Teachers' Material & Summary of Topics

The teaching material for teachers contains detailed project information that can be used in class.

Teachers' Material & Summary of Topics

The teaching material for teachers contains detailed project information that can be used in class: The aim and the concept of the project, tabular project overview, statements to educational standards and the acquisition of competence as well as to time management and methodology.

Summary of Topics

A: Time travel of mankind

Topic	Contents	Intentions as a basis for realization	Time needed / duration
10.000 years ago: Hunters and gatherers New Stone Age	Time travel The Stone Age village The creation of the first "professions" Neolithic Age	Contemporary demands Who was needed for what? Distribution of rolls, dream jobs!?	Issue 1 Two parts, each one hour long
5.000 years ago: Metal, the material of the future	Time travel Villages and Towns Many professions	Contemporary demands Who works where? Dense population, dream jobs!?	Issue 2, two hours long
240 years ago: Steam engines take over the work	Time travel "Factory halls", centralized work world, industrial production	Contemporary demands The challenge "machine": Inventor and user, changing of the work world
Contemporary demands: Professions everywhere, relocation of work	Contemporary demands: Jobs, decentralized world of work	Reflection
B: My interests:
Topic	Contents	Intentions as a basis for realization	Time needed / duration
Exercises at school	Studying pays My dream job	My interests and strengths Exploring a dream job: On-site, via internet...Presentation of my dream job
Operational tasks in an enterprise	Purchase > Production > Sales Small enterprises Mass production	Demands on the people Working time models Effects on the family life
The world of tomorrow	Time travel Demands on the people From dream to profession	Contemporary demands What is needed? Which weaknesses do I want to train, which strengths do I want to develop?
Thoughts on the future: How I can find my dream job and what I can do to find it	Creating a job profile	Projection	Issue 1 two hours long
C: Working with Machines
Topic	Contents	Intentions as a basis for realization	Time needed / duration
The consequences of company reorganization	Forms of unemployment	Seasonal, economic, technological and structural unemployment	Issue 1 two parts, each one hour long
Company organization	The works council	Consideration of different needs and interests: Employer < > Employee
Visiting an Enterprise [excursion]	Visiting a local enterprise with your class	Exploring the industrial opportunities, collecting information about work places, possible qualification, requirements and the like
Operational demands	Working conditions Chances and opportunities at work distribution of rolls (men/women)	Presenting the results	Issue 2, in three parts, 1x, two hours long 2x, one hour long + homework
What could my dream job and my future look like?	Comparing different professions and their requirements	Reflection
D: You and I
Topic	Contents	Intentions as a basis for realization	Time needed / duration
Exploring the world around you	After asking people about their jobs, the results should be analyzed and presented.	Getting to know differences, differing between standards and prerequisites	Issue 1 Three hours long
Presenting the world around you	Editing the contents of the survey (e. g. diagram) and presenting them	Presenting the results	Issue 2 Per question 1 hour long Presentation 1 hr long
Exploring products	Examining different products based on their country of origin, getting to know the production conditions	Demands on the employees, examining the working conditions in other countries and comparing them to ours
Recognizing the dependence of the living environment to a dream job	Getting to know the professions of other people and comparing their living and working conditions to ours	Reflection