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.

The High School Arts and Music book integrates learning activities into the daily curricula so students can understand how these subjects are used in the real world. The activities include – Movies and Music, Working with Music, The American Dream, Music Law, Following Fashion, Memorial Sculpture, Greeting Card Designer, Using Warm and Cool Colors, Industrial Design, Window Shopping, Picture Book, Details, Radio Time, Sentimentality, The Value of Labor and It’s All Greek To Me. Music and Art are utilized in each activity to show these subjects to students as more than extracurricular activities and teach them the importance of each in everyday life.

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.