Students understand how pervasive and influential advertising is in our culture and how teenagers are actively targeted by advertisers. Students will demonstrate an awareness of the many different types of advertisements they encounter daily. Student will explain how they, as consumers, are influenced by commercial messages.
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The students will examine the role of interpersonal skills in relation to work ethics and develop strategies for improving interpersonal skills.
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Students will create a business card for themselves. The card should help others know and remember them. Ideally it should convey a sense of who they are, what they do, and their interests: cheerleader, history buff, teacher's assistant, class president, hall monitor, avid reader, or the only boy in a family of seven girls!
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Students will develop a basic sense of how computers work by having them act out a simple computer simulation. Each student takes on the role of a different part of a simplified computer and they work in groups to run a simple program. The end result of this program is to draw a picture on a simulated computer display. It is designed for groups of 3 students, although it can be adapted to work as an individual activity or with groups of 2-4. The simulations focuses on the Central Processing Unit (CPU), the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), and the Display.
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This video shows how some successful people got their start and how they keep achieving their dreams.
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Students will have access to a series of videos of real business created by youth/business kids. Students will watch and learn tips on how to start their own business.
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Working either alone or in pairs students create a comic strip that identifies choices that need to be considered when making an ethical decision.
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Students learn about online privacy issues, primarily those relating to giving out personal information on social networking websites such as Facebook. Students will learn to assess the various types of information they provide in Facebook profiles, along with the different levels of access. They will examine the potential risks and consequences of posting personal information on the Internet, and become more aware of how to protect their privacy.
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This resource provides information about the importance of developing effective relationships in the workplace. Interpersonal skills and personal qualities are reviewed.
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Students will create a PowerPoint presentation on an animal of their choice and present it to the class.
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Students gain an understanding about non-profit organizations and the role they play in our economy. Students then learn about a relatively new type of fundraising effort, known as CowParade©, for non- profit organizations that has been successful in a number of cities around the world. Students adapt CowParade for their own community.
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Role playing as fashion merchants or purchasing agents, students will analyze market scenarios to determine their effect on the demand and price for the identified product. Students will determine the relationship beween a change in demand and a change in price.
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Students learn how to make basic charts, change the chart type, change labels, and switch columns, rows and legends.
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This online lesson covers creating a basic database. Students will be able to repeat simulation until they are comfortable with the activities.
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Students develop an awareness of marketing tactics aimed at teens through the creation of their own mock advertising campaigns. Students will demonstrate an awareness of the influential nature of ads. Students will identify specific advertising tactics geared to teenagers. Students will explain how they are influenced by commercial messages.
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It's a job getting a job and Biz Kids is here to help. Learn tips and tricks for writing a great resume, dressing for success, and nailing the interview. Get the inside scoop on what employers look for from a young entrepreneur who manages 200 employees.
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Students will learn importance of assessing career needs, evaluating skills and personality, considering financial needs, and developing job skills as you begin to explore different careers.
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Students will understand the importance of skills in school and in the workplace.
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Students will identify the eight employability skills.
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Self-Assessment: What do interests, attitudes, and values say about who you are as a person?
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