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Sample Planning Matrix for Career Pathways (Subject: American History)

Curriculum Goal: Understand and interpret events, issues, and developments within and across eras in U.S. History.

Course Goal: Understand impact of historical events on specific parts of society, population, and economy by closely studying those parts through lens of career pathways. Expand knowledge of available occupations and careers.

    Health & Human Services Arts & Communications Business Management
    & Marketing         		Natural Resources
    & Sciences

    		Technology, Manufacturing,
    Engineering

    Industrialization

    		Vietnam War/1960s

    		Colonial Era to Independence

    		Exploring the West, 1803-1879

    		World War II

    In-Class Activities

    - Effects of industrialization on health of workers in this part of the century

    - Development of government regulations of industries to ensure health & safety of workers

    - Organization of labor unions to protect workers

    		In-Class Activities

    - Role of arts & music to protest or support Vietnam War

    - What expressions are/are not protected by the U.S. Constitution?

    		In-Class Activities

    - Colonies’ developing relationship with England: what changed & why

    - What businesses & trades characterized the colonies’ economies?

    - Cottage industries & women’s work in the home

    		In-Class Activities

    - Opening of the American West

    - The great migration

    - Lewis & Clark’s expedition, its purposes & its consequences

    		In-Class Activities

    - Relationship between technological innovations & WWII

    - Relationship among military, government, & civilian segments of economy

    Community-Based Activities

    - Visit local industry, organization, or social service agency

    - Guest speaker talks to class about health & safety issues in their particular field, & how these have changed over the past decades

    - Students prepare & deliver oral presentation on topics to workers in the field, at local health fair or clinic

    		Community-Based Activities

    - Visit local radio station to learn about reporting & production

    - Produce audio or written report for broadcast on local radio station; possible topic: how citizens can initiate positive change today

    		Community-Based Activities

    - Visit local museum to look at primary documents of community’s settlement and history

    - Learn about the importance of archives and the process of document preservation and record keeping

    		Community-Based Activities

    - Construct an interpretive display of community during the great migration

    - Make a botanical chart of Lewis & Clark discoveries & display of local plant life for Natural History Museum

    		Community-Based Activities

    - Visit local industries or organizations to learn how their trade has developed since WWII & how new kinds of technology have affected how they do business

    - Write a report or produce a video for a business’s or organization’s use (public relations, employee orientation, etc.)

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