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The Road to Careers (Part 1)
Fifth graders explore career options and potential jobs. In this career instructional activity, 5th graders study various careers and the training or education needed for those careers. Students study posters and name career paths as...
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Where Do I Fit Now? Have I Changed?
Fifth graders explore career opportunities. In this career lesson, 5th graders participate in career inventories that enable them to select careers they may enjoy. Students further research the careers that fit their personalities.
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Career Paths in My Community
First graders study career opportunities in their local community. In this career exploration lesson, 1st graders answer 'Who Am I?' questions and study career path posters. Students list the skills they've learned at school and work in...
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Where Do I Fit?
Fourth graders complete activities to learn about career options and the role jobs have in community. For this career lesson, 4th graders complete a career exploration worksheet and study the local community jobs available. Students...
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What I Want to be When I Grow Up
Sixth graders discover different careers in music. In this career exploration lesson plan, 6th graders explore four different categories of music careers: music education, music performance, music business and music therapy. Students...
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Dream Jobs
Second graders explore the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" In this careers lesson plan, 2nd graders let their imagination go as they think of what job they would like, then complete a worksheet about their dream...
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Career Development (Career Exploration)
Ninth graders identify factors that influence the changing career patterns of women and men. They identify mentors and resources to support career plans and identify volunteer and leisure activities that relate to their career goals.
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Career Exploration Program
In these job skills worksheets, students read and rank the job skill options into the top ten skills. Students discuss the skills and how they are ranked.
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I Can Be Happy for Hours Just Doing
Young scholars explore leisure activities. In this leisure activities lesson, students define the topic and write a paper about a leisure activity they love. Young scholars draw a cartoon illustrating the activity and write a poem or...
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Career Investigation Project
Students explore a career of their choice to learn about a career that interests them. For this career exploration lesson, students research a variety of careers and select one in particular. Students create a project to tell others...
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Peer Review of My School and Community Activities
Twelfth graders complete activities to explore life goals. In this career goals lesson, 12th graders write a list of their community activities and write a statement of their life goals. Students discuss their life goals with a peer.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook
See hundreds of featured career profiles. Find out for each occupation a description of the job, typical work environment, how to prepare for that career, salary range, and more. Each profile also includes Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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Quintessential Careers: Choosing a College Major: How to Chart Your Ideal Path
Are you struggling to figure out what in the world you want to do when you grow up? Don't panic. This article will help calm you down and assist you in ways to select a major or two to focus on in college.
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Career One Stop: Get My Future
Great site to explore different careers, learn about the skills and education you need for specific careers, get information about growing industries, find out about job training programs, learn how to write a resume, and lots more.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Career Writing Prompts: Director, Human Resources
WLVT PBS 39 and PSEA have teamed to create these innovative writing prompts on careers. This 1-minute video provides an opportunity for students to learn a bit about a career as a Director of Human Resources, and to write feedback to the...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Actors, Producers, and Directors
Along with information about Directors, this site evaluates the Nature of Work, Working Conditions, Employment, Training, Other Qualifications, Job Outlook, Earnings, Related Occupations, and Additional Information for Actors and Producers.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Building a Foundation for Career Success
Are your middle school young scholars dreaming about their future careers? Help them build the foundation for career success with this engaging activity.
Other
Careers: Career Resource Center
Career Resource Center contains career resources, newspapers, newsgroups, as well as other Internet career links.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Formulate a Career Plan
This activity will engage students in career research. Each student will use the I-Search process and then write a 3-5 paper about a career of interest.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Goals
As a response to 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey, students will select and write down personal learning goals that relate to their work based learning experiences. Several reproducible sheets related to goal setting are...
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Career Wise Education: Skills
Everyone has skills in which they excel. iSeek highlights skills useful for various types of jobs to aid in finding the right career.
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State of Washington: Employment Security Department
Explore career opportunities in Washington! The Washington Employment Security Department website provides resources on finding a job and working in Washington.
University of California
The Love Lab: So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist?
Do you want to know what being a marine biologist is really like? This career resource strives to provide a realistic look at the marine biology field. It is wittily written and offers lots of practical advice.
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Job Monkey: Cool Jobs
JobMonkey helps you find seasonal or year-round jobs working for employers who can offer you unique opportunities to travel the world, have fun, and earn good money doing it.