Day 32-36

Lesson Objectives

  • Understand career opportunities within the Government & Public Administration Career Cluster

Assignment 7.1

  1. Navigate to My Drive within your Google Drive account.
  2. Inside of your Careers folder, create a new folder titled Government & Public Administration.

Assignment 7.2

  1. Go through this presentation to become familiar with the Government & Public Administration career cluster.
  2. Make a copy of this Google Document, rename it Pathways7-(Your Initials), and move it into your Government & Public Administration folder.
  3. Utilize the following links to get a stronger understanding of the Government & Public Administration Career Cluster and to complete your document:
  4. Using the information you have obtained, provide feedback in this Google Form.

Assignment 7.3

  1. After researching the Government & Public Administration 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.
  2. You can use the resources below, but you will need to find FIVE additional credible resources to enhance your understanding of the career chosen.
  3. Make a copy of this Google Document, rename it Career Questions-(Your Initials), and move it into your Government & Public Administration folder.  As you research your chosen career, you need to gather information and answer the questions posed in the document.
  4. Once you have compiled your information about your chosen career within the Government & Public Administration career cluster, you will be required to create a 4 to 5 minute video that details your findings about that career.  These things can be your creation or the use of another.  However, you will create and edit the video to become your own.  Here are the things you will need to complete this project:
    • Create a WeVideo account using your school’s Google login information.
    • You can create your own video or audio to help explain your findings or you can find other’s videos and use pieces of it within your video.  If you choose the latter, speak with your instructor about helping you obtain those videos.
    • Your video’s content should showcase your findings to the questions posed and answers obtained in your Career Questions document above.
    • Use images, shapes, graphics, text, and voice-over to enhance your video and make it your own.
    • Add your Work Cited information at the end of your video similar to the credits within a movie.
    • When you are finished, click on Exports (detailed instructions) tab on the left.  Select My Export and then choose your video file.  Then choose Download from the action bar.  Save the file into your Government & Public Administration folder and title it MyVideo-(Your Initials).

Assignment 7.4

  1. On Day 36, you will have your video evaluated by your classmates while you do the same for them.  Your video will be evaluated based on this Scoring Rubric.  Make a copy of this Scoring Rubric, rename it Government & Public Administration Scoring Rubric-(Your Initials), and move it into your Government & Public Administration folder.  When instructed, use this form to evaluate your assigned classmates.
  2. Share your Government & Public Administration folder with your instructor.  Your folder should include the following files:
    • Pathways7
    • Career Questions
    • MyVideo
    • Government & Public Administration Scoring Rubric