Careers: What Will Future Jobs Look Like?
Careers: What Will Future Jobs Look Like?
Grade Level: 9th
Subject: Careers
Duration: 1 -2 (50 minute sessions)
DOK Level: 3
SAMR Level: 3
Indiana Standard:
PCC-2.2 Analyze career trends, options and opportunities for employment and entrepreneurial
endeavors for selected career clusters and pathways
Objective:
Students will be introduced to the concept that technology will change the working world as we know it today. Students will draw conclusions about specific careers that may undergo significant changes, thus changes in the careers available to them.
Essential Question:
- How has technology changed the world of work over the past 100 years?
- What new careers have been created as a result of these changes?
- What careers may disappear over the next 30 years and what careers may emerge?
Procedure:
- Students will view the Ted Talk entitled, What Will Future Jobs Look Like?
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_what_will_future_jobs_look_like
2. Students will be randomly placed in a group of three. Students will examine three specific careers that currently exist and draw conclusions as to why each might be changed significantly or disappear. Students will hypothesize what jobs might be created based on the changes or disappearance of each of the careers they examined. Students will compile and organize all information on the Coggle Mind Mapping app.
Product or Assessment:
Students will submit a Coggle Mind Mapping illustration of their three careers with conclusions and hypotheses.
Accommodations:
Students can examine one career for the stated assignment. Students may complete a verbal or written report of their selected career with their conclusions and their hypothesis.
Enrichment:
Students can interview someone in the career field of their choice and complete the assignment above based on the discussion points from the interview.