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Name of Project: Community Mapping

Location/site: Grade/age Level: 9th – 12th

Duration of project: 16 hours over 4 weeks Facilitator:

Project Idea Students will research careers/job opportunities available in the City of Philadelphia.
Summary of the issue,
challenge, investigation,
scenario, or problem:

Driving Question Does Philadelphia offer job opportunities?

Project Content or Research, Organization, Collaboration, Communication

Subjects to be
learned:

21st Century Skills Collaboration X Career Skills: Career Preparation, X

and Habits of Mind Research
to be taught.
(Career Skills applicable for Communication X Other:
Middle and High School
Models)
Habits of Mind

Presentation Audience:
Group: Publication cataloging areas of industry, agencies and corporations (with contact information) X
Culminating within each industry area. Parents:
Products and
Performances Publication will be in print and on internet. X
School:
X
Community:
Experts:
Individual:
Web: X

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Activities to Researching job opportunities, creating student publication on findings
generate student
interest
Project Journal/Learning Log Practice Presentations
Assessment Ongoing
(Check all that will be Assessments Art/Visuals X Notes
used) (Checkpoints
During Project) Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes X Checklists X
Rough Drafts X Concept Maps

Other: Other:

Written Product(s): Listing of industries and X Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric:
Project job/careers __________________________________________________
Rubric
(Final Oral Presentation Peer Evaluation
Assessment)
Art Self-Evaluation

Reflection Other:
.

Debriefing Debriefing Form (required for second grade and up) X Focus Group
Methods (Individual,
(All debriefing must be Group, and/or Whole-Class Discussion X Journal/Learning Log
documented) Whole Class)
Survey X Other:

Resources On-site people, facilities: Program Staff

Needed
Equipment: Computers

Materials: Business Journal publications (i.e. Philadelphia Business Journal), Internet(research on

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 industry in Phila. i.e. Health Care, Technology, non-profit)

Community resources: Local neighborhood publications, discussion with local business or non-profit leadership

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 P R O J E C T C A L E N D A R
Project: Community Mapping – High School Start Date:

M O N D A Y T U E S D A Y W E D N E S D A Y T H U R S D A Y F R I D A Y

PROJECT WEEK ONE

- Introduce driving question Discuss/investigate how
and project outline. industries support various
types of careers/jobs (i.e.
- HealthCare – nursing,
- Build Groups, including a
research, technicians,
game for group work. See
attached activity. public health outreach)

- Setting norms: Create

participant contract.

(2 hours)
(1.5 hours)

PROJECT WEEK TWO

Research industries

Determine prominent
industries.

Record findings

(5 hours)

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 PROJECT WEEK THREE

Organize information

Agree on print layout

Each group completes

section of layout, proof
read

(4 hours)

P R O J E C T C A L E N D A R
Project:

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PROJECT WEEK FOUR

Debrief and evaluation

Publish –post on web,
school web site and/or
print in booklet for
distribution

(2 hours)
(1.5 hours)

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