Program Area(s): Business and Marketing
Lesson PlanTitle: Hospitality & Tourism
Estimated time to complete lesson plan (in minutes):135 - 180 minutes or 3 - 4 days @ 45 minute classes
Primary CTE Pathway(s) Explored:Business/Marketing
Intended Learning Outcome(s):
  • Explain how self-knowledge/self-efficacy (interest, abilities, and strengths) relates to career interests and selecting and achieving goals.
  • Discuss how education, career exploration, planning for college career readiness, and current occupational information will assist individuals in making long-range plans.
  • Become acquainted with a wide range of occupations, CTE Pathways, career trends and emerging careers.
  • Differentiate between entry level and expert level career readiness expectations.
  • Understand the importance of making careerdecisions related to career aspirations.
  • Expand career awareness through participation in Work-Based Learning experiences.
  • Participate in experiential activities related to career expectations.
  • Identify career and post-secondary education options through investigation of high school to college and career pathways.
  • Explain how academic content knowledge and technical skills are used in various careers.

College and Career Awareness Pathway Standard,Objective(s):
Standard 4, Objective 1
Cross CurriculumIntegration:
  • FACS
  • Skilled & Technical Sciences
  • Info Tech
  • Agriculture
  • Reading - Career Connections Handout: RL2 Determine a theme or central idea, RL4 Determine the meaning of word & RL 9 Compare & Contrast
  • Writing - Hospitality & Tourism Notes: W4 Clear & Coherent Writing
  • Reading - Hospitality & Tourism PowerPoint: RL4 Determine the meaning of word
  • Writing - What Drives Utah’s Economy Notes: W4 Clear & Coherent Writing
  • Reading - What Drives Utah’s Economy PowerPoint: RL4 Determine the meaning of word
  • Math - Cashiering Assignment 1 & 2: NS3 Solve real world mathematical problems, Cashiering Assignment 3 & 4: RP3 Use proportional relationship to solve multi step and percent problems & EE3 Multi step real life problems with positive and negative rational numbers
  • Science:
  • Math - At least two lesson plans with tie to Math
  • Technical Reading -At least two lesson plans with tie to Literacy
  • 21st Century or Interpersonal Soft Skills

Career Opportunities in the CTE Pathway(s):
Nontraditional Career Opportunities:
STEM Specific Career Opportunities:
Methods (Approach to Teaching and Learning):
  • Direct Instruction and Demonstration
  • Activity/Inquiry/Practice Centered Instruction
  • Problem-based or Project-Based Learning
  • Experiential or Work-based Learning Instruction

Materials Needed:
  • Hospitality & Tourism packet
  • Career Connections handout
  • Hospitality & Tourism Notes
  • Hospitality & Tourism PPT
  • What Drives Utah’s Economy Notes
  • What Drives Utah’s Economy PPT
  • Cashiering PPT
  • Cashiering Assign 1 & 2
  • Cashiering Assign 3 & 4
  • Travel Itinerary Assign
  • Need access to computers, word processing, and printer

Vocabulary:
  • Hospitality
  • Tourism Industry
  • Tourist
  • Passport
  • Transactions
  • Payroll Clerk
  • Gross Pay
  • Net Pay
  • Economy
  • Itinerary

Prior Knowledge Required by Students:
Instructional or Project-Based Procedures:
  • Career Connections handout – You can do this as a class or students can do it individually on the computer. Students look up what the average wage is for careers in the field.
  • Hospitality & Tourism Notes – These notes come from the Hospitality & Tourism PPT.
  • Hospitality & Tourism PPT – This is for the Hospitality & Tourism Notes.
  • What Drives Utah’s Economy Notes – These notes come from the “What Drives Utah’s Economy” PPT.
  • What Drives Utah’s Economy PPT – This is for the “What Drives Utah’s Economy” notes.
  • Cashiering PPT – This is an in-class group activity.
  • Cashiering Assign 1 & 2 – Students will need a calculator for this activity or they can use the calculator on the computer. These are math problems along with the correct amount of change the students are to give back to the customer.
  • Cashiering Assign 3 & 4 – Theseare more complex math problems and story problems.
  • Travel Itinerary Assign – You are a travel agent planning an itinerary for a family visiting from Texas.
Additional Resources:
  • Career Connection: Travel & Tourism
Travel Agents: sell transportation, lodging, and admission to entertainment activities to individuals and groups planning trips. They offer advice on destinations, plan trip itineraries, and make travel arrangements for clients.
Education: High school diploma
Average Wage: $16.64 per hour, $34,600 per year
Lodging Manager: ensure that guests on vacation or business travel have a pleasant experience at a hotel, motel, or other types of establishment with accommodations. They also ensure that the establishment is run efficiently and profitably.
Education: High school diploma
Average Wage: $22.50 per hour, $46,810 per year
Flight Attendant: provide personal services to ensure the safety and comfort of airline passengers.
Education: High school diploma
Average Wage: $37,240 per year
Airline & commercial pilots: pilots fly and navigate airplanes, helicopters, and other aircraft. Airline pilots fly for airlines that transport people and cargo on a fixed schedule. Commercial pilots fly aircraft for other reasons, such as charter flights, rescue operations, firefighting, aerial photography, and aerial application, also known as crop dusting.
Education: Bachelor’s degree & pilot’s license
Average Wage: $98,410 per year
Water Transportation Occupations: operate and maintain vessels that take cargo and people over water. These vessels travel to and from foreign ports across the ocean, to domestic ports along the coasts, across the Great Lakes, and along the country’s many inland waterways.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Average Wage: $23.55 per hour, $48,980 per year
Dancers & Choreographers: express ideas and stories, using dance. There are many types of dance such as ballet, tango, modern dance, tap, and jazz.
Education: High school diploma
Average Wage: $15.87 per hour
Railroad Occupations: ensure that passenger and freight trains run on time and travel safely. Some workers drive trains, some coordinate the activities of the trains, while others operate signals and switches in the rail yard.
Education: High school diploma
Average Wage: $25.19 per hour, $52,400 per year
Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs: drive people to and from the places they need to go, such as airports, homes, shopping centers, and workplaces. They must know their way around a city in order to take both residents and visitors to their destinations.
Education: Less than high school
Average Wage: $10.97 per hour, $22,820 per year
Bus Driver: transport people between various places—including work, school, and shopping malls—and across state or national borders. Some drive regular routes, and others transport passengers on chartered trips or sightseeing tours.
Education: High School Diploma
Average Wage: $14.21 per hour, $29,550 per year
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Assessment(s):
  • Explanation of concepts (written, oral, or through demonstration or performance of particular skills):
  • Elaboration (understandings or connections beyond objectives—written, oral or through demonstration or performance):
  • Critical thinking demonstration (written, oral, or through demonstration or performance):
  • Construct a list of careers and the education (secondary and post-secondary) necessary, skills required, and wage expectations related to careers discussed in this lesson