Personal Life Management

This course focuses on preparing students for living independently and working successfully with others. Students will learn to manage their personal resources to meet their basic needs for food, clothing, and housing. They will also learn about their personal, legal, and financial responsibilities and develop and apply interpersonal skills in order to make wise and responsible personal and occupational choices. Students will apply research and inquiry skills while investigating topics related to personal life management. The course emphasizes the achievement of expectations through practical experiences.

RESEARCH AND INQUIRY SKILLS

A3. Processing Information

Throughout this course, students will:

A3.1 assess various aspects of information gathered from a variety of primary and secondary sources (e.g., accuracy, relevance, reliability, inherent values and bias, voice)

Learn360 is an Online Video Library that has more than 9,000 educational videos, P-12 in a variety of subject areas, that can viewed online. Content includes: documentaries from the CBC, National Geographic, A&E, Sunburst, Learning Zone Express, Weston Woods and TV Ontario.

Students:

The Online Video Library is a valuable research tool students can use for conducting research and gathering information, great for student projects or assignments! Students can search for videos on a variety of topics and watch them online.

How to:

1. Go to Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board https://www.kprschools.ca/en.html and select Students

2. Navigate to KPR Students Portal from Learning Resources Link

3. Identify and select Virtual Library application (Password: kprlibrary) and choose 9-12 backpack

4. Click on the Streaming Video tab to link to Learn360

***Student home access:

Username: kawarthapinerdsb

Password: digital

A3.2 record and organize information and key ideas using a variety of formats (e.g., notes, graphic organizers, summaries, audio/digital records)

A3.3 analyse and interpret research information (e.g., compare results of surveys and interviews; determine whether common themes arise in different sources)

A3.4 demonstrate academic honesty by documenting the sources of all information generated through research

A3.5 synthesize findings and formulate conclusions (e.g., weigh and connect information to determine the answer to their research question)

EasyBib is a web-based bibliography generator that can create citations and Works Cited pages in MLA format.

With EasyBib, you can:

Enter a URL and get an auto-generated citation for a website
Enter a book title or ISBN to get an auto-generated citation for a book

Additionally, you can enter bibliographic information like authors' names, article and journal titles, page numbers, and publication dates into EasyBib's manual citation forms to get properly formatted MLA citations.

A citation machine is essentially a works cited generator that accesses information from across the web, drawing the relevant information into a fully-formatted bibliography that clearly presents all of the sources that have contributed to your work.

KnightCite is an online citation generator service provided by the Hekman Library of Calvin College. This service simplifies the often tedious task of compiling an accurate bibliography in the appropriate style by formatting the given data on a source into a reliable citation, eliminating the need to memorize minute details of style for multiple kinds of sources.

UNIT 1: Skills for Managing Self and Relationships

1. Resource Management and Goal Setting Skills

Values and Goals [Learn360]
SMART Goal Setting & Action Plan Resource Material

2. Decision Making Skills

D is for Decisions [Learn360]

3. Communication Skills

Communication: A Key to Resolving Conflict [Learn360]

4. Conflict Resolution Skills

Peaceable Solutions: Conflict Resolution Skills [Learn360]

UNIT 2: Preparing for Employment

1. Employment Plan

Go to Career Cruising for Career Matchmaking
Five career websites Canadian students should know - Macleans.ca

2. Resume & Cover Letter

Youth Employment Services (YES) is Canada's leader and has helped hundreds of thousands of youth find employment and change their lives. Go to Online Resources for Job Search Sites
Common Job Interview Mistakes: What NOT to Say or Do [Learn360]
Who would you hire?