JA Our City®
JA Our City studies careers, the skills people need to work in specific careers, and how businesses contribute to a city. Five required, volunteer-led lessons.
JA Our City is a series of five lessons. The average time for each lesson is 60 minutes. Materials are packaged in a self-contained kit that includes detailed activity plans for the volunteer and materials for students.
The goals and objective of the Program are:
All JA programs are designed to support the skills and competencies identified by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. These programs also augment school-based, work-based, and connecting activities for communities with school-to-work initiatives.
JA Our City is a series of five lessons. The average time for each lesson is 60 minutes. Materials are packaged in a self-contained kit that includes detailed activity plans for the volunteer and materials for students.
The goals and objective of the Program are:
- help students discover a variety of occupations;
- help students identify what types of businesses can be found in a typical city; develop the students' understanding of how workers apply their skills to their jobs;
- heighten the students' awareness of the contributions of businesses to a city.
All JA programs are designed to support the skills and competencies identified by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. These programs also augment school-based, work-based, and connecting activities for communities with school-to-work initiatives.
Program ConceptsBanking, Business, Careers, City, City planner, Communication, Consumer, Decision, Economic development, Economic institutions, Entrepreneur, Incentives, Income, Interdependence, Jobs, Money, Producer, Quality, Resources, Skills, Specialization, Zones |
Program SkillsApplying thinking skills, Compiling data, Conducting research, Creating readable documents, Developing ideas, Drawing, Filling out forms, Following directions, Identifying zones, Interpreting data, Interpreting directions, Listening critically,Teamwork |