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Building Futures Series


The Building Futures series consists of 24 manuals providing the material teachers need to make career education a major focus of their classroom instruction.

The manuals relate career issues to each of the six core subjects – Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Health & Physical Education and Arts and Music – for each of four grade levels – Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School/Junior High and High School. The materials, which conforms to the National Academic Content Standards and coordinates with the standards of each state, includes:

- An introduction providing background on the Schools-to-Career (STC) movement and detailing the benefits of career education for K – 12 students

- Descriptions of the Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory and its application to standard academic and career-oriented curricula

- A developmentally appropriate career competency chart

- An Overview of the U.S. Labor Department’s SCANS skills and recommendations for their incorporation

- A list of Employability Skills to be developed within each of the six academic disciplines

- A chart of 125 occupations of 25 career clusters, with job descriptions, required skills and salary ranges

- Fifteen detailed lesson plan activities, linked directly to corresponding multiple intelligence and career competencies

- An extensive calendar of career-related events

Students and teachers using the Building Futures program have access to Syndistar’s FREE coordinating Web site – www.building-futures.com, which further enriches their instruction with updated internet resources, additional lesson plan activities, a message board for teachers, and student access to a wealth of online research material in the areas of interest.



Print Products
Building Futures in Art & Music for Upper Elementary
Book - Grades: 4th - 5th


Art and Music activities are used to increase the students’ knowledge of the skills it takes to succeed in the working world.

Building Futures in Health & PE for Upper Elementary
Book - Grades: 4th - 5th


The Health and P.E. book for Upper Elementary Students shows teachers how to integrate career education into an already established curriculum.

Building Futures in Language Arts for Upper Elementary
Book - Grades: 4th - 5th


Upper Elementary Students learn about career preparedness through activities that are introduced in this book.

Building Futures in Math for Upper Elementary
Book - Grades: 4th - 5th


The Upper Elementary Mathematics Book contains information that allows for the integration of math and career education into the already established curriculum.

Building Futures in Science for Upper Elementary
Book - Grades: 4th - 5th


Science activities are used to introduce young people to the characteristics they will need to succeed in the workforce.

Building Futures in Social Studies for Upper Elementary
Book - Grades: 4th - 5th


Educators are given ways to integrate Social Studies lesson plans with career education in this book.

Building Futures in Art & Music for High School
Book - Grades: 9th - 12th


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.

Building Futures in Language Arts for High School
Book - Grades: 9th - 12th


The High School Language Arts Book contains information regarding the integration of career education into the language arts so the regular curriculum is not obstructed.

Building Futures in Math for High School
Book - Grades: 9th - 12th


The High School Math Book teaches teens the importance of Math skills in their future careers.

Building Futures in Health & PE for High School
Book - Grades: 9th - 12th


The High School Health and P.E. book contains activities that integrate career education into an already established health and physical education curriculum.

Building Futures in Science for High School
Book - Grades: 9th - 12th


This book creates an understanding of the importance of integrating career education into the daily science curriculum for high school students.

Building Futures in Social Studies for High School
Book - Grades: 9th - 12th


The High School Social Studies book introduces several activities that can be integrated into the curriculum allowing students to have a better understanding of the subject and careers.

Building Futures in Art & Music for Lower Elementary
Book - Grades: K - 3rd


Young children learn the importance of art and music and how they relate to their future with this book.

Building Futures in Health and Physical Education for Lower Elementary
Book - Grades: K - 3rd


The Health & P.E. book for lower elementary students combines career education and health and physical education to increase work related skills among very young children.

Building Futures in Language Arts for Lower Elementary
Book - Grades: K - 3rd


The Lower Elementary Language Arts Book contains ideas for integrating work related skills into the language arts curriculum for young learners.

Building Futures in Math for Lower Elementary
Book - Grades: K - 3rd


Mathematics and career education are integrated in this lower elementary curriculum guide.

Building Futures in Science for Lower Elementary
Book - Grades: K - 3rd


Lower elementary students can learn about careers and the skills they will need to succeed through fun scientific activities.

Building Futures in Social Studies for Lower Elementary
Book - Grades: K - 3rd


The Lower Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Guide offers ideas on integrating career education into the already established social studies curriculum.

Building Futures in Art & Music for Middle/Jr. High
Book - Grades: 6th - 8th


The Art and Music book for middle school students shows educators how to integrate necessary career development skills into an already established curriculum.

Building Futures in Health & PE for Middle/Jr. High
Book - Grades: 6th - 8th


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.

Building Futures in Language Arts for Middle/Jr. High School
Book - Grades: 6th - 8th


Middle school students learn about careers and language arts through activities in this Building Futures curriculum guide.

Building Futures in Math for Middle/Jr. High
Book - Grades: 6th - 8th


The Middle School Mathematics book creates a link between career education and math so that students are able to realize their full potential while discovering how math is used daily.

Building Futures in Science for Middle/Jr. High
Book - Grades: 6th - 8th


The middle school science book contains information on how to integrate career education into the already established science curriculum.

Building Futures in Social Studies for Middle/Jr. High
Book - Grades: 6th - 8th


Social Studies and career exploration come together in this Building Futures middle school book to create a pathway toward careers for young people.




Featured Packages
Building Futures: Lower Elementary
Package - Grades: K - 3

Infuses career education into your curriculum with easy-to-use lesson plans and informative resources for lower elementary students.

Building Futures: Upper Elementary
Package - Grades: 4th - 5th

Curriculum-based lesson plans build upper elementary students' career competencies for the future!

Building Futures: Middle/Junior High
Package - Grades: 6th - 8th

An introduction containing information on the School-to-Careers movement and career education, including postitive effects of career education on middle/junior high school students, teachers and communities.

Building Futures: High School
Package - Grades: 9th - 12th

Activities make interdisciplinary connections, incorporate multiple intelligences, and provide career information at developmentally appropriate levels.

Building Futures Package
Package - Grades: K - 12th

Building Futures infuses career education into your curriculum with easy-to-use lesson plans and informative resources in each core subject area for each grade level.

 
 
 
 
   
   
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