MS.29 Identifying Career Interest and Preferences
This LifeKnowledge lesson (MS.29) guides middle school students through identifying their personal interests and matching them to potential careers. Students complete an interest-ranking activity, use the FFA Ag Career Database to research jobs that fit their top interests, and create a ten-year career plan.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify personal interests that will help him or her attain job satisfaction.
- Identify jobs that pertain to his or her interests.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Overhead projector
- MS.29.AS.A
- MS.29.AS.B
- MS.29.Assess
- Computers with Internet access
- Unit
- Stage One of Development-ME
- Problem Area
- What Foundational Skills Do I Need for Career Success?
- Precepts
- I2: Make clear decisions in my professional life.
- Key Terms
- None provided
- Resources
- Career Cluster Resources, 2002. www.careerclusters.org
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.8Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.