Virginia SOL CE.14.e
The Standard
describing the importance of education to one’s intellectual life, lifelong learning, and personal goals
Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science · The student will apply history and social science skills to explain career opportunities and understand the fundamentals of personal finance by
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how learning can expand knowledge, open future choices, and help a person reach personal and career goals. They connect specific education choices to short-term and long-term outcomes.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a personal or career goal, a student identifies a useful education option and explains why it fits. The student can describe benefits beyond employment, such as stronger thinking, new interests, and continued growth.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think education only means earning a college degree or preparing for a job. They may assume learning ends after school or that more education guarantees a high salary and success.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: “Maya wants to become a veterinary technician and keep learning about animal care. Name one education step she could take and explain two ways it could help her.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Students build a goal pathway with index cards labeled goal, needed knowledge, education step, and future learning, then explain each link.
Ask students to write, “How can education change a person’s choices beyond getting a job?” then share one example with a partner.
Play a matching game where teams pair personal goals with learning options and earn a point for each clear explanation.
Give students a local job posting and a community course listing, then have them explain how each could support one person’s goals.
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Related Standards
- CE.14.b
identifying the attitudes and behaviors that strengthen individual work ethic and promote career success;
- S.K.h
practicing civility, respect, hard work, and responsible citizenship skills; and
- K.8.a
describing ways people work to earn and save money to buy the things they need and want; and
- CE.14.g
describing the importance of equal opportunities for access to education and training; and
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