Career Exploration Activities and Career Awareness Lesson: All About Jobs

Description

Help your K-2 students build a strong foundation in career awareness with this engaging and developmentally appropriate career exploration lesson! This resource introduces your primary grade learners to the concept of jobs, why people work, and the important roles careers play in our communities.

It’s about more than just showing students about different careers – it’s about supporting your students’ career development overall!

Perfect for covering your college and career readiness curriculum needs, this all-in-one lesson is ideal for classroom guidance, school counseling, or SEL-career integration.

The lesson also incorporates movement to keep students actively engaged as they explore jobs and their impact on the community.

Here’s what’s inside:

• Slideshow to guide the lesson and engage students in learning about what a job is, why people work, and different types of jobs
• Mystery job opener to introduce career clues and encourage student guesses
• True/False whole group practice activity to check understanding of job-related concepts
• Small group practice activity where students discuss why different jobs are important
• Mini-book for students to create a concrete takeaway from the lesson

Inspire your students to dream big by planting the seeds of career awareness and showing them the many possibilities for their future! This fun and interactive lesson will spark curiosity about the world of work while building essential awareness of how careers shape the world around us.