Unit/Topic (If unit-note how many lessons in unit): Career Exploration

Domain (academic, career, personal/social): Career

Title of Lesson: Exploration of Careers

Grade Level: 4th grade

ASCA Standards Addressed:

 C:A1.9 Develop hobbies and vocational interests
 C:B1.2 Identify personal skills, interests and abilities and relate them to
current career choice

Core and/or Indiana Standards Addressed:

*Note if it is “crosswalked” with other academic standards

 3-5.2.1 Use a career interest inventory to identify career interests.

 3-5.2.7 List jobs that relate to their hobbies and/or leisure activities.

Developmental Asset(s) Addressed:

 Caring school climate-School provides a caring, encouraging environment.

 Positive View of Personal Future-Young person is optimistic about their

personal future.
Differentiated Instruction/Cultural Awareness:
*Lesson will include what tools to address various learning styles, multiple
intelligences, ELL, etc.
 PowerPoint for visual
 Movement/fast pace for students that have difficulties with attention
 Pictures for students with ELL

Learning Objective(s): what competencies--”Students will...”

 Students will find 2 careers that are interesting to them.
 Students will understand that school work is preparing them for their future
careers.
 Students will be able to define a career cluster.

Collaborative Partners:
e.g., advisory teachers, other teachers, community resource people)
 Classroom Teacher
 Site Supervisor
Materials Needed:
 Crayons
 Pre/post test
 Computer
 Projector
 Stations
 Large classroom
 Papers with career information

Activity Summary:
Students will be given questions about things that interest them. The answers are
sorted by colors in which they will see they have the most colors. Students will
discover a career cluster based on their interests.

Learning Activities (Include introduction to lesson, Activity(ies), resources

required,and Conclusion):

 Hand out Pre-Test

 Introduction to lesson:
o Talk about what is a career
o Why are we talking about this?
o Why is it important?
 Explain directions to students
 Pull up PowerPoint to start with interest questions:
o If you like……
 Playing with Legos…..go to blue
o What game do you play for fun…..
 Playing operation……go to red
 As questions are being read, the students will go to the colored station to
color a section of the tie on their paper.
 Once students have completed the 10 questions, they will stop to see what
color they have the most of on their tie.
 Discuss and define what a career cluster is
 Students will then go to that colored section and receive a paper with
careers based on their interest.
  Students will talk in small groups about what careers they are interested in.
 Students will take post-test.

Time needed for lesson: 30 minutes

Evaluation Plan:
What data will you collect and how will you collect data to show:
1. Impact on K-12 students
 Impact will be shown through pretest and posttest.
2. Feedback on lesson
 Feedback on lesson will be done through pretest and posttest data.

Follow-Up Plan:
 Current school counselor will follow up with teacher to give additional
information/resources/worksheets.
References/Resources Used:
 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Career-Education-
Classroom-Guidance-Lesson-for-School-Counseling-Pineapple-3192886