All resources in High School Special Courses/Electives

Are you Sure? Consumer Livestock Production Concerns

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This lesson is designed to make future livestock producers understand what concerns the American consumer has when it comes to livestock production systems. Students will be given the opportunity to develop their own definition of "holistic livestock management" and learn the basics for utilizing these techniques. Students will also be brought up to speed on the most recent laws and regulations that impact the livestock industry and consumers.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Heather Thomas

Tobacco / Health Issues

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5 videos with formative questions embedded in each video pertaining to each. Can be done as a solo or partner lesson. May take 2 days. I typically start with some preset work and plan on stopping and coming togethert after the first three ot review and get feedback. There will be a summative assessment at the end.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: Mary Aufderheide

Costa Rica Geography Kahoot

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While using this object, students are introduced to new information about Costa Rica.  It is reinforced with short facts and questions, and reviewed to strengthen their new knowledge of the concept.  Students can access Kahoot from a computer or mobile device.  As the teacher displays questions on the screen, students answer from their devices, and are given instant feedback.  Percentages of each answer chosen are then displayed on the screen.  As a bonus, students can later play in "Ghost Mode" to review the material and beat their score.    The object addresses the following world language standards:   2.1.M.G.a Recognize important features of country(s) where language is spoken 2.1.M.G.c Identify major geographic features (rivers, mountains, deserts, forests)

Material Type: Interactive

Author: Becky Crandall

PBS Soundbreaking, Lesson 4: 100 Years of Dance:

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In this lesson, students investigate these questions by analyzing videos of dancing through the decades. With the help of a worksheet, student groups watch footage of the Charleston and Lindy Hop, the Mambo, "Love-in" dancing, Disco, and Break Dancing. Based on their informed observation of these styles, they then debate whether dance has "evolved" in American culture, or remained mostly the same.

Material Type: Full Course

Digital Reading Strategies using Google Docs

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Most people read and understand better when reading print. Usually when we are online, we are jumping around from place to place. To read online and really understand, we need to slow down and really think about what we are reading. In this lesson, students practice strategies to help them read deeply online. These strategies are based on the article in the lesson resources: "Strategies to Help Students 'Go Deep' When Reading Digitally" by Katrina Schwartz.Teacher copies the text from an online article into a Google Doc and shares it with students. Students use the highlighting tool to mark the most challenging vocabulary words and use strategies to determine their meaning. Then they develop a main idea for a paragraph by choosing one, two, three, and finally four words that make up the main idea. They type this above the paragraph and use formatting tools to make it a heading. As they repeat this process with additional paragraphs they are developing a summary of the article in the document outline.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: KRISTINA THOENNES

College Access Readers

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This resource guide begins by outlining the theory underlying the literacy work and then lays out the framework for the supports included in the Readers series. Subsequent chapters describe and illustrate the specific content literacy and language development strategies that have been chosen as being of particularly high impact. Although most of the strategies can be used in multiple ways, we have chosen to present them as occurring "Before, During and After Reading" because of the importance of this mental model in effective content literacy instruction.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Author: Bay Waters, Louise

Professionalism

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The objectives of this lesson include teaching students about professionalism in the work place and respecting and accepting the differences of others. Activites include discussions about sterotyping, diversity and cultural differences in the work place, peceptions of others. Scenarios are provided to lead the discussions.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: U. S. Department of Labor

FACS: Communication

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This lesson plan is to help students identify good listening and talking skills. Three different kinds of communication are verbal, written, and non-verbal. These are basic skills for all lines of work. Students will identify and practice the skills necessary for effective communication including reading, listening, and non-verbal.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Utah Education Network

Hospitals Are a Business

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This resource reviews the various characteristics of a hospital as well as the functions, organization, and management of the hospital business. It reviews the careers that are available that are not commonly considered "health care careers". The activity requires students to organize a new hospital that includes different departments.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: U. S. Department of Labor

Tech: Medical Forensics

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This resource reviews the career of forensic-pathology. Healthcare professionals who specialize in forensics serve as a bridge between medical science and the law. The term "forensics" means "pertaining to the law" and forensic experts and medical professionals are important parts of the justice system. Activities are included to introduce students to forensic-pathology.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Utah Education Network

Video Production Model

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The purpose of this course is to provide a project-based visual arts program, which guides students to achieve the standards in the visual arts and career technical training, by providing students with the technical instruction and practical experiences for aspiring video and film makers in the production of film, video, and new media projects for business and entertainment. Students experience both the creative and technical aspects of filmmaking in conjunction with learning about historical and contemporary traditions and conventions.Students are instructed on the three stages of project creation. In pre-production, students learn the basic principles of story development, screenplay writing, storyboarding, scheduling and budget planning. Instruction in the production stage includes basic visual composition, color theory, set up and operation of camera, sound, and lighting equipment. Students learn to use cutting-edge software applications for video and audio post-production. Mastering and delivery methods, in both traditional and new media, are explored.The course also includes the basics of job shadowing, internships, and job placement. The competencies in this course are aligned with the California High School Academic Content Standards and the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards. Interdisciplinary experiences and arts activities lead to refining a personal aesthetic, and a heightened understanding of career opportunities in art and arts-related fields.

Material Type: Full Course, Lesson Plan