One way to teach students' about various career options is by inviting community members to speak to your classroom. This allows students' to make a personal connection between the speaker and the career they represent. Show students the proper letter-writing format and instruct them to write a letter inviting a community member to the classroom for Career Day. The letter should include the date and time of the event as well as contact information for more information.
Prior to Career Day, have the students choose a career and interview a member of that profession. Ideally, the students should ask for permission to record the interview either through videotaping or audiotaping. This allows you to create a library of the interviews for future reference by the class. Students should write their own questions and conduct the interview outside of school. On Career Day, ask students to share their interview experiences and a few facts they learned about that profession with the rest of the class.
Ask students to choose one type of job to further study. Have them research certain information about this job such as educational requirements and basic salaries. Provide them with a plain poster board and ask them to create a poster advertising this job. Allow them to decorate the poster using drawings or photos from magazines or the Internet. Display these projects in the hallway or the classroom.
Gather a large number of old magazines for use in this project. Give children a plain sheet of paper and ask them to write the word "Careers" at the top of the page. Ask them to look through the magazines and cut out photos of people performing different jobs. They then should glue these to their paper and include as many different types of jobs as they can find in the magazines. Under each photo, ask students to write the name of the job the photo represents.