Career DayBy: Mary Ellen Wessel

K.4.3 Explain why people in a community choose different jobs.

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ndards/StandardSearch.aspx Link to Activity– http://www.indianastandardsresources.org/fi

les/soc/ss_k_4_3_a.pdf

Indicator

Jobs - a piece of work, esp. a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price.

Career - an occupation or profession, esp. one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework.

Community - a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

Uniforms - an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.

Interests - the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something.

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Definitions

People may do lots of different jobs because they like doing different things or because they are better at doing one particular type of job.

Career Day by Anne Rockwell is the story of Mrs. Madoff’s class on career day. The classmates have visitors that share their career’s with the class. The class learns about the different jobs people do.

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Research

– Teacher– Lawyer– Doctor– Fisherman– Reporter– Chef– Scientist– Firefighter– Police Officer

– Painter– Dancer– Chef– Farmer– Nurse– Driver– Factory Worker– Cashier– Photographer

Activity Step 1: Types of JobsRead Career Day by Anne Rockwell. Then make a list of jobs with students. Such as:

Read Jobs People Do. Discuss the different uniforms for different

jobs. Discuss what tools different jobs require. Discuss the activities that each job requires. Allow students time to look through the

other books available.

Activity Step 2

Remind students that people choose different careers for different reasons and that each career is important for the community.

Discuss what jobs the students think they might want to be when they grow up and why.

Activity Step 3

Hand out a copy of the BLM My Job Badge to each student.

Tell students that they are going to create a job badge. For example, a student who chooses “firefighter” might draw a picture of a fire or fire truck. A student who chooses “nurse” may draw a red cross.

Activity Step 4

Have students cut out badges. Help them pin on their badges. Have students display their badges to their

classmates. Have students explain why they choose the

career they choose. Also explain why they think that career is important for the community.

Activity Part 5

Ask students what type of badges might certain careers wear.

Assessment

Rockwell, Anne. Career Day. HarperCollins Publishers, 2000.

Maynard, Christoper. Jobs People Do. 2nd. New York: DK Publishing, Inc, 1997.

Rockwell, Anne. When We Grow Up. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981.

Florian, Douglas. A Fisher: How We Work. 1st. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1994.

Chilton, Shirley, Roy, Robert. Everyone Has Important Jobs to Do. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1970.

Coulter, Laurie. Cowboys and Coffin Makers, One Hundred 19th-Century Jobs You Might Have Feared or Fancied. Annick Press, 2007.

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