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Guest Speakers
Young scholars identify a guest speaker to come to their class and discuss potential careers. In this career exploration lesson, students identify a career they are interested in and invite a guest speaker to visit their class. Young...
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Work, What are My Options
Pupils explore job opportunities in their chosen career field. In this career exploration lesson, students complete a portfolio using the career investigation in the STAR event link. Pupils present the project to the class and write...
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Can We Draw Working People?
Young scholars examine non-traditional careers by gender. In this guidance lesson, students discover career options are not limited by gender. Young scholars identify a career of interest to them and illustrate themselves.
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Personal Interviews
Young scholars interview a person in a career field they are interested in. In this career interview lesson, students identify a career they are interested in and the requirements of the job. Young scholars research the career and...
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What do I Know About the World of Work
In this world of work worksheet, students complete a survy to determine their knowledge about jobs and careers in the real world.
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Surviving the Teenage Years
Students examine how to survive the teenage years and beyond. They research and collect data pertaining to career choices, health issues and legal concerns. Students develop a brochure about how to survive the teenage years.
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Guess the Job
Second graders act out activities people do when doing their job. In this careers lesson, 2nd graders mime doing work while the rest of the class tries to guess what job they are doing.
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Get A Life
Young scholars explore choosing a career and living on a budget. They receive an alternative identity and must make choices and decisions based upon given situations. Students research possible solutions, and use spreadsheet technology...
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Dream Job
Students explore aspects of their dream job. In this career exploration lesson, students are encouraged to either choose an existing job, or create one, and write about it on an accompanying worksheet. Extension activity ideas also...
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Community Helpers
Learners identify the different jobs of people in the community. In this careers lesson, students read Helpers in My Community and have parents come into the classroom to do a short presentation on their jobs.
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Textiles and Apparal
Students create apparel. In this career connection lesson, students create displays that feature textile and apparel samples.
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Job Shadow Experience
Students in a Business Management and Administrative Services program job shadow for 8 hours with a business. They conduct an interview with a working employee during the job shadow experience and then prepare a PowerPoint presentation...
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Getting a Job!
Twelfth graders are given the tools to create a presentation about a career of interest to them. Individually, they develop a multi-media presentation about their career and the education needed to obtain it. To end the lesson, they...
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Me and My Job Shadow, Part 1
Third graders identify the skills that are important in performing helper jobs in the school and the skills that are possessed personally by them. They write a short paragraph to summarize the information taught about top three job...
Workforce Solutions
Let’s Take a Selfie
Professional or unprofessional? That is the question addressed by a lesson on workplace attire. Class members examine images posted on job search sites like Linkedin and those posted by celebrities. They consider the implications of...
Advocates for Youth
How Do I Prepare for Work?
You got your class through their teenage years—now it's time for the real world! Class members focus on the how-to of preparing for work, including job interview skills, resume workshops, and
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Professional References
To gain an understanding of the importance of professional references, class members engage in two projects. First, individuals examine an online review site (Yelp, for example), paying particular attention to the positive and negative...
Overcoming Obstacles
Completing Applications
Following directions is an important skill for any grade level. High schoolers work follow directions to an activity that focuses on filling out college and job applications.
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Learning About Myself
After completing an interest survey, peers group together based on similar likes. They work collaboratively to create a poster that highlights their interests. Groups share their finished products with the class.
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Online Job Applications Workshop
Availability. Employment history. Reference. With the lesson plan, scholars complete a vocabulary matching exercise to define words that are commonly associated with job applications. They also complete a job application crossword puzzle...
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Name That Job!
Following a brief video, two teams play against each other to read clues from a card and guess which occupation it describes. The team that guesses the most correctly wins. A quick-write poses several questions about one's dream job.
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Application Skills, Job Hunting, Social Skills/Cooperation
Students recognize vocabulary necessary for applying for a job, fill out a job application and provide personal information necessary for applying for a job. They spell the names of references and tell ways of networking to improve job...
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Nontraditional Job Opportunities
As your learners prepare to enter the workforce, address some common stereotypes that may be limiting their professional goals. The class brainstorms gender-stereotyped careers, exploring where those ideas originate. They complete a job...
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Occupational Last Names Puzzle
For this occupational word search, students identify names of occupations and careers. A word list of approximately 45 career names are given.