Time  Required:    45-­‐50  minutes  

 Objective:  • Students  will  obtain  knowledge  on  the  different  career  clusters.    

• Students  will  learn  how  to  identify  and  interpret  career  responsibilities.    

• Students  will  learn  methods  of  classifying  occupations.    

Content  Standards:      AA.S.4    Students  will  acquire  the  skills  to  investigate  the  world  of  work    

      in  relation  to  knowledge  of  self  and  to  make  informed  career           decisions.    

Indicators:    AA.C.5.4.06     Compare  and  contrast  different  career  options.  AA.C.5.4.03     Develop  an  awareness  of  personal  abilities,  skills,    

      interests  and  motivations.    

GOAL: Students will learn the relationship between personal interest and career exploration as they compare and contrast career options.  Materials:  

1. “How  Santa  Got  His  Job”  By  Stephen  Krensky  Book  2. Career  Clusters  Handout  (Handout  1)  

 Procedures  and  Discussion:  

1. You  may  begin  by  asking  students  how  many  of  them  have  already  thought  about  what  they  want  to  do  when  they  are  old  enough  to  work.  You  might  ask  why  they  are  considering  that  career.  Explain  that  they  may  think  about  many  different  jobs  before  they  graduate  from  high  school.  Discuss  the  importance  of  eventually  choosing  a  career  that  fits  their  personalities  and  interests.  Explain  how  everybody  encounters  this  process  even  Santa  did.    

2. Distribute  Handout  1  -­‐  “Career  Clusters”.  Introduce  concept  of  career  clusters.  Discuss  how  career  clusters  provide  a  way  for  schools  to  organize  student  instruction  and  experiences  around  sixteen  categories  that  encompass  virtually  all  occupations.  

CHRISTMAS CAREER CLUSTERS EXPLORATION

GRADE 1 through 7

Furthermore,  how  it  helps  teachers,  counselors,  and  other  school  officials  help  them  to  discover  what  they  want  to  do  when  they  grow  up.    

3. Introduce  each  career  cluster  briefly.    4. Review  story  “How  Santa  Got  His  Job”.  After  each  job  Santa  obtains,  ask  students  which  

career  cluster  would  that  particular  job  fall  under.    5. After  reviewing  the  book  completely,  discuss  how  some  careers  have  similar  goals  and  

how  past  experiences,  jobs,  can  lead  to  the  ideal  career  for  an  individual,  just  like  it  did  for  Santa.  Also,  identify  responsibility  of  common  careers  in  the  career  clusters  discussed  and  relate  these  to  current  responsibility  as  a  student.  Inquiry  relations  from  students.    

 Additional  Resources:    

At  this  website,  students  can  click  on  a  Holland  job  classification  and  see  possible  careers  and  college  majors  that  match  that  occupational  interest  area  

• www.missouriwestern.edu/careerdevelopment/cig      • http://www.vaview.vt.edu/resources/pdf/publications/exploringcareerclusters/C

areer%20Clusters%20Elementary%20Educator%27s%20Guide%20and%20Ideas.pdf  

           

 Lesson  Developed  by:  Cierra  Fisher  

The  Citadel  Graduate  College    

 

CAREER CLUSTERS (Handout 1)

PREVIEW OF “HOW SANTA GOT HIS JOB”

CAREER CLUSTER: Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics