It is divided into three units focusing on carpentry, plumbing, and sheet metal work. The ideal delivery system would involve the classroom teacher and a worker representing the career focus of the unit. In the foreword, teachers are encouraged to contact their local labor council to find union members to help in delivery. However, in the absence of available workers, these lessons can and should be taught by the classroom teacher to encourage student learning in the areas of the construction trades and organized labor. Unit 1 focuses on plumbing.
Students learn about human resources, capital resources, and investment in human capital.
They hear a short poem focusing on a task faced by Ms. Ivanov, the plumber, and then move through work stations where they assemble and disassemble a spigot and join and measure pipes. They take part in a story focusing on plumber education and learn about the activities of George Meany and the merger of the AFL with the CIO by role playing various labor organizations huddled together under an umbrella. Unit 2 focuses on carpentry. Students again learn about resources and human capital by reading a story of a young boy trying to build things for his mom. They participate in Driving a Nail, Sanding Wood, Measuring, and Level Surface work stations.