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Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES

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L e s s o n 5<br />

The Influence of Family and Friends<br />

Learning Objective<br />

To identify and explore students’ awareness of <strong>the</strong> influence of family and friends<br />

Materials Needed<br />

Alta Language Builder: Occupation Cards or magazines to cut up<br />

Vocabulary<br />

advise, advice, guidance, influence, names of family members (wife, husband, boyfriend,<br />

girlfriend, mo<strong>the</strong>r, fa<strong>the</strong>r, fa<strong>the</strong>r-in-law, uncle, aunt, etc.), friend, co-worker, colleague,<br />

priest, minister, pastor, imam, teacher, rabbi, doctor, working “under <strong>the</strong> table”<br />

SCANS Competencies<br />

Information: Interprets and communicates information<br />

Systems: Understands systems<br />

Thinking: Reasoning<br />

Instructions for Conducting <strong>the</strong> Activity<br />

In this activity, you will model a “family job tree” to help students identify <strong>the</strong> influences in <strong>the</strong>ir lives. First, draw a job tree<br />

of your own family on <strong>the</strong> board. It can be real or fictitious. An example might be:<br />

My Family’s Job Tree<br />

Fa<strong>the</strong>r: truck driver Mom: Safeway checker Grandfa<strong>the</strong>r: coal miner Uncle: unemployed<br />

Step-Bro<strong>the</strong>r: construction worker & “works under <strong>the</strong> table” making cabinets for friends<br />

Me: __________________________________________<br />

Ask <strong>the</strong> students to draw <strong>the</strong>ir own “family job trees.” The tree may include mo<strong>the</strong>r, fa<strong>the</strong>r, step-relatives, foster relatives,<br />

aunts, uncles, grandparents and o<strong>the</strong>r people who have had a significant impact on <strong>the</strong>ir lives. Then lead a discussion using<br />

<strong>the</strong> questions below:<br />

• What are <strong>the</strong> major jobs that members of your family have had?<br />

• What kinds of jobs did most of <strong>the</strong> men have?<br />

• What kinds of jobs did <strong>the</strong> women have?<br />

• How have technological changes affected jobs?<br />

• How did your family’s jobs shape <strong>the</strong>ir lifestyles and values?<br />

• What education, skills, or qualities are necessary for <strong>the</strong>se jobs?<br />

• Have members in your family encouraged you in any way to learn about <strong>the</strong>ir jobs, or go <strong>into</strong> <strong>the</strong> field that <strong>the</strong>y are in?<br />

How? Give specific examples.<br />

• Is <strong>the</strong>re a job pattern in your family?<br />

• If you can talk to some of your relatives, ask <strong>the</strong>m what <strong>the</strong>y would have really wanted to do with <strong>the</strong>ir lives if <strong>the</strong>y<br />

had had <strong>the</strong> opportunity to do so. What else would you ask <strong>the</strong>m?<br />

• In general, how do careers of family members affect career choices?<br />

• Include your children in <strong>the</strong> job tree. How can <strong>the</strong> job tree change?<br />

<strong>Integrating</strong> <strong>Career</strong> <strong>Awareness</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>ABE</strong> & <strong>ESOL</strong> <strong>Classroom</strong> | Section I, Lesson 5: The Influence of Family and Friends | 25

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