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Students look at each of the Avalon values and consider how they apply to their lives now, and how they may apply in the future. First slide can be printed as a worksheet, the second slide can be used digitally.
Instructions:
Open your Google Drive and select your Topic Folder
Open the Google Doc called Topic Task 9: The AIS Way - Now and in the Future and complete the task.
Students can construct their own special wish list of things they would like to be or try when they
get older.
The list can be compiled in a waterfall format in the shape of a bucket.
Each page can have room for a drawing or magazine cutting of the Job or activity they would like to experience.
Layers could have a timeline like ‘By the age of 15’, ‘By the time I’m 25’ etc.
Ask your teacher for a blank template - can be found in the photocopy room attached to the pin board
Could look something like below
Students can create a word cloud for the profession/s they want to achieve when they are older.
In different fonts write words that are associated with that profession and what your profession can offer others.
Students can use wordclouds.com for a free online word generator.
Students could use magazines to cut out words to collage onto paper.
In Groups of 4-5, ask a current Avalon Intermediate staff member what they have done as a previous job or what they wanted to be when they were younger.
Adapt this into a minute long skit to be performed in front of your class.
Think about the following:
Would they be happy in that job?
Would they behave differently in that job?
What type of people would they be working with?
How would that affect their quality of life?
What age were they when they did that job?
What was the technology available at that time?