Trades & Vocational Training Lesson Plans

Students analyze the importance of receiving a liberal arts education. In this liberal arts lesson plan, students read about the differences between vocational training and a liberal arts education.

Students explore career opportunities by participating in a role-playing activity. For this vocational lesson, students identify the different jobs people have when they finish school and practice performing tasks such as sorting clothes, bagging food, or displaying flowers. Students are assessed based on their performance.

Students examine the history of farming. In this environmental farming lesson, students explore the web and complete a variety of activities in order to understand the necessity of local, sustainable, and small farms for the future. Students use their findings to design a farm that meets environmentally sound criteria.

Students develop a business plan for improving their school cafeteria.

Students explore money as it applies to salary, paychecks, and taxes. For this essential mathematics lesson, students explore how math is used in various careers, how income takes are calculated and other important life lessons in math.

Students define human capital and income earning potential. In this algebra lesson, students analyze the relationship between income and capital resources. They calculate tax rates and understand how to read a tax table.

Students study important Michigan based philanthropists. They examine how philanthropy, especially within the United Way, has helped their own community and write school based public service announcements to share this information. They discover similar information about other area although this lesson is focused on Michigan.

Learners identify and interpret Spanish heritage, including the Mediterranean culture, language, history, trade, and migration. Following, they began an in-depth study of Egypt, the Middle East, Greece, and Rome and were able to make connections with the Spanish heritage and distant civilizations. Finally, students made the study of Current Events timelier by comparing present-day labor practices in third World countries.

Students examines how cultural diversity impacts political identity. In this global government lesson, students engage in two activities, complete several worksheets, and view a PowerPoint presentation in order to understand the cultural impact of transitioning from a nation-state to a Union of states in the European Union. Worksheets and resources are included.

Students examine the photographs of Russell Lee and identify the obstacles faced by Mexican-Americans in Texas during the early and mid-20th century. They discuss the ways they overcame these obstacles and relate it to obstacles in their own lives.