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56. Exploring Career Choices with the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)

Activity Description

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Source: Occupational Outlook Handbook (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 

The Occumational Outlook Handbook is created and maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It includes an up-to-date description of occupations, job summaries, entry-level education, median pay, and projected job growth

For this project, using the OOH, students will investigate three jobs of their choice and engage in project based learning activities to delve into various careers and discuss future trends. 

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Intermediate, High, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced
57. Fact-Checking Using Online Tools: Snopes, FacCheck and Politifact

Activity Description

 

Students Using a Computer
Source: Flickr by Berkeley Lab by flickr (License: Creative Commons 4.0)
 

A skill we need to teach our students is to fact-check those things they read, hear, or see in the media. Using online checkers:  snopes, FactCheck and Politifact, students will investigate a current story presented in the media.

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education

Levels

Intermediate, High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced
58. Fact-Checking Using the CRAAP Test, SIFT Method, or SMART Check

Activity Description

 
The CRAAP Test
Source: Evaluating Resources and Misinformation: the CRAAP Test (License: CC0/Public Domain)
Our students need digital skills and one of the most pressing skills is how to evaluate resources and misinformation. In this activity, students will first study the information at the UChicago Library for three tests that can be used: The SIFT Method, The CRAAP Test, and the SMART Check. Then students will practice using these tests.

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education

Levels

Intermediate, High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced
59. Fast Food Nutrition: Should Fast Food Have Warning Labels?

Activity Description

Burger
Source: Pixabay by Patricia Maine Degrave (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 
In this project, students discuss and evaluate their eating habits and the positives and negatives of fast food, search the internet for information about ingredients and food labels, evaluate a menu item they purchase at fast food restaurants and present an alternative healthier option, and finally compose a paragraph about their opinion on the topic of warning labels for fast food.

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, Low, Intermediate, High
60. FDIC: Money Smart- A Financial Education Program

Activity Description

How Moneysmart are You?
Source: FDIC Money Smart - A Financial Education (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

This FDIC curriculum contains both computer-based and instructor-led instruction on basic personal financial management. The curriculum consists of 11 modules on the following topics:

  1. Bank On It: An introduction to bank services
  2. Borrowing Basics: An introduction to credit
  3. Check It Out: How to choose and keep a checking account
  4. Money Matters: How to keep track of your money
  5. Pay Yourself First: Why you should save, save, save
  6. Keep It Safe: Your rights as a consumer
  7. To Your Credit: How your credit history will affect your credit future
  8. Charge It Right: How to make a credit card work for you
  9. Loan To Own: Know what you're borrowing before you buy
  10. Your Own Home: What home ownership is all about
  11. Financial Recovery: How to recover from a financial setback

The computer-based instruction features a game-based learning design and should be used to complement formal classes by providing learning assignments that users can complete at their own pace. The instructor-led curriculum (which must be ordered online and arrives on CD-ROM) includes an instructor's manual, participant's take-home guide, and overheads.

Successful completion of a computer-based module will earn the user a certificate of completion for the module.

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

High
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OTAN activities are funded by contract CN240137 from the Adult Education Office, in the Career & College Transition Division, California Department of Education, with funds provided through Federal P.L., 105-220, Section 223. However, OTAN content does not necessarily reflect the position of that department or the U.S. Department of Education.