Exploring Careers for the 21st Century:
Features and Benefits

Exploring Careers for the 21st Century includes a Chapter Opener that lays provides individual and group activities.
Margin features support the text and prompt students to apply critical thinking and 21st Century Skills to the covered concepts.
 

Chapter Opener

Each chapter begins with a Chapter Opener that lays out the objectives and provides individual and group activities to immediately engage students of all levels. 

Margin Features

Margin features enhance and support the text and prompt the students to apply critical thinking and 21st Century Skills to the covered concepts.

 
Exploring Careers for the 21st Century includes open-ended figure questions related to relevant issues.
Exploring Careers for the 21st Century Career Facts and Trends help the students put concepts into real-world context.
 

Figure Question

After important figures, an open-ended figure question asks the students to consider relevant issues related to the figure and text.

Career Trends

Career Facts, Tips, and Trends are boxed features found throughout the chapter that provide useful information to help the students put the concepts into real-world context.

 
Exploring Careers for the 21st Century Myth/Truth lesson presents common misconceptions and facts behind the truth.
Exploring Careers for the 21st Century includes Myth/Truth lessons incorporating cultural diversity.
 

Myth/Truth

Myth/Truth sidebar element presents a common misconception and the facts behind the truth.

Cultural Diversity

Examples, questions, and activities consistently incorporate cultural diversity. 

 
Exploring Careers for the 21st Century Career Profile sample, highlighting a specific career.
Exploring Careers for the 21st Century End of chapter activity sample.
 

Career Profile

Career Profile highlights a career and prompts the student to use available resources to investigate the skills, qualities, education, and abilities that might be necessary to succeed in that career.

End of Chapter Activities

End of chapter activities include Web Extra, Case Study, Answer It!, Write Now, Business Plan Project, Career Portfolio, Career Ready Practices.