CURRICULUM GUIDE: CAREER CHOICES Volume 2, Issue 4
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What are the difficult parts of as one’s regular source of livelihood career possibilities, interests and the job of White House press aspirations secretary? Oval Office: the formal office of the President Level: Low to high 8. What are the benefits of being of the United States, in the White House; Subjects: Social Studies, Civics, White House press secretary? the authority and executive power of the Economics Improve Vocabulary President; the presidency Related Activity: Mathematics Give students “White House Terms” and review “Official Words” Politics: the art of science of government or Procedure in this guide before reading the Read article or as a follow-up. governing, especially governing a nation; Ask students to list occupations Think about Jobs the activities engaged in by a government, of people who work at the White Give students “Classified: Jobs House. If not mentioned, ask them for Me.” After they have completed politician or political party; methods or if they have heard of the press the activity questions, talk about tactics involved in managing a state or secretary. Read “The Talk of the jobs that allow individuals to Town: Ari Fleischer Is the Voice work alone, others that demand government of the White House.” In addition, collaboration, those that require a give students “Meet the Press” high school diploma or a college Press Corps: the collective term for print and to learn more about the job of degree. What does their play and press secretary and “The Press work experience reveal about their broadcast reporters assigned to cover the Secretary” to meet former press preferences? White House secretaries. The 2000 census revealed that Discuss 80.4% of persons 25 years or older Press Secretary: one who officially manages After reading the KidsPost article, were high school graduates. Of you might discuss the following: that age group, 24.4 percent had a the public affairs and press conferences of a bachelor’s degree or higher. 1. What is the job of press public figure secretary? Consider Occupations South Lawn: lawn area south of the White 2. Who else might have a press Use this article on Ari Fleischer secretary? to stimulate a study of employment House where tee ball, the annual Easter Egg possibilities or cool jobs. According 3. What subjects and activities Roll, special ceremonies and receptions are are preparations to be press to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, secretary? between 1992 and 2005, the fastest held; also pad for Marine One landing growing occupations in the U.S. are 4. Why does Ari Fleischer like home health aides, human service White House: the executive mansion, being White House press workers, personal and home care secretary? aids and computer engineers and residence and office, of the President of the 5. What information about scientists. Why do jobs change? United States; the executive branch of the Fleischer do you find Give students “Jobs Reveal a interesting? Community.” U.S. government; symbol of the presidency. Do some of your students aspire 6. What is the relation of the press to be the next Michael Jordan or Defi nitions are from the American secretary to the press corps? Britney Spears—because of the Heritage Dictionary 2 March 11, 2003 © 2003 THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY Volume 2, Issue 4 KLMNO An Integrated Curriculum For The Washington Post Newspaper In Education Program Career Choices In the Know Continued ➤ http://www.whitehouse.gov/ The White House high income and popularity rather Journalism: The Pledge of Visit “Inside the Press Briefing Room” than for love of the sport and News.” d. Have students listen to listen to the day’s briefing with White music? “What Do Stars Make?” to another archived gaggle and House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer on might lead to an interesting briefing. Ask each student to the official Web site of the White House. discussion of the few who make write a news story based on ➤ http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/ it and the reality of income for information provided in the briefings/ others. Injury and illness are not briefing. Press Briefings by Date entered into the picture, but are d. Each student should evaluate Archives of press briefings and gaggles. certainly worth discussion. what else is needed to complete ➤ http://www.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_ Do the Math the news article: Which other over.htm Give students the fact sheet, sources should the student Bureau of Labor Statistics Career “Census Counts.” The data derived interview? Is research needed to Information from the 2000 census will be supply facts and figures? Jobs for kids who like music/arts, used to complete “We Are in the “The Talk of the Town” science, P.E./outdoors, social studies, Numbers.” Students will answer can be found at http:// reading, math. Under each of these the questions and prepare graphs www.washingtonpost.com/wp- categories are a variety of jobs for which on their own paper. dyn/education/kidspost/nie/ job description, pay, preparation and “the Enrichment A9436-2003Mar11.html future” are given. Students can become White House ➤ http://www.cew.wisc.edu/ reporters. Answers cew/catalog/elembro/ a. Have students listen to a White Jobs Reveal a Community: a. an 07MiddleSchoolTwo.html House gaggle or briefing from agrarian community; b. rich in Center on Education and Work the archives. This is also good natural resources for logging and Activities and resources for middle practice for listening and note fishing; c. military installations are school students taking. Discuss the White House part of the economy; d. an artistic ➤ http://www.internet4classrooms.com points of view on many topics. community with either computer /career.htm Which of these would be of most games, movies or videos being Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker ... what interest to metropolitan D.C. produced; e. casinos or horse tracks will my next career be? residents? To U.S. citizens? To are primary businesses. people in other countries? Team activity to do a career evaluation. When Employed: 1. b; 2. c; 3. b; 4. Many online resources as well as lesson b. Teachers may wish to record c; 5. a; 6. c; 7. b; 8. a; 9. plans. several radio news broadcasts of that day and download ➤ http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ Washington Post coverage. presidentsday/ Have students read/listen to The White House for Kids the professional coverage of the Download pages to color, take a tour briefing they heard. Discuss of the White House led by Spotty or the topics that were published/ Barney, and read presidential biographies broadcast. Were they the same prepared by Abingdon Elementary ones that the students selected? School students in Arlington, Va. Quizzes for kids and resources for teachers also c. After discussion, review the provided. elements of a news story. You may wish to use files in “INSIDE 3 March 11, 2003 © 2003 THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY Volume 2, Issue 4 KLMNO An Integrated Curriculum For The Washington Post Newspaper In Education Program Meet the Press On many days, current White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer meets with Get To Know Them reporters twice, once in the morning and once in the early afternoon. The first meeting is called the gaggle. No one is quite sure how it came to be ➤ http://www.washingtonpost.com/ called that, but many people say that reporters asking questions sound a lot like wp-dyn/education/kidspost/nie/ a gaggle of geese. A8079-2003Mar10.html For a long time, this was an informal meeting with about a dozen reporters in Meet the Press Secretary the press secretary’s office. But after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, there Learn more about Ari Fleischer were so many reporters with so many questions, the meeting moved to the ➤ http://www.washingtonpost.com/ “briefing room” of the White House. That room has 48 seats with nameplates wp-dyn/education/kidspost/nie/ for the different news organizations (such as The Washington Post, New York A8080-2003Mar10.html Times, CNN, CBS News). The Office Fleischer says he misses the informal meeting and tries to keep the gaggle What can you find in Ari Fleischer’s from being too stiff. “I don’t wear a jacket to the gaggle and I try to joke around office? a lot.