Help guide students through the process of investigation and in developing a college and career readiness achievement plan
College & Career Readiness invites students to explore a broad range of educational and career opportunities; to learn to identify their career interests, aptitudes, and learning styles; to develop job-related skills; and to develop a career portfolio. Relevant real-world tips, scenarios, and activities engage students and contribute to their career portfolio. The text provides many tools and resources to help students explore valid, reliable educational and career information to learn more about themselves and their interests and abilities.
Numerous opportunities for practical and relevant skills development prepare students for career achievement Career and job search skills
Career Tips provide brief steps students can take to move forward in their career planning and development.
Career Facts provide quick pieces of information or statistics about a career, the workforce, or employment.
Career Trend follows a Career Profile, and provides a glimpse into new trends or practices in that career cluster or career.
Career Profiles is a career exploration activity that prompts the student to use available resources to investigate the skills, qualities, education, and abilities that might be necessary to succeed in that career.
Career Ready Practices gives students real-world scenarios to practice applying the 12 Career Ready practices.
Case Study presents a real-life career-related scenario, followed by a series of open-ended questions designed to provide students with the opportunity to use 21st Century Skills.
Career Portfolio activities guide students' development of information and documents that show their school and career plan progress.
Life and career skills
Career Counsel activities present a story or scenario about a real-world career situation that has no conclusion and asks students to use skills such as decision making, goal setting, and problem solving to write an ending to a situation or story. • What If? lists present a problem or decision, followed by a list of possible solutions or results. A critical-thinking prompt encourages the student to consider possibilities or situations when the information might be useful in their own lives.
No Excuses margin lists note possible pitfalls or problems relating to the topic, followed by a list of positive action and a critical-thinking prompt to encourage students to consider how they might act in a similar situation. • College-Ready Practices is an individual activity designed to encourage students to think about what it means to be college-ready.
Technology skills
Tech Connect introduces a technology concept relating to the topic.
Web Extra provides suggestions for using the Internet to locate additional information about chapter topics.
Language arts and key subjects skills
Answer It! is a set of ten questions designed to assess reading comprehension. • Write Now activities encourage students to use language to answer questions, research and present information, or respond to critical thinking prompts.
Math and financial literacy skills
Numbers Game provides instruction on how to apply a math concept in a real-world situation, and then prompts students to do the math themselves.
Money Madness invites students to use their problem solving, goal setting, and decision making skills along with math to solve a problem involving money.
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