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Careers Lesson: Budget Analysis
Ninth graders examine money management. They study percentages, inequalities, fixed and variable expense calculations in order to develop an understanding of how these concepts apply to budgeting a lifestyle for a specific career.
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CHOOSING A CAREER - WITHOUT LIMITATIONS
Students identify career areas that are not traditional for their gender.
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Identification of Career Choices
Take some time to have your pupils identify careers that are not traditional for their gender.
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WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS: HISTORY TO TODAY
Students explore women who have played important roles in the history of math.
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WOMEN'S AND MEN'S ROLES IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
Students examine careers that are not traditional to their gender.
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Career Exploration
High schoolers research a career of their choice and compile information in a PowerPoint presentation.
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Occupational Circles
Students distinguish service occupations from product occupations by looking at photographs and listening to descriptions of each one. They choose an occupation that interests them and decide if it is a service or product occupation.
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Occupation Bingo
Second graders play Bingo using a Occupation Bingo Sheet in order to explore different types of jobs.
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Three Wishes
Second graders make three wishes in order to help them decide what is important to them and compare it to what is important to others.
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Education and Careers
Fifth graders explore careers and decide what type of education is needed for each.
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Exploration, Development and Planning for the Future
Students research their strengths and weaknesses and helps them make a career choice.
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Résumé Rights
Students build a practical resume using Microsoft Word R??sum?? Wizard. Hints useful for avoiding "r??sum?? wrongs" helps them develop the right r??sum?? for their job hunting needs.
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Career Explorations and Personal Finance
Students use various search engines and Web sites to find out information for a career they think they might like to pursue. They present their information to the class in an oral report.
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Occupations in the 1860s
Students investigate primary sources to determine what professions people had in the 1860s in the United States. They brainstorm why jobs have changed throughout time.
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Job-Related Skills, Tools, and Values
Learners explore careers by interviewing their parents, playing games and identify jobs people do and the skills and tools they need to do their job.
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Searching for a Career
Pupils research their dream career while taking notes. They create a timeline for reaching their career goal.
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My Dream Job
Students write a research paper about their dream job. They organize their paper using research notes, and support their main idea with supporting details.
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WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING
Students research a specific career and have the opportunity to gain new information, utilize electronic technology, and write a grade-level appropriate paper.
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Our Country, Our Community, Our Jobs
Fifth graders analyze jobs that are of interest to them. They create graphic organizers explaining how jobs affect the world in which they live with at least five supporting details. They, in groups, make presentations to the class.