Warwick School District

Curriculum❯Digital Skills for Success (7th Grade)

Digital Skills for Success (7th Grade)

Grade Levels: 07 |

Course Description

Key areas covered in the course include:

Entrepreneurial Thinking and Problem Solving: Encouraging creativity and innovation in identifying business opportunities, solving real-world problems, and adapting to changing market conditions.

Communication and Collaboration: Developing effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to collaborate with team members, negotiate, and lead teams.


Business Ethics and Social Responsibility: Learning about the ethical responsibilities of entrepreneurs and businesses to their employees, customers, and society, and understanding the importance of sustainable business practices.

Leadership and Teamwork: Enhancing leadership abilities, motivating teams, and fostering a culture of inclusivity and mutual respect in any workplace environment.
Professionalism and Work Ethic: Developing key traits such as punctuality, integrity, accountability, and self-motivation—skills that contribute to career success in any field.

By the end of the course, students will be prepared to take on the challenges of both the business world and the modern workplace. Whether they pursue entrepreneurship, join a company, or continue their education, they will have a solid foundation of secondary skills to navigate their future careers with confidence and competence.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

PA Common Core: Science and Technical Subjects (2012)

  • Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

    • GRADES 6-8

      • Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.(3.5.6-8.C)
      • Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).(3.5.6-8.G)

  • Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.

    • GRADES 6-8

      • Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.(3.6.6-8.C)
      • Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.(3.6.6-8.G)

PA Common Core: Mathematics (2013)

  • Numbers and Operations

    • GRADE 7

      • Analyze proportional relationships and use them to model and solve real-world and mathematical problems.(2.1.7.D1)

  • Algebraic Concepts

    • GRADE 7

      • Model and solve real-world and mathematical problems by using and connecting numerical, algebraic, and/or graphical representations.(2.2.7.B3)

PA Common Core: English Language Arts (2013)

  • Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

    • GRADE 7

      • Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.(1.2.7.A)
      • Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g. how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).(1.2.7.G)

    • GRADE 8

      • Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative and connotative, and technical meanings; and how they shape meaning and tone.(1.2.8.F)
      • Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.(1.2.8.K)

  • Reading Literature: Students read and respond to works of literature - with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

    • GRADE 7

      • Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.(1.3.7.B)
      • Analyze the development of the meaning through the overall structure of the text.(1.3.7.E)

  • Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.

    • GRADE 7

      • Develop and analyze the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples; include graphics and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.(1.4.7.C)
      • Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.(1.4.7.U)

Business, Computer and Information Technology (2012)

  • Career Management

    • GRADES 6 - 8

      • Examine various occupation options based on career assessments results, personal characteristics, talents, skills, abilities, and aptitudes as related to career pathways, clusters, or occupations.Reference Career Education and Work 13.1.8.A - B(15.2.8.A)
      • Correlate individual career interests to job opportunities within the global marketplace.(15.2.8.C)
      • Explain the importance of workplace expectations.Reference Career Education and Work 13.3.8.A - B(15.2.8.M)

  • Communication

    • GRADES 6 - 8

      • Demonstrate proper etiquette when networking either face-to-face or online.(15.3.8.M)
      • Examine the impact of work ethic in various contexts.(15.3.8.N)
      • Discuss types of communication skills (e.g., internal, external) in organizations.(15.3.8.O)
      • Apply appropriate electronic communication based on message requirements.(15.3.8.S)
      • Discuss the rules of digital citizenship.Reference Business, Computer and Information Technologies 15.4.8.B(15.3.8.T)
      • Demonstrate effective techniques for good communication.(15.3.8.X)

  • Computer and Information Technologies

    • GRADES 6 - 8

      • Analyze the influence of emerging technologies on daily life.(15.4.8.A)
      • Interpret and apply appropriate social, legal, ethical, and safe behaviors of digital citizenship.(15.4.8.B)
      • Create projects using emerging input technologies.(15.4.8.D)
      • Identify network communication technologies.(15.4.8.F)
      • Create an advanced digital project using appropriate software/application for an authentic task.(15.4.8.G)
      • Create a multimedia project using student-created digital media.(15.4.8.K)
      • Evaluate the accuracy and bias of online sources of information; appropriately cite online resources.(15.4.8.L)
      • Explore and describe how emerging technologies are used across different career paths.(15.4.8.M)

Units

Unit #1 - Time Management and Organizational Skills

Unit #2 - Digital Safety

Unit #3 - Multimedia Tools

Unit #4 - Introduction to Spreadsheets

Course Resources