1. Visual Arts Careers

2. Find a Career Discuss your interests in art class with your partner.
What do you enjoy in art outside of school?
Find a career based on and that aligns with your interests

3. Create a PowerPoint
Create a PowerPoint Presentation about the assigned career. Don’t Forget to Add Images to PowerPoint Slides
Slide One: Career Title and People In Your Group
Slide Two: What the Career is (Job Description)
Slide Three: Education and Training
Slide Four: Skills and Tools
Slide Five: Salary
Slide Six: Job Duties
Slide Seven: Job Benefits & Job Drawbacks
Slide Eight: Why did you pick this career? Names of People in the Group

4. SLIDE One: Title Slide
Should include Career Name and Names of People in the Group
Tips on How to Make a Title Slide

5. Slide Two: Career Description
What the Career is (Job Description)
This includes a description of the career itself, skills or tasks that one performs in this career, and any additional information that you feel is relevant to this area.

6. Slide Three: Education and Training
What level of schooling is necessary?
Are there any special tests or exams? (Examples: teachers need to pass a certification test; truck drivers need to have special driver’s licenses)
Are there any physical or personal requirements? (Examples: the ability to lift heavy loads; the ability to solve complex math equations)

7. Slide Four: Skills and Tools
Tools and Software Required for Career
Required Skills
What skills does the career require?
Do you have to have these skills in order to have this career?

8. Slide Five: Salary What is the annual salary or hourly rate?
Does it stay the same or does it increase annually?
What is the least you could make? Most?
Does education make a difference in salary?

9. Slide Six: Job Duties and Type of Work
What hours/days are required to work?
Is this a career that can be found in any city?
Is this work done inside or outdoors?

10. Slide Seven: Job Benefits & Job Drawbacks
What are the benefits of this career?
What are some things that may not be so great about the career?

11. Slide Eight: Opportunities for Advancement
What are the chances for advancement in this field?
Would advancement require additional training?
Would advancement require additional duties? Explain.
Is there a need for continuing education to hold this position? Explain

12. Slide Nine: Specific Places of Employment
Where would you work? Company Name? Location?

13. Describe a Typical Day
Description of “A Typical day in the life of a person in my career choice”

14. 8th Grade Only Create What Your Career Creates
Create a piece of art related to the career you researched.
Create a Product that Your Career Would Create
Use Same Materials as Your Career
Use School Happenings to Inspire Art (ONLY IF NEEDED)

15. 100- Research, PowerPoint Slide Show, and Class Presentation
Grading
100- Research, PowerPoint Slide Show, and Class Presentation
Research 25- Evidence of Research All Research Topics Thoroughly Found and Presented
PowerPoint 25- Creating a PowerPoint Presentation
Presentation 50- Presenting Information to Class

16. 8th Grade Only: Career Product
100- Piece of Art Related to Career
50- Related to Career: Use of Materials
If other materials are needed, i.e. software or camera, locate using outside the classroom resources. Many student level software and art related technology is available for download online. In addition, many tutorials on How-To can also be found online.
25- Craftsmanship
Piece of art created well, techniques and formal aspects of artwork.
25- Participation and Effort
Worked on Project in Class or at Home, was not distracted or off task.
Effort was appropriate for grade level and assignment