Building Futures infuses career education into a teacher's academic curriculum with easy-to-use lesson plans and informative resources for each grade level.

Manuals are divided into six core subject areas: Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Health & Physical Education, and Art & Music. Subjects are approached through the concept of multiple intelligences, and the manual provides activities to recognize and develop student competency for each.

Art and Music activities are used to increase the students’ knowledge of the skills it takes to succeed in the working world. They are also introduced to several levels of careers in these fields. The activities include – American Music, Animated, Every Picture Tells a Story, Graphic Design, Hit Record, Matisse, Mural Story, Picture a Song, Picture This, Save Our School!, Symmetry, Make a Band, Timeline, Landscape Architects and Desk Job.

In addition to creative lesson plans, each spiral-bound manual contains a chart of 125 occupations, organized into 25 career clusters with descriptions of tasks, skills required, and salary ranges. There is also a calendar with career-related events, and numerous website addresses for teachers and students to explore.

Further career information can be found at www.building-futures.com.