APPLYING YOURSELF CAREER LESSON PLAN

 

Materials:

• Applying Yourself lesson (see below for printable lesson)

• Lesson worksheets - Printable worksheets

 

Optional Pre-Lesson Preparation:

Research materials such as magazines and journals or other publications that profile successful people.

 

 

Instruction and Discussion

• Discuss the lesson’s objectives with the students.

• Instruct them to read the lesson and to answer the questions on the worksheet.

• Lead the students in discussing and sharing their ideas and answers from the worksheet.

 

 

Suggested Assignments or Activities

 

1. Interviews with successful people

 

Materials:

• Assignment 1

Assignment: Assign students to interview someone that they deem to be successful using the interview form noted under “Materials”. Make suggestions to spark their imagination. The successful people to be interviewed could be one of their family members, neighbors, a community leader, someone who works in a field they are interested in, one of their teachers, their religious leader, etc.

 

Activity: Once the assignment is completed encourage the students to openly discuss their results in the classroom or to make an oral presentation to the class.

 

Grading Criteria: The grading criterion for this assignment is subjective. The primary purpose of this assignment is to give students insight into the thought processes of successful people.

 

 

2. Research Paper

 

Materials:

• Assignment 2

• magazines and journals that profile successful people (optional)

Assignment: Assign students to conduct research on an individual who they believe to be successful. Suggest sources for the research such as the Internet, biographies from the library, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, etc.

 

Activity: Once the assignment is completed encourage students to openly discuss their findings or to make an oral presentation to the class.

 

Grading Criteria: The grading criterion for this assignment is subjective. The primary purpose of this assignment is to give students insight into the thought processes, experiences and actions of successful people.

 

 

 

Lesson Printable Materials - Worksheets

Print out the following career exploration printable worksheet pages for use with this lesson:

 

APPLYING YOURSELF LESSON
	Applying Yourself Lesson Printable applying yourself student lesson.
APPLYING YOURSELF WORKSHEET
	Applying Yourself Worksheet * Lesson worksheet.
APPLYING YOURSELF ASSIGNMENTS
	Applying Yourself Assignments * Lesson assignments.

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