Career Cruising

EQ - What matters to me when choosing a career pathway?

1. AP – Activator - Factors of Career Selection Races
2. Review Decision Making Matrix
3. Factors of Job Selection Quiz
1. Submit Quiz to the Personal Finance tray
2. Take your account information Access Card
3. Access your Laptop

EQ - How will managing personal finances impact your major life decisions?

1. Following Your Quiz Activator – Quote Analysis

“Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked.

'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat.

'I don't know,' Alice answered.

'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.”

1. TPS – What makes decision making so difficult?
2. Laptops - www.careercruising.com
3. Discussion Question - What are you hoping to learn during your career exploration?
4. Click the "Assessments" Tab at the top of the page
5. Complete Matchmaker (3 sets of questions)
6. Complete Skills Assessment
7. Browse two of your top choices
8. Create a Decision Matrix to choose which career is best for you to research
9. AO - Begin your research
10. Rubric Distribution
11. Presentation Preparation

Your Presentation File is due by 11:59pm this Thursday

Decision Making Matrix

EQ - How can I use Decision Matrix make a career decision?

1. Activator - Planning a class trip
2. Introduction to the Decision Matrix (Teacher demo)
3. Small Group Practice
4. Splashdown – The characteristics of career selection
5. AP - Individual Practice - Create a decision matrix using the factors of careers selection
6. AP - TPS
1. List the 3 most important factors of career selection to you
2. Describe 2 factors that are not important to you
3. What makes your top choice the most important to you?
7. TOD – How can using the decision making matrix help you make a career selection?
8. If Time Permits - CareerCruising

Quiz - Next Class

Factors of Career Slection

EQ - How can understanding the factors of career selection help you plan for your future?

1. Activator -  Splashdown – Make a list of important factors when considering a career path
2. Collaborative Pairs
1. What factors impact your career decisions?
2. How do these factors change throughout a lifetime?
3. What is the difference between a job and a career?
3. Class discussion – Factors of consideration when choosing a career
1. *Handout – Factors to Consider in Career Selection
2. Rank ‘Em 
4. Collaborative Pairs – Create a mnemonic device
5. AP - Summarizer - Muddy Points Grab Bag
6. Intro to Decision Making Matrix *Handout to homework*

Welcome to Personal Finance

EQ - What can I expect to gain from taking Personal Finance?

1. Activator:  Personal Finance BINGO
2. AP - Class Discussion related to terminology
3. TPS - Whiteboard Collage - Write 3 ways money affects you and the world 
4. TPS - Financial analysis of a day: How has money affected you today?
5. Class Discussion – Impact of education on income *Handout at end of discussion to reinforce concept
6. AP – Frayer Foldable: List and describe 3 impacts discussed in class that you believe to be the most important. In the final box, explain what the correlation between education and income is and what it means for you.
7. Introductions: Syllabus, Room Procedures, Grad. Project
8. Back of Index Card - 3 goals you have for this class
9. TOD: 3-2-1
• 3 topics you want to learn in this class
• 2 items you learned today
• 1 thing you already know from the BINGO card

Standards: 

15.6.12.A: Evaluate the impact of internal and external influences on financial decisions.

Auto Insurance

EQ - How do you choose an appropriate auto insurance policy?

1. Activator - Chalk Talk: Updating the KWL
2. Student Needs Assessment - Previous Class
1. Progress
2. Questions
3. Time Needed
3. Activator - Accident Scenario Diagram
1. Link - Click Here
4. Distribute Auto Insurance - Student Guide
1. Talk to the Text
2. Think Aloud
5. Assignment - Evaluate the coverage needed
6. TOD - Q&A

Identity Theft Continued

EQ - What are the 3 D's for identity theft?

1. Activator - Identity Theft Commercials
2. Intro to the 3 D's - CLICK HERE
3. Collaborative Project (Partners)
1. What are the financial costs of identity theft?
2. What are the non-financial costs of identity theft?
4. Debriefing
5. Muddy Points
6. Quiz - Click Here
7. Unit Project Directions - See Below

Get ready to use your creative wizardry to create a commercial!

You will be working as a team to create a commercial or public service announcement to inform the general public about identity theft.

From groups to create a TV commercial that includes the following information regarding Identity Theft:

1. The What and Why of Identity Theft
2. Costs of Identity Theft
3. 1 of the 7 methods used to steal identity
4. The 3-D's
5. Specific examples of how to protect yourself from being victimized

Each TV commercial must be 2-5 minutes long and include a detailed description of the content and serve as a review tool.

All groups will present before the end of the class period Thursday.

Good luck!!!

Intro to Unit 7

1. FIRST THING FIRST - Scholarship Opportunity
2. Activator - Citibank Commercial
3. Discussion Question - What do you know about this topic?
4. Advanced Organizer *
• PowerPoint
• TPS - Complete the Advanced Organizer 
• Post Questions to Today's Meet - Click to Enter
5. How It Happens (6)
• Phishing - YouTube - Phishing
• Dumpster Diving
• Traditional Stealing
• Pretexting
• Hacking
• Spyware 
6. Team Skit Activity
7. TOD - Muddy Points