Options after High School Pear Deck - College Readiness Lesson & Activity

Help your students figure out their options after high school by using this interactive Google Slides presentation with Pear Deck!

Teaching students all their post-secondary options is the best way to help them make confident decisions and begin their college planning!

⭐️ Click here to learn more about Pear Deck or watch this video! Pear Deck is a great Google Slides Add-on to get more student engagement and make your lesson more interactive!

⭐️ I have this same presentation without the Pear Deck slides in my TPT store. Just click here to see it.

⭐️ There are Pear Deck slides with questions at the beginning of the Google Slides presentation to activate students’ prior knowledge, temperature checks throughout the presentation, and higher-level questions at the end to stimulate critical thinking. The presentation will open in Google Slides, but you will need to get the Pear Deck Add-on if you don't already have it.

⭐️ This presentation can be used by teachers or counselors with face-to-face instruction, distance learning, OR a hybrid approach in any secondary class. You can present the lesson to the whole class or have students review it themselves independently or in small groups! This is the perfect lesson for a high school AVID, advisory, life skills, CTE, or language arts class!

⭐️ Click "Preview" above to check out these slides!

⭐️ WHAT'S INCLUDED (a complete lesson that uses the 5E Learning Cycle!):

• Engage: Question to hook students.
• Explore: Question to activate prior knowledge and the chance to ask questions before getting into the lesson.
• Explain: An overview of the six main options after high school, including the pros and cons of the following choices:
  ➡️ Gap year
  ➡️ Working
  ➡️ Military
  ➡️ Apprenticeship
  ➡️ Trade school
  ➡️ College)
• Elaborate/Extend: The extension part of the lesson includes discussion questions and an editable and printable interview assignment in both Google Doc and PDF format.
• Evaluate: Reflection questions at the end of the presentation.

• Extra: Ideas for engaging students and extending the lesson further!

⭐️ Empower your students to make informed choices as they embark on their journey with confidence and clarity!

⭐️ This resource is a COMPLETE LESSON in one place (similar to a Hyperdoc, which takes students through the learning cycle in one doc or slide deck using hyperlinks and other media). Perfect for using as a differentiated, self-paced, student-centered lesson, and/or a whole-class presentation!

⭐️ The time it takes for the entire lesson will vary depending on how much discussion and other extension activities you include. You and/or your students can get through it in one class, or you might spend two to three days or more on it if you assign the extension activities. Instructional time also depends on your students’ levels. Please be sure to read the “Suggestions for Use” below!

⭐️ WHY YOU WILL LIKE THIS:

• Saves you precious planning time!
• Helps students get college & career ready!
• Visually appealing Pear Deck slides!
• Includes a lesson plan with extra tips & ideas!

⭐️ This lesson has it all:

• Explicit instruction: This lesson is direct and systematically chunked following a 5E lesson plan and guides students with a clear purpose/essential question, explanation, and supported practice/extension.
• 21st-century skills: Students use media and technology literacy skills with this interactive Google Slides presentation and use critical thinking, collaboration, and communication with all the opportunities for discussion.
• Multi-modalities and hands-on learning: Students view and/or listen to the presentation, write and talk about their learning in “think-write-pair-shares” and discussion groups, and possibly more depending on what you assign in the extension, such as producing an essay or video to demonstrate understanding and synthesizing ideas.
• Differentiation: Depending on students’ levels, you could present to the class as a whole and/or assign students to view the slides independently or in small groups and answer the questions as you see fit.
• Scaffolding: This complete lesson comes in manageable parts, from activating prior knowledge to reflection and assessment, and can be teacher- or student-paced.
• Higher-level thinking: The discussion questions require higher-level thinking such as analysis, evaluation, and synthesis.
• Real-life connection: The college and career-readiness topic and essential question are meaningful and relevant to students’ futures.
• Student choice: To add student choice, give students options of strategies, tools, and/or extension activities.

WAYS TO USE THIS RESOURCE:

• College-and-career-readiness lesson
• Direct instruction and/or small group work
• Personal development sessions
• Tutoring and mentoring students

SUGGESTIONS FOR USE:

1. Present the slides in a face-to-face lecture OR through a video conference lecture by sharing your screen. To make your presentation more interactive and engaging (and less of a teacher-centered lecture), be sure to have students log in to your Pear Deck presentation on their own devices and respond on the slides with interactive questions. Share and discuss their answers and stop to check comprehension as needed.

Note: You can choose your lesson mode in Pear Deck, either student or instructor-paced. I use the instructor-paced mode so I can guide students through the lesson in real time. If your students are face-to-face with you and you do not have enough devices, allow students to share devices if possible or participate without a device. Also, suggest students who want to take notes to take screen shots instead so they don't fall behind in the lesson.

2. Send students a "force copy" of the slide deck so they have it to review on their own, especially if they missed class. This also helps students who might worry about taking notes during your lesson.

3. Follow the lesson plan and extra ideas given with the product directions.

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