Introduce students to the concept of Employment and link with what they already know from studies on Community Services. Work through weeks 1 6 and conclude with the Assessment, The Detective Game in On the Job. – Although it is better to be sequence, each week’s lessons can be stand-alone. There are Extension activities for all weeks’ lessons. Week 1 Understanding Job Categories – Teaching Notes There are many ways to categorise the labour force but the classification outlined in On the Job is easily understood by students in the middle school and high school years: Activity 1: What’s in a Category? Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Randomly assign to each group one of the career categories from the Job”. “On Provide the groups with an A3 sheet of paper and ask them to list jobs within their assigned category [before looking at On the Job website] Ask two groups to pair up and view each other’s list. Get the second group to add, if possible, to the first group’s list.
Introduce students to the concept of Employment and link with what they already know from studies on Community Services. Work through weeks 1 – 6 and conclude with the Assessment, The Detective Game in On the Job. Although it is better to be sequence, each week’s lessons can be stand-alone. There are Extension activities for all weeks’ lessons. Week 1 – Understanding Job Categories Teaching Notes There are many ways to categorise the labour force but the classification outlined in On the Job is easily understood by students in the middle school and high school years: Activity 1: What’s in a Category? Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Randomly assign to each group one of the career categories from “On the Job”. Provide the groups with an A3 sheet of paper and ask them to list jobs within their assigned category [before looking at On the Job website] Ask two groups to pair up and view each other’s list. Get the second group to add, if possible, to the first group’s list.