Career · Lesson Plan
Discovering Your Career Interests
How do you know what you want to do? This self-discovery lesson helps students surface their interests, figure out which careers excite them, and identify their own learning style — visual, auditory, or kinesthetic. By connecting what they enjoy and how they learn to possible careers, students take a concrete first step in career exploration.
For Teachers
Lesson at a glance
- Topic
- Career
- Grade Level
- Grades 6–10
- Resource Type
- Lesson + Worksheet
- Estimated Time
- 45–60 minutes
- Format
- Lesson + activity
- Materials
- Printable lesson, activity sheet, whiteboard
What Students Learn
Learning objectives
- Identify personal interests
- Determine careers that seem exciting and why
- Determine their primary learning style
- Examine careers across different areas
- Connect interests and learning style to career options
Materials
What you’ll need
- Printed lesson and activity sheet (one per student)
- Pencils
- Optional: career-research access
- Whiteboard
Key Terms
Vocabulary
- Interest
- Something you enjoy doing or learning about.
- Learning style
- The way you take in information most effectively.
- Visual learner
- Someone who learns best by seeing.
- Auditory learner
- Someone who learns best by hearing.
- Kinesthetic learner
- Someone who learns best by doing.
- Career exploration
- Investigating possible careers to find a good fit.
For Teachers
Lesson plan
Estimated time: one 45–60 minute class period.
Lesson sequence
- Interests (12 min). Students write what they like to do and why, and which careers seem exciting.
- Learning style (15 min). Students complete the learning-style chart and tally visual / auditory / kinesthetic responses.
- Connect (13 min). Discuss how interests and learning style point toward certain careers.
- Explore (10 min). Students name careers across different areas to look into further.
Assessment
Assess the completed activity sheet for thoughtful self-reflection and a determined learning style.
Discussion
Discussion questions
- What activities are you most interested in, and why?
- What kind of career sounds exciting to you?
- What is your primary learning style?
- How might your learning style affect the careers you’d enjoy?
- What careers would you like to explore further?
Printable Lesson & Activity
Discovering Your Career Interests — Lesson & Activity
A printable career self-discovery activity: students explore their interests and determine their learning style to find careers that fit.
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