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ACTIVITY 2 - Find Me a Job
Learning Objectives
• Students distinguish between paid and unpaid work.
• Students consider their preferred job and why the job appeals to them.
Lesson Duration
» 60 minutes
Introduction - PMI
Working in small groups, students apply the thinking operation Plus, Minus, Interesting (PMI) to the question:
"What would happen if tomorrow everyone stopped paid work for a year?"
PMI encourages students to consider the good points (P=Plus), the bad points (M=Minus) and the interesting
points (I=Interesting). The interesting points are those which are neither good nor bad but are worth noting
or the questions that are raised or need to be answered.
Probe students to consider Q: “Who would still be working?” A: “Unpaid workers.”
This activity promotes the importance of unpaid/volunteer work.
Pluses Minuses Interesting
• There would be no school •
Task - T Chart
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I wouldn’t be able to buy
anything from a shop
There would be no TV shows
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What would happen if my
family wanted to go in the
car or tried to use public
transport?
In small groups, use a T Chart and answer:
"What is work and what is unpaid work?"
Students compare responses on their T Chart. Similar statements are highlighted and unnecessary statements
are discarded. Sort responses onto a class display. After discussion, each group prepares a final definition for
work and unpaid work. These are compared with dictionary definitions.
Task - What Job is for Me?
Preparation
» prepare a fishbone chart (see modelled example)
Ask students:
“Which two jobs would you like to have in the future and why?”
Students may consider:
• is it the nature of the work? outside/inside, working with computers, involves travel, working with
• animals, working with machinery
• prestige - will my family and friends be impressed?
• helping people
• the salary
• peer pressure and family pressure.
If students are unable to select two appealing jobs, they can read the employment advertisements of the
newspaper or visit a job vacancy website like www.seek.com.au
Students can also look in their local newspaper and identify the types of jobs available in their local
community. How do these jobs compare with another area in the state?