Global CTE Classroom Projects

Original Projects/Instructional Tasks

These globally focused projects, written by CTE educators and aligned to the Common Core by ELA, math, and science educators, can be used as standalone projects in one CTE classroom or can be combined by multiple CTE educators in a building. These projects are based around four themes and contain the lesson plans, assessment information, and auxiliary materials an educator needs for implementation. Listed below are the four themes and the projects contained in each (listed by cluster/pathway).

Food Security

• Agriculture
  • Presentation Rubric
  • Student Assignment and Rubric
  • Student Reflection Worksheet
• Business
  • Example PACED
  • Student Learning Journal Template - Landscape
  • Student Learning Journal Template - Portrait
• Law/Government
• Culinary

Clean Energy: Solar or Wind

• Business/Finance
• Law/Government
• Manufacturing 
• Building Trades/Architecture
  • Project Rubric Example
  • Floor Plan Checklist
  • Legal Descriptions
  • Electrical Plans
  • Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
  • Roof Plan Components
• Engineering/Energy

Women's Health

• Health Sciences
• Law/Government
  • Student Worksheet/Rubric
  • Presentation Rubric
  • Reflection Activity
• Family Consumer Science
• Business/Advertising/Marketing

Cybersecurity

• Cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity Reflection Activity
  • Presentation Rubric
• Business
  • Vocabulary Worksheet
• Law/Government

Additional projects and ideas

Links to other global projects:

• Global CTE Crosswalks – These crosswalks of CTE standards by cluster area also contain ideas of globally focused projects.
• MBA Research
• Global Trade and Logistics Curriculum from The Deputy Sector Navigator in California. 
• Center for Innovation in Science and Engineering Education has global projects for K-12 and they include global classroom connections.

Project Planning Template

Use this blank project planning template to plan your own global CTE project! (Can be used on your own, or in conjunction with Module 2 of the Global CTE PD Course).

Differentiation Resources

• Career-Technical Education for Mixed Ability Classrooms
• Culturally Responsive Differentiated Instructional Strategies
• ASCD Differentiated Instruction Resources 
• Virginia’s CTE Resource Center List of differentiation resources for CTE