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The program contributes to the achievement of academic standards of readiness for employment. Students will develop a sense of the profession and realize that any work is useful for society. The program covers topics such as occupations, production, innovation, income, taxes, government, money, business and decision making.
Objectives of the program:
As a result of participating in the program, students will be able to:
- characterize society;
- distinguish between occupations in society and understand the different skills required for each job;
- to understand how private and public service helps society;
- explain how the tax system contributes to the delivery of government services;
- understand the voting process;
- describe the circulation of money in the society’s economy.
The program consists of 5 lessons and each of them includes:
- Overview – a brief description of the activities to be conducted by the teacher.
- Objectives – learning outcomes: what knowledge and skills the student will acquire from the lesson.
- Preparation — tips for lesson preparation.
- Concepts and Skills — A list of concepts and skills for each lesson.
- Conclusion and summary – before the end of the lesson, the objectives of the lesson will be reviewed again.
- discussion topics — issues that will help students to understand the discussed material;
- Cross-curricular activities — activities performed by the teacher in the lessons of other subjects, which expand the student’s knowledge. Lesson outline — a coherent scenario of the lesson so that the teacher can easily achieve the objectives.
A list of required materials is defined for each lesson:
- Teacher’s Guide;
- student’s notebook;
- key term index cards;
- Deck of cards “Professions”;
- Additional materials corresponding to individual lesson activities (“handouts”).
Contact information: 0322 38 36 70; E-mail: academy@jag.ge
