Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)
Douglas Fir Plywood
The Royal British Columbia Museum discuss the rise and boom of the Douglas Fir Plywood industry. An abstract of the written paper is provided followed by the actual essay.
Careers New Zealand
Career Nz : Warehouse Worker
All you wanted to know and more about the career of a warehouse worker. Find out tasks and duties, skills, education, working conditions, and much more on the career as a warehouse worker.
Careers New Zealand
Careers Nz: Market Researcher
Very descriptive overview of the job of a market researcher. Read about the job, skills needed, education needed, working conditions, and much more.
US Department of Labor
U.s. Department of Labor: Women's Bureau
This site from the U.S. Department of Labor is devoted to helping working women get the most out of their careers. It includes statistics, news programs, and a directory of resources.
Other
Quiz Tree Esl for Spanish Speakers
Fantastic quizzes for Spanish speakers. All quizzes feature colorful interface and humorous feedback noises that make learning more enjoyable. Some of the topics are basic phrases, colors, common expressions, describing people,...
Read Works
Read Works: Friendly Faces
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about adult helpers in our community including: a police officer, a doctor, a firefighter, a teacher, and a construction worker. A question sheet is available to help students...
Read Works
Read Works: A Day in the Life of a Veterinary Technician
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a typical day at work for a veterinary technician. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Ven Conmigo; Las Carreras Verifiquemos!
From Holt Rinehart Winston, Ven conmigo series, this is "Las carreras Verifiquemos!" or "Careers, Let's Review", a vocabulary worksheet for the review of career names in Spanish.
American Psychological Association
Apa: Interesting Careers in Psychology
Focus on non-academic careers for scientific psychologists. Provides links to several scientific psychologists who explain how they secured a job in a nontraditional setting outside the "lab" or "university setting."
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Work (El Trabajo)
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: jobs, ordinals, days, months, dates, verbs. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: Education & Knowledge: What Is the Goal of Education?
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What is the goal of education?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Supplementary Lessons Grade 5: Nunavut and Its People
A lesson plan that has students make a poster that shows the occupations and reasons why someone would want to move to the Nunavut province.
Pearson
Pearson Assessments: Campbell Interest and Skill Survey
An explanation of the CISS assessment tool that measures "self-reported vocational interests and skills." The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory matches an individual's interests and skills with prospective occupations. Links to purchase...
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: #Career Goals
Students explore careers and create informational brochures about their chosen career.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Inside a Television Station | Kids Work!
Students will connect schoolwork with real work as they explore a virtual representation of a television station with specific work areas labeled and defined. Hover your mouse over room to take a look inside a television station.
PBS
Pbs: Career Choices
Investigate how an individual's career choice might affect their financial future.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Higher Education: Marketing
This site from McGraw-Hill Higher Education provides information on the various tasks involved in the physical distribution process.
Other
Job Guide 2000: Pastrycook
The Job Guide 2000 provides information on a pastrycook, or pastry chef. Read a description of the job, personal requirements, and related jobs.
Other
Job Guide 2000: Chef
This site from Job Guide 2000 is a very descriptive site on the career of a chef. Find out what a chef is in charge of, personal requirements, along with other related jobs.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Occupations Find It! Quiz
Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to search for the occupations described in a series of clues. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and vocabulary building, would work well with...
Other
University System of Maryland: Buyer I
This site from the University System of Maryland provides information on what a buyer is in charge of. Read about the primary duties, minimum qualifications, and required skills, knowledge, and abilities needed for this job.
Lingolex
Lingolex.com: The Vocabulary of Jobs and Professions in English and Spanish
A glossary of specific occupational and professional terms translated with English and Spanish equivalents.
Other
State of Wisconsin: Barber and Cosmetology Practitioner
This site provides information on barber and cosmetology practitioners. It explains what their jobs are and the stages in which one becomes a barber and cosmetology practitioner. Information is provided by the Wisconsin department of...
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Detective: Drawing
Cartoon drawing of a Sherlock-like detective.