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FACS:Health Careers Planner - Therapeutic Services

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the Therapeutic Services Career Pathway using articles in the Health Careers Planner.
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Communication Skills for Seeking a Job

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and identify four careers they have an interest in. Using the internet, they choose one career to research to discover the educational requirements, salary and training. They interview members of the community in the...
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the steps needed to apply and receive a job. Using the internet, they find a career they are interested in and practice completing out the application. To end the instructional activity, they role play the role of the...
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Careers in Music - Letter Writing Checklist

For Students 8th - 9th
In this careers in music instructional activity, students choose a person who works in a music career that interests them. They write a letter to this person asking for more information about his or her career.
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Musical Roles

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students watch a videotape on the musical career of Aretha Franklin and explore the different careers in the music industry.
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Focused Learning Lesson: Economics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review and discuss what skills and knowledge they need to make a decision about a career. They take a test to see which career they would most likely fit into.
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What I Want to be When I Grow Up

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover different careers in music. In this career exploration lesson, 6th graders explore four different categories of music careers: music education, music performance, music business and music therapy. Students create ...
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Math Instructional Technology Information

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the correlation between education and salary. In this business lesson, students analyze the salary rate for different jobs to determine if there is a correlation between the two. They graph their findings and...
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Careers in Science Lesson Three

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the types of careers that they study of science subjects can lead to. They are introduced to the lesson plan with the statement as: Today we are looking at a variety of occupations that the study of chemistriy,...
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Computer Applications - 6

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become familiar with the course requirements and class procedures. They develop a list of ways that the computer has changed modern society and review the Board of Education policies regarding computer and Internet use by students.
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Hank Williams: My Inspiration

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research Hank Williams and explore his life and career. In this Hank Williams lesson, students complete Internet research, listen to example songs, and watch a movie all to analyze Hank Williams. The ultimate goal is to decide...
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Growing Into Public Service: William Howard Taft's Boyhood Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the role that education, family values, and respect for civic duty played in forming the leadership skills of the Taft family. They list and examine jobs held by William Howard Taft before he became president.
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Problem Solving Lesson Plan 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study a number of work and family management roles and techniques.
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Baseball - America's Pastime

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students complete Internet research about baseball and baseball players. They complete a variety of activities including writing an epitaph for Jackie Robinson, a news article about him, and make graphs displaying salaries of a number of...
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Russian History, in an Eggshell

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create Faberge-inspired art objects, depicting events in modern Russian history since Peter Carl Faberge's death in 1920. Students research the life of Peter Faberge. They write a short biography explaining how he became an...
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Financial Planning

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars research possible careers. They determine typical starting income for the career. Using collected information, students develop a budget for their starting income. Young scholars consider car payments and research the...
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Worksheet 2. Things That People Can Do

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this careers worksheet, students complete the sentences in column A with the correct phrase from column B. Column A contains the name of a specific career, and column B states what that person can do. There are 10 sentences to complete.
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Jim Thorpe: The Greatest Athlete of the Century

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students discuss what makes a sports legend. In this Jim Thorpe activity students analyze both the triumphs and tragedies of Jim Thorpe's sports career. Students then write a letter persuading their representative to name Jim Thorpe the...
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Read a Transportation Story

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research the career of Arctic transportation. In this arctic transportation instructional activity, 8th graders read a book about Arctic truck travel and review the historical aspects of transporting goods in the Arctic....
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Road Safety - Communication and Understanding What's on Board

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders apply math formulas to explore the truck driving career. In this math instructional activity, 10th graders explore websites about road safety and truck driving spills. Students view a PowerPoint about safety placards and...
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Office Secretary

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore school secretaries. In this ELL vocabulary and language development lesson, students look at pictures of school secretaries performing various jobs and give oral descriptions of what they see. Students visit the school...
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Comparing Health Insurance Plans

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students compare insurance plans. In this vocational lesson, students research different insurance plans and determine the best plan for their needs.
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Problem-Solving for Employment Barriers

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine different employment opportunities and possible barriers that may occur.  In this career skills lesson students discuss different barriers and work in groups to overcome these. 
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Creating A RESUME - Employment Skills

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss and create a resume. They are aware of basic employability qualities. Students complete a sample job application and create a personal resume. They listen to a speaker, lecture to them about how to apply for jobs.