Jobs People Do in Our Community
Aligned to CTE:CC-K — Jump$tart National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education & Advance CTE Career Clusters.
What this lesson teaches
Every day, people go to work so that other people can get what they need. Some jobs happen indoors and some outdoors; some use tools and some use words. Noticing the jobs around you is how you start to learn what you might like doing.
Worked examples
Example 1
A plumber comes when a sink leaks, a nurse helps when someone is sick, and a bus driver gets people where they need to go.
Example 2
Some jobs you can see and some you cannot. Someone fixed the traffic light and someone stocked the store shelves before the store opened.
Example 3
People get paid for their work, and they use that money to buy the things their own family needs. Work and money are connected.
Practice questions
- Name three jobs you have seen someone do this week.
- Pick one job and say what tools that person uses.
- Which job would you want to try? Say one reason.
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Los trabajos en nuestra comunidad
Todos los días, las personas van a trabajar para que otras personas consigan lo que necesitan. Algunos trabajos son adentro y otros afuera; unos usan herramientas y otros usan palabras. Fijarte en los trabajos que te rodean es como empiezas a saber qué te gustaría hacer.
Ejemplo 1: Un plomero viene cuando gotea un fregadero, una enfermera ayuda cuando alguien está enfermo, y un chofer de autobús lleva a la gente a donde necesita ir.
Ejemplo 2: Algunos trabajos se ven y otros no. Alguien arregló el semáforo y alguien surtió los estantes de la tienda antes de que abriera.
Ejemplo 3: A la gente le pagan por su trabajo, y usa ese dinero para comprar lo que su propia familia necesita. El trabajo y el dinero están conectados.
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