National Careers Days – Careers Awareness Unit for Secondary Students (6-Lesson Bundle)
National Careers Days – Careers Awareness Unit for Secondary Students (6-Lesson Bundle)
Introduce students to global careers celebrations with this engaging and easy-to-teach unit. Perfect for Careers Leaders, PSHE coordinators, or classroom teachers, this bundle connects international events with real-world career exploration and future planning.
✅ What’s Included:
• 6 Fully Resourced Lesson Packs
• 6 Editable PowerPoints (video links, tasks, assessments)
• 6 Homework Ideas
• 6 Confidence Checker Activities (End-of-Lesson Assessment)
• Teacher Notes on Key Slides
• Mapped to PSHE Association Themes, DfE Guidance & Gatsby Benchmarks
📚 Lesson Topics:
1. What is National Careers Week?
2. International Women’s Day – Gender & Careers
3. Global Entrepreneurship Week – Innovation & Start-Ups
4. Fairtrade Fortnight – Careers in Global Supply Chains
5. World Engineering Day – Pathways in STEM
6. National Apprenticeship Week – Exploring Apprenticeships
🎯 Learning Objectives:
• Understand the purpose of key global career events
• Discover industries and job roles linked to each event
• Reflect on personal values, aspirations, and career interests
• Build awareness of equity, innovation, and sustainability in the workplace
• Develop critical thinking around workplace representation and opportunity
🔑 Key Vocabulary:
Career Management, Employability, Entrepreneurship, Fairtrade, Engineering, Apprenticeship, Gender Equality, Sustainability, Innovation, Start-Up, Empowerment, Supply Chain
💡 Ideal For Use During:
• National Careers Week
• Drop Down Days / Career Days
• Tutor Time / Advisory
• International Women’s Day
• Global Learning Projects
• PSHE or CTE Classrooms
• Assemblies & Whole School Careers Activities
**We sell Complete Careers Units - Take a look at some of them here:**
⇨ [CAREERS KS3 UNIT](/teaching-resource/ks3-careers-unit-gatsby-benchmark-standards-12220690)
⇨ [Careers, Employability Skills + Enterprise Unit ](/teaching-resource/year-11-careers-unit-12168193)
⇨ [Careers and Gatsby Benchmarks Quizzes ](/teaching-resource/careers-and-gatsby-benchmark-12148009)
⇨ [Post 16 Options and Careers Lesson](/teaching-resource/post-16-options-careers-12167356)
⇨ [Careers and Employment Activities and Cardsorts ](/teaching-resource/careers-and-employment-12110887)
⇨ [Skills and Qualities Careers Quiz ](/teaching-resource/skills-and-qualities-careers-quiz-12148001)
⇨ [Careers - Writing a Personal Statement](/teaching-resource/careers-personal-statements-12168159)
⇨ [Careers - Student Workbook](/teaching-resource/careers-work-book-gatsby-benchmarks-12167891)
⇨ [Careers - Interview Preparation Lesson ](/teaching-resource/interview-preparation-careers-12168169)
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