Vocational Education Lesson Plans
- Agriculture
Practice That Improves Water Quality- For students to know how farmers
can help improve the local ground water quality.
- Appliance
Demonstration- Students are informed of the technological aspect
of cooking at little cost to school. Students are able to form a better
idea of what appliances are needed to run a home.
- Basic
Nail Services: Shaping, Buffing, and Polishing Nails- This lesson
will introduce students to the current tools needed to shape, buff,
and polish nails.
- Cameras
and Careers- "Katherine Hummel had students photograph their
parents (or other adults) on the job, focusing particularly on the place
of work, tools and equipment, goods or services produced, and how school
subjects relate to the job."
- CELCEE- The CELCEE database contains
abstracts of materials on entrepreneurship education at all levels.
- Co-op
on Camera-Slides Promote Occupational Understanding- "Lillian
McCammon and two groups of 20 students each, created and utilized a
slide/tape presentation to enhance understanding of the nature of office
work and to familiarize students with the office environment. McCammon
intended the project to make students aware of not only the skills,
knowledge, and personal qualities required for success in office occupations
but also the equipment and supplies used for such jobs."
- Examination
of Our Community- The overall goal was to improve the students'
abilities to analyze, provide leadership, plan, and organize sequentially;
it also gave them a chance to view local job opportunities and to practice
the communications skills they would need for future job interviews.
- Gingerbread Project-
Build and sell gingerbread's.
- How Stuff Works- Adopted
from the book series. A wonderful site!
- Implementing
Sustainability in Home Landscaping- To show students an alternative
to the current practice of maintaining "sterile" lawn environments through
the use of extensive pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
- Land
Judging- "To increase students' awareness of the importance
of conserving land resoures and to give them the basic soil science
skills necessary to insure that they efficiently use and conserve these
resources to sustain global development as well as being able to sustain
future generations without destroying the land."
- Me,
Myself, and My Future Job- It is never too soon to think about the
future! Students, in just a few short years, will become life long learners
and workers; it is important for them to know themselves, their abilities,
and their interests in order to fulfill their working potential.
- Midwest
Farm Communities- Students will understand different types of farming
communities in the Midwest.
- Preparation
of an Application Letter and Resume- To be able to write and format
an application letter and resume in preparation for a successful job
search.
- Projecting
Professional Images... Through the Eyes of Photo Lenses- Ten fields
covered in the project were general management, office administration,
banking, fashion, advertising, executive secretary, teaching, school
administration, law, and insurance. Each student focused on one of these
career areas.
- Promoting
Yourself Through Advertising- A lesson from Kodak.
- Teachers
on the Horizon- The focus of this project was to demonstrate that
teaching is a rewarding profession by providing meaningful experiences
for students ready to make career choices.
- Vocational Lesson
Plans- How to fix a toilet lesson.
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