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- Have students read Tough Ride Jeans Company Student Guide pages 3–4 before the first class session.
- In order to prepare for the Tough Ride Jeans stakeholders meeting, reviewRM 1.1 TRJ Stakeholders’ Concerns.
No student resources for this activity.
Skill Resource: Introduction to Animation and Transitions
Skill Resource: Persuasive Techniques
Skill Resource: PowerPoint Skills Pre-Assessment
Skill Resource: Using PowerPoint
SESSION 4
Before You Teach
- View the two sample companies’ Web sites below. Become familiar with how to navigate each site.
- Decide whether to pre-assess students’ skills in using PowerPoint.
View the Web sites of the companies below that both make personal care products. Look for ways in which the images, or representations of the two companies, and values (ideals) of the companies are projected.
Proctor and Gamble
Burt's Bees
Find a current article that mentions (but is not written or sponsored by) the company. Good places to search include newspaper and magazine archives, as well as trade union publications. The following are suggested links to other Web sites to help write your report:
CorpWatch
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC)
- Arts and Media
- Business and Finance
- Construction Technologies and Design
- Environmental, Natural Resources, and Agriculture
- Government, Education, and Human Services
- Health and Biosciences
- Retail, Tourism, Recreation, and Entrepreneurial
- Technologies: Manufacturing, Communications, and Repair
- What types of jobs are available within this career cluster?
- Where are the jobs in this career cluster located geographically?
- What kinds of education, training, or skills are needed to work in this career cluster?
- What is the employment outlook (the projected numbers of people needed in this job in the future) for this career cluster, and what are the reasons for possible changes in this field in the future?
For more information, use the following links to career resources.
U.S.
Department of Labor: Occupational Outlook Handbook
About.com:
Career Planning
America's Career InfoNet
Career Explorer
JobStar
Web site
U.S. Department
of Labor: The Career Guide to Industry
List
of professional and trade associations and labor unions
SESSION 5
SESSION 6
Before You Teach
- Read Teacher Information: Working with Animations and Transitions on pages T 30–T 31.
- Preview the PowerPoint demonstrations Animations and Transitions, Just for Show, and Show What You Know.
As you watch the demonstrations of the two functions, think about creative ways of using animations and transitions to make your presentation on company images more visually interesting and memorable.
Animations
and Transitions
Just
for Show
Show
What You Know
(Make sure your speakers are turned on when you play these slideshows, as they include sound effects.)
Module Quiz 1
- If you are unfamiliar with database software, spend some time working through Using a Database on pages 39–41 in the Student Guide.
- Make sure that you can access the two databases available below.
Gather the following information about each company you have chosen to research:
- Name of company
- Location (mailing address)
- Web site address
- Primary product or service
- Number of employees
- Industry cluster
- Tools and/or technology used
- Accessibility by public transportation
- Community contributions
- Any additional information you find interesting or important
To find basic company information, refer to the Local Company Database Project Resources.
Continue to gather research on local companies, as agreed on by your Database team.
DATABASE QUERIES
You must save a copy of one of the following files before opening:
Sample
Company Database (Access 97)
Sample
Company Database (Access 2002)
You must save a copy of one of the following files before opening:
Local Company Database (Access 97)
Local Company Database (Access 2002)
RESEARCH LOCAL COMPANIES
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Monster—Research
Companies
Professional and Trade Organizations
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
APICS-The Educational Society for Resource
Management
American Indian Science and Engineering
Society
National Society of Black Engineers
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Society of Women Engineers
Institute of Industrial Engineers
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
DECA
AFL-CIO Web site (Trade and Labor Unions)
SESSION 13
LOCAL COMPANY DATABASE
Refer to both Guidelines for the Local Company Database Project, Part 2, on pages 30–31 and Using a Database, Part 2, on page 41. Enter data on each company you have researched.
- Arrange for the class to have a worksite visit to a local company in Session 17. The order of Sessions 16 and 17 can be reversed, depending on the arrangements you have made for your worksite visit.
- Prepare for the visit by reading Teaching Suggestions on page T 13 and following the guidelines in the BEAC toolkit.
- Review the Observation Skills Assessment (RM 4.3).
The following links will help you locate the information that you need to complete this part of the assignment:
The Equal
Pay Act
The Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)
The Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Titles I and V)
The Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Web site
100 Best Companies to Work for in America
Information on Best Companies
DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity
Module Quiz 2
Skill Resource: Presentation Format and Style
Skill Resource: Who's in Charge?
Skill Resource: Note-Taking Techniques
To learn more about finding company information, refer to Local Company Database Project Resources.
Sessions 20–23 are designated for Company Impact project research and the community speaker presentation. The speaker visit, though specified for Session 23, can actually take place from Session 20 to Session 23. Prior to the speaker’s visit, make sure that students have completed "Prepare for Speaker Presentation" in Session 21.
Use the following resources about professional and trade organizations to answer the questions on page 74.
List
of professional and trade associations and labor unions
Society of Manufacturing
Engineers
APICS-The Educational
Society for Resource Management
American Indian Science
and Engineering Society
National Society of Black
Engineers
Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers
Society of Women Engineers
Institute of Industrial
Engineers
Future Business Leaders
of America (FBLA)
DECA
SESSION 27
- Review the Career Exploration Project Guidelines on page 79 in the Student Guide.
- Invite parents, other relatives, other members of the community, and other school staff and students to the career exposition.
No student module resources for this activity.
Module TestInterviewing for Information (Activity 4)
Introduction to Animation and Transitions (Activity 2)
Note-Taking Techniques (Activity 5)
Persuasive Techniques (Activity 2)
PowerPoint Skills Pre-Assessment (Activity 2)
PowerPoint Speaker Notes (Activity 5)
Presentation Format and Style (Activity 5)
Using PowerPoint (Activity 2)
Who's in Charge? (Activity 5)
