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ICLE Standards:
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English:
Read to obtain information.
Mathematics: Use math skills to figure budget.
Social Studies: Use research skills and
materials to locate information.
Basic:
Read, locate, interpret information.
Thinking: Creative thinking, create
fact sheet and predict future cost.
Decision-Making: Making decisions on their budgets of cost & resources.
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Performance Task:
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As part of a school-to-work assignment, you are to
determine what cost of living is likely to be in 10 years. Using print and electronic reference
sources, develop a fact sheet on employment predictions about men &
women in 10 years. Also develop a
fact sheet on cost of living predictions and analyze the relationship of
the two. Using print and electronic
resources, find a model budget.
Choose a reasonable salary range for an occupation in which you are
interested and construct an annual and monthly budget for yourself.
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Knowledge / Skills:
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Perform operations with signed (positive and
negative) numbers, including decimals, ratios, percents, and
fractions. M.1
Understand the best procedures for statistical
data collection, organization, and display. M.5
Gather information from a variety of sources,
including electronic sources, and summarize, analyze, and evaluate its use
for a report. ELA.3
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Rubric:
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4 POINTS
= The student completes the
entire task without assistance. The student demonstrates the ability to
work independently. The quality of the work demonstrates a thorough
research effort.
3 POINTS = The student needed some
assistance to complete the entire task. The quality of the work
demonstrates a good research effort.
2 POINTS =Even with assistance, the
student did not complete the task. The quality of the work does not
demonstrate good research skills.
1 POINT = Student completes half of the task. Student shows little
understanding of the research process.
0 POINTS
= The student fails to do
any part of the task. No research skills are evident and little effort for
the task.
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