Communication Careers Lesson Plans

Ninth graders will explore manufacturing careers. In this career instructional activity, 9th graders will explore career options through an interactive video-conference with an engineering professor or professional.

Middle schoolers will identify several professions in the healthcare field along with the characteristics of effective healthcare providers. They will also consider if any of the occupations covered in class are appropriate career paths. Research will be done using the Internet. A list of healthcare careers and links are provided.

Sixth graders design travel brochures using technology to persuade people to visit their location.  In this travel brochure activity, 6th graders must communicate what is attractive about a place that would convince you to visit. Students present their projects.

After learning how to dentify information on energy and its conservation. your class can work in groups to create an activity and lesson plan for elementary students, teaching all about energy and its conservation. Students demonstrate the use of various methods of communication during the presentation of their lessons. Students understand what it is like to create and teach a lesson to young students.

Students visit Conservation in Action web site to watch three video interviews with Vancouver Aquarium researchers, complete Careers in Conservation worksheet, research threats facing species featured on Conservation web site, and create campaign to protect killer whales, Steller sea lions, or rockfish in Pacific Canada.

Fifth graders gather information about the roles, responsibilities, skills, and training and education requirements of workers. Then they input this information into a graphic organizer chart and identify the similarities and differences in the careers. Students alos analyze the information for each group member as compared to their own findings.

Help ninth graders explore careers that match their interests. They will complete an interest inventory and discuss the outcomes with their class. They will also research a career of their choice and write an oral report to be shared with the class. A rubric for the presentation is included as well as handouts.

Learners research, analyze and study a variety of resources and activities to broaden their horizons on careers and service learning through classroom, community and career activities. They scan all possible choices they have at their disposal out in the real world.

Students compare and contrast different forms of communication.  In this poetry lesson, students focus on the ballad form and read "Timothy Winters". Students draw conclusions from the ballad and divide into groups to research the definition and other examples of ballads. 

First graders will take pictures of an adult at work focusing on the tools used, the work site, and job responsibilities. Each student will create  a career book that includes their photos and captions describing each career. While completing the research and projects, 1st graders will also learn about photography, a camera, and appreciate the skills required for various jobs. Adaptation: You could download pictures from the Internet for some of the careers if needed.