Suggested attribution: created by Leecy Wise and Vicky Lara, 2011
Sample Unit Topics and Skills
Gear Up for Life: Step Into the GED Series: 13 Units
for Integrated
Learners
Wise and Lara, 2011
NOTE: As you read the content in each unit, you might find words that are highlighed in yellow. If you click on each highlighted word, a definition will appear.
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Content Passage (w/ reading activities) |
Writing+Quiz |
Math+Quiz |
Project |
Fun Activity |
E=Economics G=Geography H=History L=Literature S=Science T=Technology P=Personal Development W=Workplace
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| H1: Early America | Express opinions | Dates and Time Period Calculations | Create table with dates and events | Early America crossword | |
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Cause and effect |
Fractions and percentages |
Plan a colonial village |
Find colonial terms in jumbled letters |
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Instructions |
Ratio; proportion; scales |
Create a city map with actual scales. |
Time the puzzle completion; word puzzle |
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| S1: Water | Summarizing | Cubic measurements and percentages | Create a water-cycle model | Water crossword | |
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Narration |
Ratios; measuring hearbeat |
Crete a systolic vs. diastolic chart |
Complete a heart puzzle; |
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Outlining; fragments |
Fractions and decimals with and without a calculator |
Create a graph using the time it takes to compute with and without a calculator |
Create new words for a long word. Match numbers to quantities. |
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| W: Intro to Career Interests | Summarizing; commas | Measuring in the English System | Create three occupational interest tables. | Rework matches to create a square; what a word represents | |
Giving instructions; syllables |
Percentages from whole |
Complete a loan application |
Math puzzle; make boxes from shapes |
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| Process Development | Percentages | Develop a budget | Number Puzzle | ||
| Essay Parts | Percentate from parts and whole | Interview | Crossword | ||
Narration |
Interpret the math in a crime graph |
Pay for your anger |
Recreate a shape by moving two sticks; cryptogram |
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| P3: Child Development | Letter of Advice | Metric conversions | Create a line graph | Riddles | |
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Write a poem |
Fractions through music |
Create and illustrate a poem |
poetry puzzle; find the expression from the image |
Support Materials with multi-sensory, interactive segments linked to all Units. (5th-7th-grade reading/math levels)
o Math Mentor
o Writing Mentor
o Thinking skills applying all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy
o Self-correcting quizzes and tests
o Puzzles, games, and other critical thinking activities
Materials are designed for facilitated online instruction or independent learning onsite.
Materials are linked to national academic standards.
Suggested attribution: created by Leecy Wise and Vicky Lara, 2011