JA Our Community explores work readiness, including careers, production, innovation, earning, taxes, government money, business, and decision-making. Students will develop a sense of career awareness and learn how all jobs help a community. JA Our Community consists of five 40 minute volunteer led sessions.
Following participation in the program, students will be able to recognize how money flows through the community’s economy, how a community works together to succeed, and how citizens benefit from and contribute to a community’s success.
SESSION ONE: PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER
Students learn what a community is and the variety of jobs people have in a community.
The students will be able to:
- Describe a community
- Identify a variety of jobs in a community, each needing specific skills
SESSION TWO: SWEET “O” DONUTS
The students learn that workers who produce goods and services earn money for their work.
The students will be able to:
- Define the terms: produce, production, goods, and services
- Apply innovation to the production process
- Explain that people in a community earn money by performing work
SESSION THREE: BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT JOBS
The students explore how money earned for work moves through a community and the impact of that money on people, businesses, and government.
The students will be able to:
- Locate businesses and identify government careers
- Discuss how taxation supports government services
SESSION FOUR: LET’S VOTE!
The students participate in a decision that benefits their school community. They vote to express their choice and to determine the majority’s will.
The students will be able to:
- Apply a decision-making tool
- Recognize voting as a way responsible community citizens act and contribute
SESSION FIVE: MONEY MOVES IN A COMMUNITY
The students learn about money and how it moves in a community.
The students will be able to:
- Identify coins and terms
- Describe how money flows through a community’s economy
