The Real Game Series

The Make It Real Game - Grades 5 and 6 - Students journey into the world economy while working on the skills of teamwork and cooperation. Role-playing as adults, students form companies that research and develop creative projects. The students present their research to an audience at the conclusion of the program. Language arts and social studies skills are used as students discover for themselves that there are many different ways to achieve occupational goals and that everybody's work is important.

The Real Game - Grades 7 and 8 - Students role-play occupations and see how schoolwork relates to these occupations. They explore budgeting, workplace environments and unexpected emergencies. Students also learn the value of a balanced lifestyle. An exciting twist to the game illustrates the importance of adaptability and introduces the concept of transferable skills. By the end of The Real Game students realize that satisfaction in work is a priority issue in life and that it is an outcome that they can achieve by making the choices that are right for them.

The Be Real Game - Grades 9 and 10 - Students learn that a person's career is built with everyday choices and decisions, starting in childhood. They will role-play high school students through to adult workers as they experience a variety of jobs, unemployment and family situations. Students will learn the importance of transferable skills, self knowledge, lifelong learning and career planning. They are exposed to dozens of occupational possibilities and are encouraged to actively pursue their dreams.

The Get Real Game - Grades 11 and 12 - Students are presented with a variety of occupational possibilities. They will work through a five-year school-to-work transition as they try to achieve the occupational goal they have chosen. Information is supplied for each option so that students can realistically explore different possible paths to their goals. These might include post secondary education, various forms of on-the-job training, workplace experience, internship or apprenticeship, military service, volunteer and community work, extrepreneurship and self-employment. As they pursue their occupational goals, students learn how to budget their time, research their options, define their goals, plan a course of action and present themselves well in an interview.

Real Times, Real Life - Adult Learners - It's time to put lives in perspective, relieve the negative self-image that often comes with unemployment and begin to plan careers with confidence. Role-playing as workers from 1900 to present day, participants of Real Times, Real Life learn to appreciate that change is constant and inevitable. They develop an understanding of the modern labor market and see how skills acquired in one area of life are transferable to another. Working in teams, participants learn how to assess their situations and create realistic action plans. They also learn where to go for help when they need it.