THINKING
ABOUT THE FUTURE CAREER LESSON PLAN
Materials:
Optional Pre-Lesson Preparation:
The book titled, “Who am I?
The 16 basic desires that
motivate our actions and define
our personalities." By
Steven Reiss, PhD. Copyright
2000. Published by Tarcher/Putnam,
New York.
The instructor may find the
content of this book useful in
leading discussions of concepts
presented in this lesson. This recommendation is
primarily intended to provide
instructors with added
information in regard to
motivating desires.
• The Reiss Profile for Schools
(one for each student) available
to be ordered from IDS
Publishing via the following web
link:
http://www.idspublishing.com/rpschools.htm
This is a psychological profile
test created by Steven Reiss,
Ph.D. The school version is
appropriate for students in
middle school and high school.
It is based upon peer-reviewed
research and it is a
comprehensive test of
motivational factors that will
help students discover what
motivates them. The test results
may also be useful to teachers
and parents in identifying
students’ individualized
motivational factors.
Lesson
Instruction and Discussion
Discuss
the lesson’s objectives with the
students.
Suggested Assignments or
Activities
1. Partner Activity
Materials:
Assignment 1
at the bottom of this page.
Assignment: Instruct students to
choose a partner for this
assignment, or pair the students
yourself. Assign students to
rank the needs based on their
perception of their partners
needs in order of importance.
They are not to discuss these
needs with one another, but are
to complete the assignment based
on their own perceptions.
Activity: Lead students to
discuss how their ranking of
their own needs compare to the
rankings of their needs based on
their partners perceptions.
Explain to students that even
though from time to time, other
people’s perceptions of us as
individuals may be accurate,
many times they are not.
Therefore, in determining what
is important to us as
individuals and in choosing our
own life course, we need to
consider our needs as we realize
them rather than relying upon
the opinions of others in regard
to what is best for us.
Grading Criteria: The grading
criterion for this assignment
would be extremely subjective;
thus it should be graded only as
pass or fail based upon
participation. The primary
purpose of the assignment is to
bring students to the
realization that they are the
best judge of their own needs
and their personal vision.
2. Administer the Reiss
Profile for Schools.
Materials: A Reiss Profile for
Schools test for each student.
The parental discussion form
found in
Assignment 2
at the bottom of this page.
Assignment: Instruct students to
complete the test in accordance
with the instructions provided
with the profile. Once the
results are determined,
encourage students, for extra
credit points, to discuss the
results with their parents or
guardians and to return the
parental discussion form from
assignment 2.
Activity: Explain to the
students how to interpret the
results from their profile and
offer to answer any of their
questions either in class or
privately. Do not have students
share their outcomes with
classmates unless they
voluntarily choose to do so.
Grading Criteria: The purpose of
this assignment/activity is to
provide students with
information about themselves and
their own needs. It should not
be graded. You may opt to give
students extra credit for
sharing the results with their
parents; however, this also
should be optional.
3. Career Research
Materials: Library and Internet
resources;
assignment 3.
Assignment: Instruct students to
complete research regarding one
or more of the careers that they
identified in the Lesson 3
worksheet and to prepare a
research outline and/or
presentation on the topic.
Activity: Have students make
oral presentations regarding the
findings from their research.
Grading Criteria: This
assignment should be graded
based upon the quality of the
research and effort put into it
and/or the presentation.
Lesson Printable Materials -
Worksheets
Print out the following career
printable worksheet pages for
use with this lesson:
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