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Career Day

Students will explore careers that interest them, then illustrate themselves in a chosen profession.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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Steps

  • Step 1

    Have students think about jobs and careers that interest them. Ask them to explore fields in which they might like to work and then investigate some of the jobs in that field. For example, if they love to write they might look up jobs that require strong language skills, and if they enjoy discovering how things work they might investigate various professions in engineering. Have them research fields of study that might be required to attain the job. Have a class discussion about how creativity is essential for every career.

  • Step 2

    Ask students to illustrate themselves working in a job they might pursue in the future. It could be an illustration using colored pencils and/or markers alone, or they could paint over their illustration with watercolors to add dimension to the background.

  • Step 3

    Have students present their work and discuss the job they illustrated for their future, why it interests them, and how creativity is essential for success in that field.

Standards

LA: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

SS: Describe how we depend upon workers with specialized jobs and the ways in which they contribute to the productions and exchange of goods and services.

VA: Use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories.

VA: Use visual structures of art to communicate ideas.

LA: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text.

LA: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

LA: Participate in shared research and writing projects.

LA: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

SS: Explore and describe similarities and differences in the ways groups, societies, and cultures address similar human needs and concerns,

SS: Explore factors that contribute to one's personal identity such as interests, capabilities, and perceptions.

SS: Identify examples of institutions and describe the interactions of people with institutions.

SS: Give examples of the various institutions that make up economic systems such as families, workers, banks, labor unions, government agencies, small businesses, and large corporations

Adaptations

Host a career day for the school during which people in various professions can come and discuss their fields. Guest speakers might include students' relatives, other teachers or school staff, and invited community members.

Have students write a cover letter for a job they imagine themselves applying for. Ask them to describe their strengths, why the job interests them, and how they would benefit the organization.