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Students research the career opportunities in the travel and tourism industry. They work together to identify the entry requirements for some positions. They analyze their own strengths and weaknesses.
Students identify the stages in recruitment and selection for the tourism business. They develop a flowchart involved when appointing someone to a position. They analzye their own strengths and weaknesses.
Sixth graders explore the effect of eco-tourism on the outer banks of North Carolina. In this environmental science lesson, 6th graders investigate how to solve the eco-tourism/erosion problems occurring in the Outer Banks by researching various careers related to eco-tourism.
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is related to the concepts related to conducting research of the economy while focusing on career choices. They find information using a variety of different resources when including statistics of the local workforce and economy.
Students explore a career of their choice to learn about a career that interests them. In this career exploration instructional activity, students research a variety of careers and select one in particular. Students create a project to tell others about the career.
Students identify career paths for personal planning.
Students practice their interviewing skills. They analzye a ill-prepared and a well-prepared interviewee. They work together to develop scripts to be used in an interview. They role play different skits.
Students read travel books, social studies books, magazines and find interesting information that would appeal to a person traveling to a state, region or country. They create tourism films for their state, region, or country.
Eighth graders set realistic career goals. and become familiar with career opportunities and skills necessary to be successful. Students create a career portfolio containing three career opportunities.
Learners research the history of tourism in Preston County, West Virginia. In this tourism lesson plan, students brainstorm about tourist trails in West Virginia. Learners use the given park link to find present sites for tourism and select a tourist site. Students make a list of attractions for their tourism site and research the history of the county's tourist attractions. Learners make a database of the information.