Who Will Wear the Hats? Who Will Use the
Tools?
Lesson Two
By: Susan C. White, M.Ed. and Gail Lawson, Ph.D.
See Also:
Introduction to this Lesson Series
Lesson One for Pre K-K
Lesson Three for Grades 1-3
Lesson Four for Grades 5-7
Teacher/counselor and students engage in the same activities as lesson one, but utilize tools in place of uniform pieces. The concept
that anyone can use any tool given interest and ability is introduced and reinforced.
STANDARD: All students will be able to identify career areas that are
nontraditional for their gender.
GRADE LEVEL: Pre K - K, Guidance
OBJECTIVES:
- Students will recognize that there are many different jobs available in our society.
- Student will be introduced to the concept that all people can, based upon an
individual’s natural abilities and interests, select any job regardless of gender.
- Children are positively reinforced for recognizing and naming various occupational
areas.
- Teachers will introduce and reinforce the concept that anyone can do any job.
TIME: Two class periods, 30 to 60 minutes.
MATERIALS: Tools and props from a variety of vocational and leisure
areas. Flip chart paper, pictures/photos of tools, photos or props mounted on flip chart
paper (down left side), crayons, colored pencils, paper for children to use for drawing,
tape or "post-it glue" for mounting photos of props.
PROCEDURES:
- Teacher/counselor introduces the concept of job and vocation by modeling tools and props
associated with a variety of vocational areas. While modeling the tool/prop, the
teacher/counselor asks, "Who am I?’ The teacher/counselor leads the children in
identifying jobs and vocations. The teacher accepts and records all student responses on
the prepared flip chart.
*A variation in the procedure is to have the
children, after identifying the item, match it to the picture, and have the child mount
the picture on the flip chart paper. The Counselor/Teacher then labels the job/vocation
next to the picture.
The Teacher/Counselor leads students in a discussion of each of the jobs and vocations.
Children will draw a picture of themselves using one prop. The teacher/counselor will
label the picture with the child’s words.
As the Teacher/Counselor moves around the room working with the children, additional
interactions about the jobs can be achieved.
Each picture will be put in the child’s portfolio. (see Introduction)
EVALUATION:
- Teacher/counselor will assess, by observation, if all children have used at least one
hat and uniform piece.
- Teacher/Counselor will observe, through interactions with the children, if children have
answered the question "Who am I?"
- Teacher will assess if children have selected props associated with activities
considered non-traditional for their gender, and be positive in their interactions about
children’s selections.
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