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.

Educators are given ways to integrate Social Studies lesson plans with career education in this book. The lessons are taught the a variety of activities including – Can We Talk?, Commerce and Industry, Telling About Our Community, Earthquake, Follow the Rules, Getting There, Platforms, Loud and Clear, Map the Neighborhood, Money, Classroom Newspaper, Resume, Travel Planner, We the Students and Women in History.

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.