Burnet News Club 2020-2021 | Issue 2

1. The working world is continuously evolving and
changing. Throughout history, big events in society
and important inventions have affected how we work.
These things that make big changes to the way we do
things are called turning points.

2. GAME TIME
Correct answer
= 1 POINT
In your teams you should come up
with a buzzer noise. You will make
this noise when you know an answer
to a question.
You will hear questions and need to
decide which turning point around the
room is the correct answer. Make
your buzzer noise when you know!
The team to buzz first, answers
first.
Correct answer
PLUS reason
= 2 POINTS
Wrong answer
= MINUS 1 POINT
UNLESS a reason is given
to explain the thinking

3. TIME CHALLENGE!
Draw a sketch of the following workers. Try to make them as detailed as you
can but keep them secret. You have 30 seconds for each sketch.
CHALLENGE 1
A
CLEANER
CHALLENGE 2
A
PILOT
CHALLENGE 3
A DOCTOR
AND A
NURSE
30 SECOND
CHALLENGE

4. A stereotype is where you assume that all people
within a group are the same. For example “all
cleaners are women”. They are often not true!
Has this activity thrown up any stereotypes?
What other stereotypes are there about professions?

5. LOOK TO THE
FUTURE
How might stereotypes limit what
someone thinks they can do for a
job?
How might stereotypes have a
negative impact on the future of
work?
What could be done about gender
stereotypes in work?
LOOK TO THE
PAST
Stereotypes based on what
men and women can do for
work have changed over time
but they still exist. Look at the
Turning point events posters.
Which of these could have
started to change stereotypes
about work?

6. • When would these things
be examples of work?
When wouldn’t they be
examples of work?
• If you are paid for
something, does that
automatically make it
work? If you don’t get
paid, does that mean it’s
not work?
• What would the world be
like if people didn’t do
these things? Does that
make some more
important than others?
Looking
after
children
Driving

7. Stay-at-home
parent
= £0
Train driver
= £55,000
Cashier
= £17,000
Premier League
Footballer
= £3,000,000
Nurse
= £33,000
Office manager
= £32,000
Rubbish
collector
= £19,000
Looking
after
children
Driving
Average annual (yearly) salary in the UK = £30,350

8. Salaries are not just decided on how hard someone works. They are also decided by
the type of work someone does and by how many people are able to do that job.
People don’t always do a job because of the money they can earn –
there are lots of reasons why people work, including:
SUPPORT
FAMILY
HELP
OTHERS
ENJOY
THE JOB
BE
REMEMBERED
BE LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE
FEEL
PROUD
BUY NICE
THINGS
1. Choose one job you have talked about. What would be the top two reasons why
someone would want to do that job? Why?
2. Which two reasons would motivate you to do a job? Why?
Challenge: what other reasons can you think of?