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 middle school health and physical education manual integrates these subjects with the skills that students need to acquire in order to succeed in the workforce. Suggested activities are given that help with this process. They include – Finding a Job, A Health Mosaic, Surf for Your Health, How Does Exercise Affect Your Body?, Dietician for a Day, The Game, Breakfast of Champions, Skin Cancer, Music Too Your Lungs, Epidemiologists, The Importance of Maintaining Body Temperature, Easy Does It, Fast Food Facts, The Doctor Is In, The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke and Living Longer.

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.