Colorado Jobs Past and Present: A Lesson On Careers
This lesson examines Colorado employment prior to and after 1920. Students use skills with computer literacy and searching in historical records. They also use higher level thinking skills such as comparing, contrasting, and categorizing. Career literacy is emphasized. Students will ask and answer critical thinking questions, such as "Are there any jobs that have become obsolete in Colorado over time?" and "How has the improvement of travel and communication impacted the kinds of jobs that we have in Colorado today that we didn't have before 1920?" Dictionaries are utilized. Students practice reading for retention and oral expression exercises.
