1. Get a Life - Introduction to Career Studies
By the end of this game students will be able to:
Explain the importance of getting an education and selecting a good career path

2. What Type Of Life Would You Like To Have?
In this activity you’re going to have to make life choices
On the next slide you will be given different options
You have to decide how you want to live your life, by selecting the options you want.

3. Select One Option From Each Box - Explain reasoning for your option - Find pictures to represent your choices, if you choose.
Housing Options:
1.Live with parents:
2.Rent:
3.Rent with roommate:
4.Own home:
Food Options:
1.Basic: enough food to live, but no snacks
2.Average: enough food to live, with some snacks
3.Organic: all organic food
4.Gourmet: all the food you want
Optional: You do not have to select
any of these options or you can select
as many as you want.
1.Gym Membership:
2.Pets:
3.Meals out:
4.Cable/Internet:
5.Clothing:
6.Concert Ticket:
7.Sporting Event:
8.Ski/Snowboard Ticket:
9.Video Game Console & Games:
Travel Options:
1.Public Transportation:
2.Low Cost/Used Car:
3.Mid Cost/Used Car:
4.New Car:
5.Luxury Sports Car:
Phone Options:
1.Landline:
2.Cell Phone w/texting:
3.Cell w/texting & unlimited data:
4.Landline, Cell w/texting & unlimited data:

4. Below are the cost of your choices. Add up your total monthly cost
Below are the cost of your choices. Add up your total monthly cost. Do you want to change any of your choices now that you have seen the cost? If yes, make your changes. Explain the changes you are making and why.(If no changes, explain why as well).
Travel Options:
1.Public Transportation: $200.00/month
2.Low Cost/Used Car: $400.00/month
3.Mid Cost/Used Car: $600.00/month
4.New Car: $800.00/month
5.Luxury Sports Car: $ /month
Phone Options:
1.Landline: $35.00/month
2.Cell Phone w/texting: $80.00/month
3.Cell w/texting & unlimited data: $100.00/month
4.Landline, Cell w/texting & unlimited data: $120.00/month
Housing Options:
1.Live with parents: $200.00/month
2.Rent: $800.00/month
3.Rent with roommate: $400.00/month
4.Own home: $ /month
Food Options:
1.Basic: $200.00/month
2.Average: $400.00/month
3.Organic: $600.00/month
4.Gourmet: $700.00/month
Optional: You do not have to select
any of these options or you can select
as many as you want.
1.Gym Membership: $50.00/month
2.Pets: $100.00/month
3.Meals out: $200.00/month
4.Cable/Internet: $130.00
5.Clothing: $100.00
6.Concert Ticket: $75.00
7.Sporting Event: $150.00
8.Ski/Snowboard Ticket: $100.00
9.Video Game Console & Games: $300.00

5. Now It Is Time To Select Your Career
Each person will draw a career
Once you have your career, figure out if you can afford your budget
If not, make changes to your budget so that you can afford your budget with the income you’re making from your career
You cannot be over budget

6. Career Options
Career
Education
Requirements
Yearly Salary
Monthly Salary
Farmer
High School Diploma
None
$30,000
$1.600
Retail Sales Worker
$22,000
$1,300
Taxi Driver
$20,800
$1,213
Waiter/Waitress
$16,000
$900
Daycare Worker
$1,200
Nobody has higher than an High School Education right now so these are the only jobs you would be able to get at the moment

7. Get A Life Reflection This is worth 10% of your mark
Should be a least a page.
What did this activity teach you about life and your future?
Other questions you can answer in your reflection(give examples to prove your answers)
Did you have to make changes to your budget once you selected your career?
If yes, what changes did you make?
Was it hard to make the changes?
What was most difficult about this activity?
How has this prepared you for life?