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 Upper Elementary Mathematics Book contains information that allows for the integration of math and career education into the already established curriculum. The activities used include – Millionaire, Out to Lunch!, Tasty Probability, Profit and Loss, Punch the Clock!, Find a Place!, Secret Code, What Do You Think?, What Temp Is It?, Just Average, Get Away!, Furnish Your Room, Design the Flooring, Cooking with Fractions and Buying Bulk.

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.