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Career Interest Exploration

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Kristen Hayden

Tier 1

Lesson Plan

Career Interest Exploration

Identify interests as career skills

This lesson helps students explore how their personal interests can translate into skills for various careers. By identifying interests and matching them to career clusters, students can begin to see the connection between what they enjoy and potential career paths. This lesson is important as it encourages self-reflection and early career awareness, which can guide future educational and career decisions.

Audience

5th, 6th, 7th Grade Students

Time

10 minutes

Approach

Materials

Career Interest Worksheet, and Career Interest Exit Ticket

Step 1

Introduction

2 minutes

  • Briefly explain the purpose of the lesson: to explore how personal interests can relate to career skills.
  • Ask students to think about their favorite hobbies or activities.

Step 2

Worksheet Activity

5 minutes

  • Distribute the 'Career Interest Worksheet' to each student.
  • Instruct students to read each question and select the option that best matches their interest.
  • Encourage students to think about how these interests might relate to different career clusters.

Step 3

Exit Ticket

3 minutes

  • Hand out the 'Career Interest Exit Ticket'.
  • Ask students to write down one interest they have and a career cluster it might relate to.
  • Collect the exit tickets to assess understanding.

Step 4

Closure

1 minute

  • Summarize the key takeaway: interests can be skills for careers.
  • Encourage students to continue exploring how their interests can guide their future career choices.
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Worksheet

Career Interest Worksheet

This worksheet helps students identify how their interests can relate to career skills. Students will choose from multiple options to see which career clusters align with their interests.

Which activity do you enjoy the most?

Think about what you like to do in your free time.







Which subject do you find most interesting?

Consider the subjects you enjoy learning about in school.







What type of tasks do you prefer?

Do you like working with your hands, solving problems, or helping others?







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Quiz

Career Interest Exit Ticket

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