In pairs, have students discuss how background, experiences, and perspectives influence the rank ordering of occupations. Students may also want to interview people who are job hunting. In small groups, have students create a list of occupations related to subject areas. Students may share lists by writing them on the board or flip chart paper to be displayed in the classroom. Research sources of occupations and add to the list.
Students can design a bulletin board showing the relationship of school subjects and occupations.
Awareness and knowledge of educational benefits. Have students complete the graph at the end of the exercise. In pairs, have students develop a sentence phrase for each of the additional areas of mathematics, language arts, and physical education on the interest inventory. Discuss the results of the inventory in small groups, then in large groups. As the teacher directs, graph your scores for each part, creating a bar graph.