Making Decisions & Managing Risk Careers Lesson… Careers and Financial education Lesson designed by a L6 Qualified Careers Guidance Leader. Editable 16+ slide PowerPoint Lesson. Lesson includes: Lesson Assessment, Student Resources, Signposting to extra support services. Bonus Homework Activity and links to our videos and much more.
Careers Learning Outcomes:
To understand what risk is.
Think about how we weigh up risk when we make a decision.
To understand what other considerations there are to think about when making a decision.
Some Careers and finance linked Key Terms Covered
Risk, Consequence, Informed Decision, Career
Assessment Objectives
I understand what risk is.
I know how to make an informed decision.
I can explain the decision-making process to someone else.
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1 Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support careers Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning)
Student Worksheet(s) are included with some lessons
Homework Activity
Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker)
Teacher Notes (On some slides)
Focus on literacy
1 Hours worth of activities - including timings for every activity
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