Lesson Objectives
- Understand career opportunities within the Finance Career Cluster
Assignment 6.1
- Navigate to My Drive within your Google Drive account.
- Inside of your Careers folder, create a new folder titled Finance.
Assignment 6.2
- Go through this presentation to become familiar with the Finance career cluster.
- Make a copy of this Google Document, rename it Pathways6-(Your Initials), and move it into your Finance folder.
- Utilize the following links to get a stronger understanding of the Finance Career Cluster and to complete your document:
- Using the information you have obtained, provide feedback in this Google Form.
Assignment 6.3
- After researching the Finance career cluster, you need to select a career within that career cluster to research. Confirm with your instructor, via email or in person, what career you chose.
- You can use the resources below, but you will need to find FIVE additional credible resources to enhance your understanding of the career chosen.
- Make a copy of this Google Document, rename it Career Questions-(Your Initials), and move it into your Finance folder. As you research your chosen career, you need to gather information and answer the questions posed in the document.
- Once you have compiled your information about your chosen career within the Finance career cluster, you will be required to create a brochure that details your findings about that career. Here are the things you will need to complete this project:
- Create a Canva account using your school’s Google login information.
- Use the Templates option to search for Brochure templates. Choose a free one to get you started.
- Be sure to provide information pertaining to each of the questions posed in your Career Questions above as a part of your brochure.
- Use images, shapes, graphics, tables, text, and drawing options to enhance your brochure.
- When you are finished, click on Share in the top right. Select Download at the bottom of the list. Then choose PDF Standard from the File Type drop-down menu. Save the file into your Finance folder and title it MyBrochure-(Your Initials).
- Create a new Google Document titled Work Cited to document your sources. Name the file WorkCited-(Your Initials).
Assignment 6.4
- On Day 31, you will have your brochure evaluated by your classmates while you do the same for them. Your brochure will be evaluated based on this Scoring Rubric. Make a copy of this Scoring Rubric, rename it Finance Scoring Rubric-(Your Initials), and move it into your Finance folder. When instructed, use this form to evaluate your assigned classmates.
- Share your Finance folder with your instructor. Your folder should include the following files:
- Pathways6
- Career Questions
- MyBrochure
- WorkCited
- Finance Scoring Rubric