Content Area: Technology
Grade Level(s): 8 (maybe be used as a predecessor to our culminating “Employee of the Year” project).
Targeted Curriculum Standards(s) Use NETS or NHEON number(s) and description:
NETS – 5, 6 – Technology Research Tools
NEON 6.1.8.3 – Technology problem-solving & decision-making tools
Content Standards: Grade 8 – Reading Strategies Strand 1S, 1AB, 5B, 5C, 5N & Speaking 3B, 3L, 6A, 6G, 6I, 6AB
Targeted Proficiencies Use Student Outcomes \ Proficiency:
Students will understand how to access the Internet, read and use the prescribed worksheet, and present appropriate biography material to an audience in a round-table format.
Resources:
Computer with Internet Access and word processing software installed. Worksheet\Rubric. Prepared note cards with one CEO\leader names on them.
Procedures:
Part I – Students download worksheet from teacher’s web page (or have printed research worksheet available). Give the students a chance to read the sheet. Students then select a subject to create a quick information piece on. This is a good predecessor to “Employee of the Year” unit, as the students will portray a company CEO during this unit.
Sample Names could include (but are not limited to): Sam Walton, Oprah Winfrey, George W. Bush, Vince McMahon, Chad Hurley, Steve Irwin, Steve Wozniak, Steven Jobs, Dave Thomas, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Calvin (Richard) Klein, (John) Calvin Coolidge, Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen, Vera Wang, Ralph Lauren, W (William) T (Thomas) Grant, Ferdinand (Anton Ernst) Porsche, Dr. Seuss, David E. Kelley.
Part II – Students engage and complete worksheet. They should take as many notes (either manually or using a Word processor) as they need to present from.
Part III – Students sit in a round table environment (facing one another) and present their information from their seat. The goal here is to create a discussion like environment.
Part IV- Students collaborate and decide what the common denominator is for all of these biographies. Hopefully they will arrive at words such as; leader, CEO
Part V – Define “CEO- Chief Executive Officer” with class.

Instructional Strategies:
Discussion, Defining - Any activity that requires students or teachers to state the meaning of a word or phrase, Oral Presentation, Peer Questioning.
Assessment Strategies:
See attached Rubric for point values.
Essential Questions: Can the students work independently to research their biography subjects? Can the students identify what these people have in common? Do the students understand what a CEOs traits are?
Modification: Students working with aides can minimize data according to their IEPs\504s.