COURSE OUTLINE
SUBJECT: Career Exploration and Consumerism
GRADE:
10
TEACHER: Wrobbel
SUMMARY: Evaluate career choices through informed decision making. Along with
careers, this course emphasizes personal financial planning. Topics include taxes (federal, state,
and social security), banking services (checking, savings, and other financial services),
investment options (IRA’s, CD’s, annuities, etc.), money management (budgeting), credit (loan
and sales credit), and insurance (health, income protection, life, property, and auto). Through
this course students will learn practical, valuable information they can use as young people
working and living in today’s economy.
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Objectives
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What students should know:
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Understand a variety of career clusters
Know attributes and aptitudes need in particular types of
occupations and careers
Know how attitudes and behaviors affect the climate of a
workplace
Understand how systems within a workplace affect or interact with
systems in the community
Understand how systems affect an individual worker
Understand all aspects of an industry.
Define sound buying principles such as comparison shopping, per
unit pricing, and price versus quality rationales.
Creates plans for major purchases.
Uses personal banking services such as checking accounts, savings
accounts, loans.
Analyzes and prepares a household and personal budget.
Analyzes various cash/credit options.
Materials Used
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Discover, software program by Act
Pentium computers
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Materials Needed
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IV.
Makeup Work
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V.
Late work receives half credit up to 5 days. After 5 days there is no
credit. NO EXCEPTIONS!!
Grading
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VII.
It is your responsibility to find out what you missed following an absence.
I suggest you pair up with a homework buddy so you can find out what
you missed.
Late Work
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VI.
Notebook
Pen/Pencil
Calculator
Careers-Projects
Consumer-Projects
Action Plan
Daily Work
Professionalism
30%
30%
15%
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10%
Grading Scale
A+ = 97% & up
A = 94-96%
A- = 90-93%
B+ = 87-89%
B = 84-86%
B- = 80-83%
C+ = 77-89%
C = 73-76%
C- = 70-72%
D+ = 67-69%
D = 64-66%
D- = 60-63%
F = 59% & lower
Please let me know ahead of time when you will need assistance. I am on a number of
school committees and have meeting some days after school. Your needs come before
the meeting, so I will gladly be available if you let me know in advance.