National Adult Literacy Database

This lesson plan, part of the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) Essential Skills series, introduces learners to the Government of Canada’s Job Futures website. The lesson also helps learners draw information from pie charts, tables, and bar graphs.

In addition to a variety of exercises, the lesson plan includes a link to the Job Futures website.

The lesson is rated at CLB level 4-5 and focuses on the essential skills of reading text, document use, numeracy and computer use. It requires about 1.5 hours to make an initial exploration of the site and to become familiar with its terms.