Junior Achievement Second grade Session one: Our Community

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Hi, everyone.
My name is Amanda Power, and I am a volunteer
with junior achievement.
And I'm gonna be talking to you.
We've got five sessions, and this is the second grade
lesson. Uh, session one, Um, and this is all about
our community.
Um, and the first session.
We want to entitle people in a community work together.
So we're going to learn about what a community is.
Um, and what a job is and different kinds of
jobs. Okay.
All right.
Things you might need to.
Today's session is the junior achievement.
Our community poster.
Hopefully, your teachers cut it, hung up.
Um, and job cards.
Everybody's gonna get a job card, one job card.
And and then there's these postcards with magnets you can
have and take home at the end.
Okay, so let's get started.
Um, what is a community?
A community is a place where people live, work, play
and go to school.
Right? So we all live in a community, right?
In our community is West Columbia.
That's where we live.
That's where we people work.
Maybe in right now, you're going to school there, and
maybe you play soccer there, So yeah.
Uh, This is our community, and we live and do
all those living activities in him.
Okay. All right.
Let's talk about people in the community because we need
people to make up our community.
How do they help each other?
Um, maybe they volunteer.
Maybe they run a business that provides jobs.
Um, so, yeah, so is our community a big, big
city, small town?
Um, maybe is it a suburban suburbia, which is just
a group of schools?
Uh, group of schools, group of houses?
Um, I would say it's a small town, right?
It's not like the big city of Houston.
So, um all right.
Why do you think there are jobs and businesses in
a community?
All right, They help business jobs and businesses, help people
in the community meet their needs and wants.
Okay, so let's talk about some terms.
What is the job?
Job is the type of work in which a person
is usually paid.
If it's not paid.
It's volunteering, but jobs usually get paid in some way,
shape or fashion.
Okay, um, businesses, alright, businesses or places where people work,
they make or sell things or services for people in
the community.
that they need or want.
Okay, so what kind of business is do we have
in our community?
Um, there's, like, the grocery store.
There's, like, the nail salon.
There's, um you know, clothing stores and things like that,
Um, and all those provide things for people in the
community and also provide jobs.
Um, what kind of jobs do people, you know, have
maybe your mom or dad, um, have different types of
jobs And, you know, maybe you know somebody that's a
policeman or somebody that works at a grocery store, all
kinds of different kinds of jobs.
All right.
People who live in a community are called citizens.
I'm sure you've heard that word.
Citizens of West Columbia, maybe.
All right, um, So let's talk about needs and wants
those businesses provides needs or wants What a need is
something people must have to live.
So can you think of what some needs?
We have our water, shelter, food.
Um, those are all needs.
Gotta have them to live, right?
All right.
Once or something.
People would like to have but don't necessarily need to
live. Like do we need an Xbox to live?
No, we don't need it to live.
We'd like to have it.
Um, you know, uh, like, candy candy is nice to
have, but it's not a It's not a need.
It's a want because it doesn't really provide a lot
of nutritional value.
So it's a want.
Okay. All right.
Okay. All right.
And all the citizens have different types of skills and
skills or the ability to do something Well, so when
you think about what kind of job you want to
have, think about what your skills are, what you do
well to help you find a job that you can
use those skills in.
Okay. Alright.
Next I'm going to read you a story about a
girl named Lily.
Okay. And then we'll talk about it.
Okay? Lily finds a job.
Someday. When I grow up, I'll have a job to
do. Thought Lily, but Lily had no idea what job
she wanted to do.
How am I going to figure this out?
There are a bazillion jobs out there.
She thought How do I know which job is right
for me?
Mm. Definitely would like a job that I would like
really told her friend Xander Zanker thought about the things
that really like to do.
I know you like to play soccer, he said.
You could be a soccer player.
I really like the sound of that.
She loves soccer, but she knew there weren't many jobs
for soccer players and she wasn't even one of the
best players on the team that got really thinking.
I need to find a job that I like and
that I'm good At.
That night, Lily sat down with her mother to make
a list of all the things she was good at.
She was very good at helping others.
How would she find a job to help others?
Luckily, Lilies.
Older brother James knew just how to help her.
He told her about a website he used in school
that would help her match what she'd like to do
with jobs.
Then she was good, and Lily's eyes lit up.
This was a perfect way to find a job, and
it was the website.
Help Lily find a whole bunch of jobs.
Being a physical education teacher sounded like something she would
be good at, and she could help others, too.
Lily slept well that night, and she knew that she
had a lot of time to figure it out.
Who knows?
A PE teacher might.
It might be the perfect job for Lily.
Okay, so if you look at the community map, see
if you can find Lily, I'll give you a hint.
She's got a soccer ball.
Okay, So it's important when we're thinking about the jobs
we want to match.
You know, you want to like your job.
If you're going to spend a lot of time there,
you should like it.
And to match it with the skills that you have,
the things that you're good at.
Okay. So fine thinking about that, um and then matching,
you know, Is it a something that there's a lot
of jobs for?
Is it gonna be hard to find a job like
not a lot of world champion soccer players out there?
Um, so maybe that might be a backup plan.
Or or maybe we should find a job that we
can. We can easily find a job for that.
We like and uses our skills.
Okay, so next everybody should get a job card.
Okay, So everybody get a job cardi at one job
card and I want you to try and read what's
on the card.
If you have difficulties, if your teacher can help you.
All right.
Um, So, for example, I've got a baker, and I'm
going to read what the baker does what they do.
Bakers bake bread cakes, cookies, doughnuts and pastries.
Where do they work?
Where do bakers work?
Baker's work in bakeries, grocery stores, maybe even hotels or
restaurants. Usually you need a high school, at least a
high school education.
Um, but some makers go to special schools, so, um,
they could do that to skills and duties of a
baker skills.
Remember, the things that they are good at, um, and
duties are things that we're supposed to do.
Responsibilities? Uh, measure flour and sugar roll cut and shaped
dough, uh, place and bake things and hot ovens have
reading, writing and even computer skills jobs for, uh, also,
uh, like chefs or cooks.
Okay. All right.
So reach your Carden, figure out what your job does
and think about.
Is that something that you would like to do?
Maybe. Yes, maybe.
No. Okay.
Um and then let's see if you can find your
person on the map.
Okay. Alright.
How does your job?
Um, health community, Um, maybe if they're a baker, they
provide people with things they need, Like bread and and
stuff like that.
Or maybe if they're a police officer to help people
when they're in trouble.
Um, so, yeah, I think about that.
And mhm and, uh, think about whether that's a job
you think would be good for you.
All right, So next I have some magnets for you
guys to take home.
They're all magnet postcards.
They looked like that.
Okay. And, um, thanks for watching.
See you next time.