Group or Individual Assignment: This unit is designed to cover some basic development concepts that are aligned with the South King County Tech Prep Consortium.

Reference Links for this assignment:

  • Development Guide published by foster parent organization. Good basic source of information.
  • Working with Children- Text Chp 5,6,7,8 from our online text.
  • Utilize other sources that can be found on the WEB. Reminder that Wikpedia is not a reputable reference.
  • Use the School Library page:
  • SIRS
  • Grolier On Line
  • Proquest
  • Info Track
  • EBSCO Host

Pick a Focus Area (you may work on your own)

  • Needs of All Children
  • Michelle
  • Victoria
  • Mariyat
  • Liana
  • Infants (0-12 months)– Chapter 5
  • Group A:
  • Fatin
  • Alicyaua
  • Zevion
  • Abdi
  • Group B:
  • Yasmine
  • Maddie
  • Toddlers (12 – 18 months) – Chapter 5
  • MacKenzie
  • Dawson
  • Laila
  • Grace
  • Preschoolers (2 – 4 years) – Chapter 6
  • Aazahanae
  • Rhoda
  • Brianna
  • School Age (5- 12 years) – Chapter 7 & 8
  • Group A:
  • Marielena
  • Angela
  • Nicole
  • Group B:
  • Jaron
  • Kiera
  • Jasmin

For this assignment, your group must:

  • Develop a PowerPoint, Prezi or well structured info-graphic that would highlight the major milestones in your development area. Color code the development areas to represent:
  • Cognitive
  • Social
  • Emotional
  • Physical
  • Include at least 8 terms that are descriptive of your area. You will need both a definition and example. Example can be a visual representation
  • Include at least10 developmental points in each development area- that would be 10 each for
  • Cognitive
  • Social
  • Emotional
  • Physical
  • Utilize at least 4 references and reference using APA style referencing.
  • There is a very good example of referencing posted in our Homework section. See this link for examples and how to reference correctly. or use Easy Bib Pro in Google Docs.
  • Prepare a 5 question quiz that is the last slide of your presentation with the answers available on the next slide.
  • Include multiple choices, short answer and a clarified true/false- why true or false.
  • You may look at the quizzes in our online text and select some that you think might work well or devise your own.
  • Questions should have some rigor and not contain responses that are obviously wrong, but plausible… believable.
  • Good to focus on vocabulary to emphasize understanding of concepts.
  • Consider using photos to illustrate a concept.

SEE RUBRIC BELOW

AGES AND STAGES RUBRIC

Criteria / Comments / Points
Covered all areas of development fully with at least ten traits in each area. / ______/40
Describe and defined 5 terms that were descriptive of your assigned area. / ______/10
Pictures and graphics were descriptive of development areas. / ______/10
Prepared Quiz with feedback answers presented in power point. Questions had rigor and good plausible choices for answers. / ______/12
Presentation listed 3-4 references APA in correct format. See link / ______/18
Group was ready on time and all members actively involved. / ______/10
Total / ______/100

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