Civics Lesson Plans
Unit 11
March 7 – March 18
(The sequencing in the lesson plan is only a guide. It frequently changes. It is important for absent students to discuss missed
assignments with the teacher upon their return)
Description: This unit focuses on
Objectives:
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The student will:
Describe the four types of unempolyment
Identify characteristics of the ‘poor’
Discuss the two types of inflation
Analyze the effect of education on job opportunities
GLE’s: C.2.4, C.2.8,C.4.4
Vocabulary Test # 9
Poverty
Unemployment
Cyclical unemployment
Full employment
Frictional unemployment
Civilian labor force
Demand-pull inflation
Underemployed
Personal distribution of income
Seasonal unemployment
Job discrimination
Government anti-poverty programs
Fixed income
Characteristics of the poor
CPI
Unemployment rate
Structural unemployment
Cost-push inflation
Education affect
Calculating the rate of inflation (cost of living)
calculating the unemployment rate
DaY 1
Topic: What does it mean to be unemployed?
Assign project: Due 3-22 Poster--career that you’re interested in---picture examples, qualifications, salary, duties, job
opportunities
Civilian labor force
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulu3SCAmeBA funny 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CdTu1pk06w macro18unempl 3
How to calculating unemployment rate
Income inequality
Day 2
Topic:
SG---develop questions to ask prospective employee
Job interview---role play applicants and interviewers
Day 3
Topic: “ How would you increase your chances of being employed?”
Lg disc—making a good first impression/interview process
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xah7TQ8RDBQ poh 3-7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwI2DTiVSJ0 getajobcartoon 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gww2vrIhjeU interview good bad vbad 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP0sqRMzkwo silly interview 4
SG---develop questions to ask prospective employee
Day 4 end of 3rd 9wks
Topic: “How can you increase your chances of getting hired?”
Job interview---role play applicants and interviewers
http://money.cnn.com/interactive/economy/us-jobs-wages/?source=cnn_bin article most pay under $20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Income_groups.jpg article income distrib
http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Garbage+Man&l1=70458 salary finder
Day 5
Testing
Day 6
Topic: “Why might a person be unemployed?”
Lect---types of unemployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3QwMxRTPWM 4types 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6v8QkSkN3E 4types ex 4.5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZckAN1KYB5I macro19 types 4
Day 7
Topic: How does your high school education affect your career choices?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States#mediaviewer/File:Education-2013.png
ed effect
http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm ed pays
How to calculate CPI
Types of inflation
Day 8
Topic: List characteristic of ‘poor’ people
gov anti-pov prog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjsrdcbbPBU pbs 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyjd0zfdTX4 anti 2
discussion poverty/anti-poverty programs
Day 9
Topic: Has government anti-poverty programs been successful or failures? Write a paragraph explaining---give
examples
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=unemployment#selItemsPerPage=60&intCurrentPage=0&No=0&N=
4294939055&Ne=18417&Ntt=unemployment&Ns=&Nr=&browseFilter=&Ntk=All&indexVersion=&Ntx=mode%252B
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https://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=unemployment#selItemsPerPage=60&intCurrentPage=0&No=0&N=
4294939055&Ne=18417&Ntt=unemployment&Ns=&Nr=&browseFilter=&Ntk=All&indexVersion=&Ntx=mode%252B
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review
Day 10
Test 9