OUTCOME: Students will be able to locate information within a mid-sized database. Students will gain skill in the manipulation of databases and will be introduced to the concept of information as data.
CONDITIONS: This lesson should require one class period of one hour.
ACTIVITIES:
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¨ Using a local phone book, introduce the sections. Note the table of contents, business and residential listings, and as much more as you think your class needs. Explain the concept of "usefulness". Group students in twos or threes. ¨ Collect the questions and redistribute them to other students. Ask these groups to find the answers and name the sections that they used.
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¨ : Using a local phone book, look for 10 pieces of information that would be most useful for you. Explain why each would b useful. Now, using the same phone book, write three questions that would require that you to look in different sections for the answers. |
MATERIALS: phone books (one per student or one per group).
MODIFICATIONS/ACCOMODATIONS: Explain more about contents when introducing. Go through phone book methodically.
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT: Life Skills’ Rubric with teacher observation and scoring (1-5)
STANDARDS:
WCCUSD Language Arts Standards and Benchmarks
2.1 analyze (1) the structure and format of workplace documents, including format, graphics, and headers and (2) how authors use the features to achieve their purposes.
Life Centered Career Education
Competency 17
Knowing and Exploring Occupational Opportunities
Sub-Competency 71
Locate sources of occupational training information.