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The Sweet 16 Career Clusters Activity – Classwork/Homework
Your Name:
For Four Classwork Grades:
1. Clusters A-D (Questions 1-17)
2. Clusters E-H (Questions 18-31)
3. Clusters I-L (Questions 32-45)
4. Clusters M-P (Questions 46-63)
Directions: Use the following resources as you answer the following questions about each career cluster.
 16 Career Clusters PowerPoint
 Introduction to Career Clusters:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/careers/cclusters/student/introclusters.shtml
 Career Clusters: http://www.iseek.org/careers/clusters.html
A. Agriculture and Natural Resources
1. List as many jobs as you can in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Cluster.
2. What do you think these jobs have in common?
3. What do you think is the biggest problem we face in the use of the natural resources of our planet?
4. What would you do to improve the use of our natural resources?
B. Architecture and Construction
5. List as many jobs as you can in the Architecture and Construction Cluster.
6. What do you think these jobs have in common?
7. Find pictures of buildings, structures, skyscraper and structure online. Copy/paste it here and downsize it.
8. What building would you compare your own personality to?
9. Why?
C. Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications
10. List as many jobs as you can in the Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Cluster.
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11. What do you think these jobs have in common?
12. What is your favorite TV show/movie/book/poem/color/artist/song/actor/play/author?
13. Why?
D. Business and Administration
14. List as many jobs as you can in the Business and Administration Cluster.
15. What do you think these jobs have in common?
16. Is a good manager always a leader?
17. Explain your answer for number 16.
E. Education and Training
18. List as many jobs as you can in the Education and Training Cluster.
19. What do you think these jobs have in common?
20. Consider this quote, “If you have knowledge, let others light their candle at it.” What do you think that
means?
F. Finance
21. List as many jobs as you can in the Finance Cluster.
22. What do you think these jobs have in common?
23. Do you think dependent teenagers should have their own credit cards?
24. Why?
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G. Government and Public Administration
25. List as many jobs as you can in the Government and Public Administration Cluster.
26. What do you think these jobs have in common?
27. Imagine that a law was passed that made it illegal to collect taxes.
28. How would our society be different?
H. Health Science
29. List as many jobs as you can in the Health Science Cluster.
30. What do you think these jobs have in common?
31. How do you think Health Science careers have changed over the years?
I. Hospitality and Tourism
32. List as many jobs as you can in the Hospitality and Tourism Cluster.
33. What do you think these jobs have in common?
34. Describe your dream vacation.
J. Human Services
35. List as many jobs as you can in the Human Services Cluster.
36. What do you think these jobs have in common?
37. What do you think are the most important qualities for a family?
K. Information Technology
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38. List as many jobs as you can in the Information Technology Cluster.
39. What do you think these jobs have in common?
40. Should computers in public libraries and schools have blocks to certain web sites?
41. Why or why not?
L. Law and Public Safety
42. List as many jobs as you can in the Law and Public Safety Cluster.
43. What do you think these jobs have in common?
44. “A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is just brave five minutes longer.” Do you agree or disagree?
45. Explain your answer for number 44.
M. Manufacturing
46. List as many jobs as you can in the Manufacturing Cluster.
47. What do you think these jobs have in common?
48. Do you think robots will replace humans in the manufacturing industry?
49. Defend your response for number 48.
N. Retail/Wholesale Sales and Service
50. List as many jobs as you can in the Retail/Wholesale Sales and Service Cluster.
51. What do you think these jobs have in common?
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52. A famous retail store has a company motto, “The customer is always right.” Do you think that is a wise
policy to use?
53. Why or why not?
54. What company or business motto would you use?
55. Why?
O. Scientific Research and Engineering
56. List as many jobs as you can in the Scientific Research and Engineering Cluster.
57. What do you think these jobs have in common?
58. What do you think is the most important scientific discovery or event of the past century?
59. Why?
P. Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Services
60. List as many jobs as you can in the Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Services Cluster.
61. What do you think these jobs have in common?
62. Some officials in the trucking industry, because of a shortage of truck drivers, would like to allow eighteenyear-olds to get a commercial driving license so that they could drive a tractor-trailer rig. Do you think this is a
good idea?
63. Support your opinion about the topic in number 62.