Younger studetns can select three foods and find prices for each in three different stores. They can look for pricies int he supermarket and local grocery store, and in newspaper advertisements. Ask students to share their favorite dish and describe to the class how it is prepared. Students will be asked to think of industries that deal with foods. Older students can use the classifed section of the newspaper to locate job titles, qualifications, and salaries offered.
Students can form a groups and deliver oral reports of their findings.
Lower grades can make costumes and role play to see if the rest of the class can guess what type of workers they are. Lower grades can also cut out pictures from a magazine and make a collage, or draw a picture of their favorite occupation. Alphabetize the countries of Africa.