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Career Explorations I

​The Career Explorations 1 course is designed to give seventh- and eighth-grade students an opportunity to explore various CTE subjects. Specifically, students will be able to learn about careers involving human-related services.

Each unit introduces one particular field and explains its past, present, and future. The goal is to whet students’ appetites for these careers. Students can then explore that career in more detail as a high school student.

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Unit 1 – Career Management
  1. Course Overview
  2. The Purpose of Work
  3. Personal Benefits Of Work
  4. Wages and Employment Benefit
  5. Lifestyle Goal
  6. Project: Lifestyle Budget
  7. Societal Benefits of Work
  8. Quiz: What is Work?
  9. Basic Work Qualifications
  10. Work Environment
  11. ​Basic Employability Skills
  12. Project: Basic Employability Skills
  13. Problem Solving
  14. Lifelong Learning and Technology
  15. Career Clusters
  16. Project: Career Clusters Research Tri-fold Brochure
  17. Quiz: Elements of Work
  18. Review
  19. Test
  20. Glossary and Credits
Unit 2 – Introduction To Careers In Health Sciences
  1. Medicine From Ancient Times Through the Middle Ages
  2. Medicine in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
  3. The Rise of Modern Medicine
  4. Project: Different Health Career Possibilities
  5. Quiz: History of Medicine and Medical Discovery
  6. Molecular Technology: Gene Chips
  7. Advances in Medical Imaging
  8. Innovations in Transplantation
  9. Project: How Technology is Used in Medicine
  10. Quiz: Recent Advances in Science and Technology
  11. Test
  12. Glossary and Credits
Unit 3 – Introduction To Hospitaliy And Tourism Systems
  1. Travel Terms
  2. Segments of the Travel Industry
  3. Travel Product Distribution and Why We Travel
  4. Project: Travel Terminology
  5. Project: Segments of the Travel Industry
  6. Quiz: The Foundations of Travel
  7. Geographic Basics and Where We Travel
  8. The Countries We Visit — Part 1
  9. The Countries We Visit — Part 2
  10. Quiz: The Geography of Travel
  11. Test
  12. Glossary and Credit
Unit 4 – Introduction To Human Services
  1. Solving Problems vs. Teaching Problem-Solving Skills
  2. Types of Populations, Services, and Fulfilling Needs
  3. Project: Let’s Get Happy and Let’s Get Rich
  4. What Human Services Organizations Do
  5. Project: Know Your Surroundings
  6. Quiz: History, Standards, and Overarching Mission
  7. Direct Service Interventions
  8. Policy and Program-Planning Interventions
  9. Project: Designing A Human Services Organization
  10. Administration
  11. Project: Life After High School
  12. Quiz: Providers of Human Services
  13. Test
  14. Glossary and Credit
Unit 5 – Introduction To Consumer Services
  1. What are Consumer Services?
  2. Customer Service And Consumer Advocacy
  3. Project: Personal Skills Evaluation
  4. Professional Organizations, Certifications, and Resources
  5. Project: Building a Portfolio
  6. Quiz: Introduction and Basic Competencies
  7. Organizational Structures
  8. Safety Within the Organization
  9. Project: Drafting a Safety Policy
  10. External Influences on Consumer Services
  11. Quiz: Organizational Structure
  12. Test
  13. Glossary and Credits
Unit 6 – Course Review, Project, And Exam
  1. Review
  2. Exam