LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Read about the role of an electrician, including its benefits and challenges; understand how to get started in a career as an electrician.

HEALTH ED STANDARDS

NHES 6: Use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

CASEL: Social awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making

Lesson Plan: I’m an Electrician

Any place or thing that uses electricity needs electricians to keep it working properly. Read on to learn more about this important job.

PREPARING TO READ

Before you read the article “I’m an Electrician,” ask your students the following pre-reading questions:

What does an electrician do, and what are the skills required to become one?

READING AND DISCUSSION

  • Have your students read the article “I’m an Electrician”; read the article out loud to them; or have students partner-read the article out loud.
  • After they’ve read the article, revisit the pre-reading questions. Have their answers changed?

BUILDING COMPREHENSION

Check students’ comprehension of and engagement with the story with the following assessment tools:

  • Comprehension Quiz

EXPANDING SEL OPPORTUNITIES

Continue the learning journey with the following extension activity:

After students finish reading “I’m an Electrician,” give them the opportunity to learn more about CAREERS WITH APPRENTICESHIPS. In this self-directed web search activity, they’ll find out what apprenticeships are, which occupations may require them, and what those occupations are like. First, have students visit the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website (https://www.bls.gov/). Once there, they should type “What are apprenticeships?” into the search bar and choose the first article from the list of results. (You can also post the article, linked here, directly to any learning platform of your choice.) Students should use this resource and the questions from the skill sheet to learn about different jobs with apprenticeships. When students have completed the activity, allow them to share what they learned in a whole-class or small-group format.

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