K-5: Career Information
Current and specific data concerning the world of work
Learner Goal
Develop skills to understand and use career information.
Indicators
- Describe the work of family members, school personnel, and community workers.
- Identity occupations according to data, people, and things.
- Identity work activities of interest to the student.
- Describe the relationship of beliefs, attitudes, interests, and abilities to occupations.
- Describe jobs that are present in the local community.
- Identity the working conditions of occupations (for example: inside and/or outside, hazards).
- Describe ways in which self-employment differs from working for others.
- Describe how parents, relatives, adult friends, and neighbors can provide career information.
Suggested Activities
- Infusion of activites into current curriculum
- Resource speakers*
- Career study trips
- Correspondence with workers relating academic skills to jobs
- Inverviews with workers
- Use of publications and media resources
- Career reports and/or projects*
- Career days including Vehicle Day, Hat Day, Hobby Day, Dress-Up Day, and vocational table-tops*
- Career camps
- Work simulations, including Young Authors
- Classroom and/or school jobs
- Job treasure chest (collection of items that parents make at work)*
* This and other starred activities facilitate parental involvement.
