Getting Started On a piece of paper, have each student write the occupation or job they would like to do when they are 'grown up'. Place all papers in a box and select several students in turn to draw out one and write the occupation on the board.. How many different occupations were there? How many occupations occur twice or more? Was one occupation clearly more popular than any other? Classifications Ask for suggestions as to how the jobs/occupations could be classified, eg inside jobs/outside jobs physical jobs technology jobs tourism and adventure fashion and clothing Challenge groups to classify the listed jobs/occupations into suitable classifications. Present to class and justify choices. Assign each group the following two tasks list all jobs/occupations they consider to be dangerous write a brief statement that says why they consider the occupation to be dangerous. Write the full list of dangerous jobs on the board and challenge groups/individuals to list them in descending order from most dangerous to least dangerous. They must be prepared to justify their choices. Take a class vote on the four most dangerous occupations. As a class or group, discuss the dangers each occupation faces. Are there any ways they can suggest to lessen these dangers? What reasons can they give for people choosing these dangerous occupations? Would any of the class choose one? Why? Office Workers Go back to the original list and select out all the occupations which are carried out which they consider safe. For example, do the students think there are dangers an office worker could face? In groups, brainstorm and list the many dangers the office worker can face. Introduce the idea that they can be a little humerous here, eg the secretary could jam her fingers in the phone, the Xerox operator could get a nasty cut from the paper, at morning tea they could get a nasty burn from the coffee which was too hot. Have each student choose a 'safe occupation' from the original list and make an extensive list of all the dangers they could face during a normal day. Write a humerous job advertisement for a 'safe' job pointing out the considerable dangers which will be faced. Extra for Experts Conduct a series of interviews and/or invite people with different occupations to the classroom to find out: what they like most about their job why did they choose it? are there any aspects of their job they consider dangerous or where they can sustain an injury? What on-the-job safety precautions and training are they given? Do you have a lesson you would like to share with other teachers? Simply email us an attached Word, Works or PDF file and we will add it to our library. Don't forget to include your name and school so we can acknowledge your work. Click on the email icon below.

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