Content Area: Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills

 

Index: 9.1A Grade 8 CPI 1

 

Standard: 9.1 - Career and Technical Education

 

Strand: A - Career Awareness and Planning

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will demonstrate the ability to distinguish between job, occupation, and career.

 

Grade: 8

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       A school wide unity day to celebrate diversity is being planned by the school. As part of the celebration, a mini-Olympics will be held. A plan needs to be developed and implemented to include opening exercises, main events, and closing ceremonies. A small budget has been allocated but will need to be supplemented

 

·       Current transportation systems consume natural resources and add to pollution and congestion

 

·       Workplace Tour

 

·       After class discussion, students define “job”, “occupation” and “career”. Prepare three columns on the board using those headings. Students brainstorm items under each column.

 

·       Write a Help Wanted ad for a job, an occupation, and a career. Use language that specifically emphasizes the difference between the three.

 

·       Research National Take Your Child to Work Day, held in April. The following is a helpful website: http://www.calendarmine.com/Holidays/American_TakeYourChildtoWorkDay.asp  Either accompany a parent to work and report about the experience or research on-line sites that describe various company policies and plans for that day.

 

·       Student discuss with parent or other adult the adult’s work. Discuss whether that is a job, occupation, or career. Student writes a short summary of the discussion.

 

·       Resources: http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/ contains  a slide show, supporting  worksheet, and wordsearch.