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Time Required: 1 hour 25 minutes
Content Standard:7.1.2 Standard 2: Students will complete school with academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options including college.
Indicators:
m. Students will understand the relationship between classroom performance and success in school.
n. Students will identify post-secondary options consistent with interests, achievement, aptitude, and abilities.
GOAL: Through a shared learning experience with their parent, the student will explore their career interests, earning potential and recognize the responsibilities associated with an entry level or part time job.
Warm Up Activities Statement: The parents and students will complete an interest inventory and share the results with others. They will play a short game called “Riddle
“Kid” dle.
Main Activities Statement: The parents and children will listen to a presentation and respond with questions to the presenters.
Wrap Up Activities Statement: One group of the parents and students will explore a career of interest to the student by accessing a website. The other group will create a career mobile with their child. After each group finishes, they will switch group areas/activities. (This may require an additional helper/volunteer to help facilitate two activities.
Materials:
Student Handout#1 Interest Inventory
Parent Handout #1 Parent Inventory

Instructor Resource Game Activity “Riddle “Kid” dle
Chalkboard and chalk
Parent Handout #2 Parent Evaluation
Parent Handout #3 Take Home Activity: Access to website information
Computers with computer access for career exploration activity
Instructor Resource: Instructions and materials for Mobile Making including pictures of career workers and tools for their jobs, yarn, a hanger per child, construction paper, crayons, markers, colored pencils, hole punch ( You may want to assemble or have pictures of careers and relevant representations of careers assembled before the activity.)
Anticipatory Set/Warm Up Activity:
Directions:
The instructor will explain the purpose of the lesson to the group. This lesson is titled “It’s Not Magic,
Just Good Common Cent$. We have been learning about choosing careers. Today we will explore careers, salaries, (how much money people make) and our own career interests. Finding a career is not
“magic”. It takes a lot of work, thought and education. Let’s see what we know about some of our interests and what we already know about careers.
 In this warm up activity, students will complete an interest inventory. After completing the inventory an oral survey will be taken by the instructor in regard to their interests.
To make this activity even more interesting, the parents will take a short interest inventory.
 Students and parents will play the game Riddle “Kid” dle”. The instructor will divide the group into four groups. Each group will pick two riddles from a box. They will stand and read the chosen riddle that has to do with a career. The instructor will keep track of the score on the chalkboard. (See Instructor Resource for further instructions.)
Timeline: 30 minutes
Presentations by guest speakers and discussion
Directions:
Prior to this event, the instructor will have contacted three to five high school students, who have part time jobs. They may have these jobs throughout the school year or throughout the summer. The students should be good role models, making good grades in school and participants in some community or school extra curricular activities. Each of these students will present a short presentation and a picture of the job they are now doing and the career they want to enter. They should also tell how much they make in a salary now, and what they project they will make. Following the presentations, the instructor will guide a discussion session covering the following topics. ( For example: A girl who wants to become a chef may now be working at the local diner or fast food restaurant. A boy who wants to be a construction boss or architect may be working as a carpenter’s helper. A boy who wants to be a Physical Education teacher may be working at the local gym or YMCA.)
These would be good ideas for presenters.

Print these questions on the chalkboard before the presentation. Have student volunteers ask the questions to the presenters.
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Why did you decide to apply for this job?
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How did you become interested in your area of part time work
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What do you do with the pay you earn from your job?
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Are you able to keep up with your school work and sports activities when your work?
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Is your job really preparing you for your future career?
Timeline: 25 minutes
Wrap Up Activities
Group 1
The instructor will then guide the parents and students to the computer lab or computers within the room. They will access the Career Exploration Guides and Resources for Younger Students at www://khake.com/page64.html
This career guide has many job descriptions that are written in student friendly language. The parents and students should explore the careers and decide the student’s top area of career interest.
In order to find how much money the student would make in their chosen career, they will access the following site: http:// wiki.answers.com At this site they will type in the question about how much they will earn in their career. It will then tell them how much money they can expect to make yearly.
They will need assistance from their parents in accessing the site and typing in the information.
An optional resource is http://swzsalary.com
Group 2
The instructor will provide all the materials for the “Job Mobile. Students will create pictures of their desired career and other tools or things that are associated with their job. The will attach them to yarn and tie to the hanger. This idea is from the site: http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/Custom/Classwebpages/DreamBig/GroupB/Jo...
Timeline: 30 minutes
Take Home Activity:
The parents and students will access the site “Just for Fun” Career Games at http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/Custom/Classwebpages/DreamBig/Games
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Resource List www://khake.com/page64.html http://swzsalary.com
http:// wiki.answers.com
http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/Custom/Classwebpages/DreamBig/GamesHo

Evaluation: Parents complete the evaluation Parent Handout #2
Incentives: This will depend on the instructor and teacher collaboration. They may decide together regarding extra credit for participation.
Marketing: Marketing may be done through the school website, bulletin board or school newsletters. (This depends on the schools’ use of these marketing plans)
Author: Joyce Rea
jrea@access.k12.wv.us
Brooke County Schools