Future Quest Island - Networking and Mentoring - Mentors from the Past
Basics
- Project TitleFuture Quest Island - Networking and Mentoring - Mentors from the Past
- ThemeCareers; Mentoring; Networking. General awareness for middle school students.
- Submitted ByFuture Quest Island / Lori Cooney, Nancy Hurley, Jennifer Leonard
- OrganizationFuture Quest Island / Institute for Community Inclusion
- Brief DescriptionOne of a series of short activities that get students thinking about how to learn about careers from other people. In this activity, students talk to a parent/guardian or other family adults about a family member or friend who had an interesting career in the past.
Key Questions
- Key QuestionsWhat is a role model? What are some of the interesting careers that people had in the past? Who are some role models from my family past?
- Connections: How or why was this topic identified? Why is it meaningful?This is part of a series on networking and mentoring. The series is designed to explore the social/emotional skills and lifetime career navigation skills that lead to successful and enjoyable careers.
- Family: Any opportunities to involve parent/guardians and other family members in this project?In this activity, students talk to a parent/guardian or other family adults about a family member or friend who had an interesting career in the past.
Units / Activities
- Mentors from the Past (interview family adult)Students interview a parent or other adult about the work done by a grandparent, great-grandparent, or other relative or friend of the family.
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Activity Sheets
- Mentors from the Past
Mentors from the Past Ask an adult family member to describe the work done in the past by someone in your extended family - a grandparent, great-grandparent, or some other relative or friend of the family.
- Are there any family stories about living and working on a farm?
- Or someone who served in the military?
- Or someone who worked on a ship?
- Or someone who had a small business, such as a store, restaurant, repair shop or construction business?Talk about one person from your family’s past and fill in this chart.
Name of the person:
Where he or she lived:
Type of work:
Questions:
Answers:
What type of work did the person do?
Do you have any interesting stories about this person?
What was most inspiring about this person?
How is this person related to me?
What are some good qualities that this person had that “run in the family”?