1.
Time
Required:
45-‐50
minutes
Objective:
• Students
will
obtain
knowledge
on
the
different
career
clusters.
• Students
will
learn
how
to
identify
and
interpret
career
responsibilities.
• Students
will
learn
methods
of
classifying
occupations.
Content
Standards:
AA.S.4
Students
will
acquire
the
skills
to
investigate
the
world
of
work
in
relation
to
knowledge
of
self
and
to
make
informed
career
decisions.
Indicators:
AA.C.5.4.06
Compare
and
contrast
different
career
options.
AA.C.5.4.03
Develop
an
awareness
of
personal
abilities,
skills,
interests
and
motivations.
GOAL: Students will learn the relationship between personal interest
and career exploration as they compare and contrast career options.
Materials:
1. “How
Santa
Got
His
Job”
By
Stephen
Krensky
Book
2. Career
Clusters
Handout
(Handout
1)
Procedures
and
Discussion:
1. You
may
begin
by
asking
students
how
many
of
them
have
already
thought
about
what
they
want
to
do
when
they
are
old
enough
to
work.
You
might
ask
why
they
are
considering
that
career.
Explain
that
they
may
think
about
many
different
jobs
before
they
graduate
from
high
school.
Discuss
the
importance
of
eventually
choosing
a
career
that
fits
their
personalities
and
interests.
Explain
how
everybody
encounters
this
process
even
Santa
did.
2. Distribute
Handout
1
-‐
“Career
Clusters”.
Introduce
concept
of
career
clusters.
Discuss
how
career
clusters
provide
a
way
for
schools
to
organize
student
instruction
and
experiences
around
sixteen
categories
that
encompass
virtually
all
occupations.
CHRISTMAS CAREER CLUSTERS EXPLORATION
GRADE 1 through 7
2. Furthermore,
how
it
helps
teachers,
counselors,
and
other
school
officials
help
them
to
discover
what
they
want
to
do
when
they
grow
up.
3. Introduce
each
career
cluster
briefly.
4. Review
story
“How
Santa
Got
His
Job”.
After
each
job
Santa
obtains,
ask
students
which
career
cluster
would
that
particular
job
fall
under.
5. After
reviewing
the
book
completely,
discuss
how
some
careers
have
similar
goals
and
how
past
experiences,
jobs,
can
lead
to
the
ideal
career
for
an
individual,
just
like
it
did
for
Santa.
Also,
identify
responsibility
of
common
careers
in
the
career
clusters
discussed
and
relate
these
to
current
responsibility
as
a
student.
Inquiry
relations
from
students.
Additional
Resources:
At
this
website,
students
can
click
on
a
Holland
job
classification
and
see
possible
careers
and
college
majors
that
match
that
occupational
interest
area
• www.missouriwestern.edu/careerdevelopment/cig
• http://www.vaview.vt.edu/resources/pdf/publications/exploringcareerclusters/C
areer%20Clusters%20Elementary%20Educator%27s%20Guide%20and%20Ideas.p
df
Lesson
Developed
by:
Cierra
Fisher
The
Citadel
Graduate
College
