Working, A Transition Activity

Introduction

This WebQuest will focus your frame of thought on what your post high school working goals are or could become.  Take a little time to think about what you want to do as a profession after high school.  Be aggressive though, aim high.  If you have to think, "If I could be anything I wanted to be, what would I choose to be?", then do just that.

Task

You are to research a profession and career that you are interested in:

  1. Choose a profession.
  2. Research and find out what you have to do for training.
  3. Calculate what you will make for an initial yearly salary.
  4. Examine where in the world you can and want to do this job.
  5. Explain why you want to do what you have chosen.
Process
  1. Choose 3 separate professions- this can be any job, any career setting, be happy with your choice.
  2. Research the training needed to obtain an entry level position in this career field:
    1. Choose a profession.
    2. Research and find out what you have to do for training.
    3. Calculate what you will make for an initial yearly salary.
    4. Examine where in the world you can and want to do this job.
    5. Explain why you want to do what you have chosen.
  3. Develop a PowerPoint or Prezi with the information you find.
  4. Present finished preentation to the class.
Evaluation

                     3 pts.          2 pts.                1 pt.            0 pts.

Due Date     On Time     1 day late     2+ days late     Not Given

Slides              +7              6-4                   3-1                0

Content      Informative    General           Vague           Absent

Visual          Engaging       Colorful       Words only        Absent

Conclusion

The idea for this is not to make a final decision on what you want to be when you grow up.  Some adults go through many career changes in their lifetime for one reason or another.  This was a thinking activity.  So what did you think?  Are any of these professions/careers for you?  Why/why not?  Did they inspire you to consider other career fields?  If they did, what are those new career fields?

Credits