helps students Understand (B2) interests

1.01 PowerPoint (Slides 1-4)

3. Instruct students to read Your Interests on page 120 in Learning for Earning textbook.

Once students have had a sufficient amount of time to complete the reading assignment, facilitate class discussion by asking students to share what they learned from their reading.

Explain to students that their interests are made up of the hobbies, activities, and subjects they like.


Distribute the Hobbies, Activities, and Subjects activity sheet. Instruct students to Think about and list at least 5 hobbies, activities, and subjects that they like.

Once students have listed their hobbies, activities, and subjects, Pair students and instruct them to share their list with their partner.

Ask student volunteers to Share with the class any patterns they saw in their partner’s interests. Discuss the patterns.

Helps students Understand (B2) the meaning of interests

Learning for Earning, Your Route to Success, The Goodheart-Wilcox Company, Inc.

Hobbies, Activities, and Subjects activity sheet



4. Teacher preparation: Post four sheets of flip chart paper around the room with one of the following titles on each: People, Data, Things, and Ideas.

Explain to students that interests in hobbies, activities, and subjects they like can be categorized as interests in people, data, things, and ideas.

Instruct students to return to their partner from the previous activity and get out their Hobbies, Activities, and Subjects activity sheet

Distribute sticky notes to each student and instruct them to record their partner’s interests in hobbies, activities, and subjects they like. Students should use one sticky note per interest. They should not include names!

Instruct students to post their partner’s sticky notes on the flip chart paper that matches their partner’s category of interest.

Assists students to Understand (B2) how interests can be categorized


Sticky notes

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Activity 4 continued

After students have completed the postings, engage class in a discussion about the four interest categories:

People: Activities that involve helping others, teaching, making friends, babysitting, team sports, etc.

Data: Activities that involve record keeping, surfing the Internet, reading, experimenting, or researching.

Things: Activities that involve building or fixing things, cooking, working with your hands, and lawn care.

Ideas: Activities that involve writing stories or music, painting, inventing, and playing a musical instrument.

Reference the postings and facilitate a discussion about the categorization of their partners’ interests.

Ask these questions:

Are the interests in the right categories?

If they are, how do you know?

If they are not, what category should they be moved to? Why?

Once class decides the appropriate category, move the sticky notes to the appropriate flip chart.

Assists students to Understand (B2) how interests can be categorized


5. Distribute the People, Data, Things, Ideas activity sheet and instruct students to complete the interest inventory according to directions.

Invite students to share their highest section from the activity and what they learned about their categories of interests.

Discuss any surprises or confirmations.

Helps students Understand (B2) interests and how they can be categorized

People, Data, Things, Ideas activity sheet



6. Distribute the My Interests Summary activity sheet and instruct students to summarize what they learned about interests in general and about their personal interests.

Explain to students that there are numerous self-assessment interest inventories that can be found on the Internet by searching the key word interest inventories.

Ex: www.careerkey.org, www.cfnc.org

Helps students to summarize what they have learned about interests

My Interests Summary activity sheet

7. Using a digital projector, view Slide 5 of the 1.01 PowerPoint and facilitate a discussion about attitude.

Have students to brainstorm what attitude is and give some examples. Write the responses on the board.

Ask students how can attitude be characterized? Write some responses on the board.

Introduces the topic of attitude

1.01 PowerPoint (Slide 5)

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http://www.careerkey.org/

http://www.cfnc.org/


8. Distribute the Attitude Adds Up activity sheet to students and instruct them to evaluate their attitudes by completing the activity independently.

Once students have had sufficient time to complete the activity, divide the class into 4 groups.

Instruct students to designate a recorder and a reporter within each group.

Distribute one sheet of flip chart paper to each group and instruct students to discuss the results of their Attitude Adds Up activity and list ways to improve their attitudes. Instruct the recorder to list these ideas on the flip chart paper.

Instruct the reporter for each group to post the group’s list around the room and present his/her group’s ideas.

Instruct students to add to their individual lists any ideas that might be helpful to them that are not already on their lists.

Remind students to file their Attitude Adds Up activity sheet in their notebook.

Assists students with evaluating their attitude

Attitude Adds Up activity sheet

9. Ask students to think about how attitude affects one’s outlook on life.

Distribute the Walk Down Attitude Lane activity sheet and instruct students to complete the activity independently according to directions.

Upon completion of the activity, ask students to share how their attitude has positively and negatively affected their outlook on relationships with family, peers, and school.

Helps students Understand (B2) the positive and negative aspects of attitude

Walk Down Attitude Lane activity sheet



10. Distribute the Attitude is Everything activity sheet to students and instruct them to complete it independently according to directions.

Upon completion of the activity, facilitate class discussion by inviting students to share their responses.

Allows students to reflect on what they learned about attitude

Attitude is Everything activity sheet

11. Using a digital projector, view Slide 6 of the 1.01 PowerPoint, and facilitate a discussion about values.

Ask for student responses about what values are and provide examples. Write answers on the board.

Distribute Values: Clues to Who You Are! to students and instruct students to complete the activity independently.

Upon completion of the activity, invite students to share their responses.

Helps students Understand (B2) what values are and identify their personal values

1.01 PowerPoint (Slide 6)

Values: Clues to Who You Are! Activity

12. Instruct students to read What Are Values?, on page 5 and Basic Values on page 6, in the Exploring Careers textbook. Ask for volunteers to share what they learned from their reading.

Explain to students that values can be categorized as relationships, responsibility, achievement, compassion, recognition, and courage.


Think and complete the Types of Values activity sheet.

Pair with another student and instruct students to share their list and definitions with their partner.

Ask for pairs to Share their information.

Close the discussion of values by asking students what other types of values can they think of and if values are important at school?

Familiarizes students with the different categorizations of values

Exploring Careers, McGraw Hill Glencoe

Types of Values activity sheet




13. Facilitate a wrap-up discussion on what students learned about self-assessment as it relates to interests, attitudes, and values.

Ask students to volunteer definitions and descriptions of interest, attitude, and values.

Distribute and instruct students to complete a personal Coat of Arms activity sheet.

Inform students that each section of the coat of arms represents the different things that they discovered about who they are as they relate to their interests, attitudes and values.

Instruct students to go through each section and write about what they have discovered about their interests, attitudes, values, and who they are.

Have students to share their Coat of Arms activity sheet.

Reinforces the importance of assessing interests, attitudes, and values in order to discover Who I am?

Coat of Arms activity sheet

Who Am I? Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


Directions: List ten things that describe who you are. You may include things that you are good at or you like to do at home, school and other places.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Interests, Attitudes and Values K-W-L Chart Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


INTERESTS, ATTITUDES AND VALUES K-W-L CHART

Directions: Write what you know about each topic in Column K. In Column W, write any notes about what you wish to learn about each topic. In Column L, write what you have learned about each topic through the activities in this course.

Topic K W L

Interests

Attitude

Values

Interest Inventory

Self Assessment

Hobbies, Activities, Subjects Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


HOBBIES, ACTIVITIES, SUBJECTS

Directions: In each column list 5 hobbies, activities, and subjects that you like.

Hobbies Activities Subjects

People, Data, Things, Ideas Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


PEOPLE, DATA, THINGS, IDEAS

Interests are the things you enjoy doing, including your likes and dislikes at work. Hobbies will help you plan for careers that best match who you are. The more interest you have in your work, the happier you will be on the job.

The following interest inventory activity will help you organize your likes and dislikes into four categories: people, data, things, or ideas.

Directions: In each section (A─D), for every question that applies to you, place a check mark in the “Yes” column. When you have answered all the questions, total all the “Yes” answers for each section and fill in the blanks at the bottom of the page.

A. People Yes B. Data Yes

Do you or would you like to: Do you or would you like to:

entertain a child? research a topic of interest to you?

listen to a friend’s personal problems? be a treasurer of a club?

teach someone how to do something? do scientific experiments?

help someone who is sick? work with numbers/statistics?

lead a group or club activity? figure a car’s gas mileage?

work with the public? balance a bank statement?

run for an office? write a computer program?

sell a product?

Total Yes Total Yes

C. Things Yes D. Ideas Yes

Do you or would you like to: Do you or would you like to:

bake a cake? decorate a room?

repair cars/machinery? write a poem or story?

sew or make crafts? publish a school yearbook or newspaper?

build something from wood? write lyrics or a rap?

operate a cash register or calculator? paint, draw, or watercolor?

do landscaping/lawn care? play a musical instrument?

operate a camera or video equipment? invent a new product?

Total Yes Total Yes

My highest section is My next highest section is

My Interests Summary Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


MY INTERESTS SUMMARY Directions: Use the information you learned about your interests to answer the following questions.

Interests are:

Some of my interests are:

My interests are in these categories:

People Data Things Ideas

The surprises I learned about my interests are:

Attitude Adds Up - pg. 1 Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


ATTITUDE ADDS UP Your Goal: Assess your attitude

What to Do: Answer questions as honestly as you can by reading each statement and circling only the numbers that apply to you. Tally your total points at the end by adding or subtracting the numbers.

Points Do you . . . Do you . . . Points

+5 enjoy your life most of the time? look for the best in others? +5

+5 make some time for yourself each day?

enjoy being alone with yourself? +5

+5 try to see the positive in negative events?

like yourself most of the time? +5

+5 participate in an organization or group?

stand up for what you believe in and say so?

+5

+5 enjoy change?

maintain a good overall physical condition?

+5

+5 willingly take chances or risks?

share your talents and abilities with others?

+5

+5 do something nice for someone else each day?

successfully handle the problems you face?

+5

-5 often say “if only,” “but,” or “can’t”?

Often think of some alternatives or different paths for yourself in the future?

-5

-5 often put off what needs to be done?

emphasize the negative parts of life and the future?

-5

-5 want things to stay the same?

often remain silent about issues that bother you?

-5

Total Points in this column Total Points in this column

Grand Total

Attitude Adds Up - pg. 2 Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


ATTITUDE ADDS UP Now that you have added up the points, it’s time for an attitude check. Directions: Use the chart below to analyze your attitude.

Points Interpretation

70 You are positive and can manage life very well

60-65 You are positive most of the time and can handle life well

45-55 You are sometimes positive and may want to work on being a little more positive.

30-40 Once in a while you are positive, but you may want to try to change the areas in which you are negative.

0-25 You are seldom positive. Are you “happier being unhappy”? Think about it!

List several steps you can take to improve your attitude:

Attitude is Everything Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


WALK DOWN ATTITUDE LANE

Positive Negative Directions: Think about your attitude. In appropriate columns of the table below, list times or situations when your attitude has positively or negatively affected your outlook on life. When you have finished, draw a picture of yourself in the graphic above that best represents where you see yourself on Attitude Lane.

Positive Negative

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

Attitude is Everything Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


Directions: Reflect on what you have learned about attitudes in general and your own attitude by completing the statement below.

Attitude is everything.

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Values: Clues to Who You Are! – pg. 1 Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


Values: Clues to Who You Are! – pg. 2 Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


Types of Values Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


TYPES OF VALUES Directions: Complete the columns with information about different types of values.

Value What it is? My example Why is it important to me?

Relationships

Responsibility

Achievement

Compassion

Recognition

Courage

Coat of Arms Student Activity Name: Period: Date:


Directions: In each section of the Coat of Arms, write about what you have discovered about your interests, attitudes, values, and who you are.

Interests Who Am I?

Attitude Values

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