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Thursday, December 8, 2011

History of an Occupation

History of an occupation
Choose an occupation, something that you are interested in.  Find out how it has changed over the years. Break the occupation into decades or time periods so you can find out what it was like to be in the occupation during those years. Then look at the changes.
Include the following information:

How is it different today then when it originated...

Why did it originate? What was the need?

You can look at these areas:
§  Education needed
§  Hours of work
§  Wage
§  Skills needed
ex. Technology
§  Number of jobs available
§  Workplace changes- ex. small-large business
§  Occupation health and safety changes
§  Age of those in the industry
§  Answer what do you think are the most positive and the most negative changes to the industry


This assignment will be completed in a PowerPoint presentation and presented to the class on Tuesday, December 13.


Your PowerPoint needs to include:
1. titles for each section
2. appropriate amount of text on each page/text can be read from the back of the classroom
3. related images
4. transitions between slide are included.

A copy of the presentation rubric is available through the handouts link. 

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