Resume Lesson

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Important note:​ This lesson was originally planned and taught on a block schedule. For
a non- block schedule you may need to adjust the time it takes.

Slides​ to Guide the lesson

Lesson Plan
1. Warm Up: Do you have a resume? What might you use a resume for? Make a list of reasons 
you may use a resume. What would you put on a resume? Make a list of things you may want 
to include on a resume.  
2. Intro - What is a resume for? Who looks at it? Why?  
3. Concept Attainment -​ Investigations with examples- What makes a good resume?  
a. Have them play the role of HR sifting through resumes 
b. Print out a couple class sets of examples of good resumes & bad resumes. Have them 
use a g​ raphic organizer​ to decide if they are good or bad and give explain WHY 
c. Good Examples  
i. Resume Examples​ (1, 3, & 5 are negative examples - 2, 4 & 6 are positive 
examples)  
4. Come back together as a class and examine each resume together - which were the good 
ones? Which were the bad ones? Why? What was wrong with them? What was good about 
them?  
5. Make a list on the board of qualities we LIKED and qualities we DIDN’T LIKE  
6. Read t​ his Article  
7. Have them fill out the ​Resume Brainstorming Graphic Organizer 
8. Use this R​ esume Generator ​to make their own on devices (Heads up: This program requires 
Adobe Flash Player)