APPLYING
YOURSELF CAREER LESSON PLAN
Materials:
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: 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: 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:
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