Name:______Date:______Class:______Directions: Got to My Web Page, Unit #2 Resources and complete the “Survey Monkey” from last week if not already done. Go to Unit #3 Resources: Non-traditional Careers; watch the videos, answer the 15 questions below.
Section #1) Test Your Awareness of Non-traditional Careers (Circle the correct answer)
- Traditional coursework or occupations for women lead to low-wage jobs. True False
- Fifty-percent of all families headed by women of color are living in poverty. True False
- Occupation, not education, is the most important variable affecting earnings. True False
- The most important factor in reducing the likelihood that single household mothers will live in poverty is increased education. True False
- Male high school graduates are more likely to go into a traditional career field, if they do not go to college. True False
- Men are entering the workforce at twice the rate of women and are leaving the workforce at a slower rate than women. True False
- On the average, women can expect to be in the workforce longer than men. True False
- Women with high school diplomas earn the same as men with high school degrees. True False
- Women continue to be clustered into traditionally female occupations. True False
- The ratio of girls to boys in high school computer courses is equal. True False
- Women who take more than two college-level math courses often achieve pay equity with men. True False
- Women now account for 52% of the labor force. True False
- On average, women make 78.5 cents for every $1.00 that men make. True False
- At the current labor rate of change, the wage gap will not be eliminated until the year 2039 between men and women. True False
- Over the course of her employment lifetime, the average woman will make $50,000 less then a man. True False
Section #2) Click on the link: (on my we page)
and answer the 12 online questions. What was your score?______
Section #3) Go to the Entrepreneur Section under Unit #3 Resources, watch the videos, and then take the online test (10 questions). What was your score?______
Section #4) Go back to the Unit #3: Resources Page and take The Big Five Personality Test:
Do not fill-out any personal information under the blue divider. Your gender and age only. What was the outcome? ______
* Turn-in this form at the end of class even if incomplete. You will complete it in the next class period.