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Plan for Your Future
Students participate in ongoing learning experiences for future success. In this planning future lesson, students discuss training requirements for today's job market and possible future plans. Students write a description of their...
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Where's the Math?
Fourth graders create an original math problem with a detailed solution key relative to their chosen career fields.
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Attentive Listening
Students explore the concept of what it really means to listen. They play the "Candy Game" and complete a discussion. They develop basic business skills and explore a variety of business careers while increasing their listening skills.
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The Sewing Machine
Learners examine the parts of the sewing machine and how to thread it. They demonstrate basic skills related to clothing and textiles. They assess their employability and discuss careers in clothing construction or crafts.
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Describing Fashion
In this careers worksheet, students complete a check sheet by guessing if each of 20 fashion industry related phrases is good or bad. They use the phrases to describe each of three illustrations.
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How Am I Ever Going to Use This?
Students analyze how education relates to the selection of college majors, the job market, and future training. In this career exploration lesson, students search an occupation and employment database for a specific school subject....
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My Awesome GIG!
Students discuss various career options and issues related to careers. They research a chosen career online, and create a collage of pictures and words pertaining to their chosen careers.
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Work and Responsibility
Third graders investigate the responsibilities related to various careers.
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How To Get the Job Done
Fifth graders identify the physical activities that are related to certain jobs.
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INFUSING EQUITY BY GENDER INTO THE CLASSROOM
Young scholars identify careers that are nontraditional for their gender.
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Nomads
Students explore how math and science are used in various careers. They research individuals who have contributed to the specified career field. Students examine mathematicians and scientists who have made contributions in their career.
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Medals of Honor
Third graders identify their strengths and find out what careers they would do best in.
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Infusing Equity By Gender Into the Classroom
Learners identify careers that are nontraditional for their gender.
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Salaries
Students are engaged in the study of salaries and how they vary according to different occupations. They conduct research using a variety of resources in order to summarize the earnings potential in the human services field.
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The Job for You
Learners identify jobs that they would be interested in doing in the future. In this jobs lesson plan, students partner up and ask each other questions about jobs they saw in the book "Paws in Jobland". They each identify jobs they may...
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Introducing The Manager System
Students explore the importance of classroom jobs and having a leader. After listening to a book, students discuss teamwork and responsibility as well as the jobs and responsibilities described in the story. They determine how to...
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Appreciation Cards
Students discuss jobs in which have impacted their lives directly. They create appreciation cards for a person who they believe needs appreciation. They give their cards to that person and share their reaction with the class.
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Learning About Firemen
Students explore the job of a fireman. In this career education lesson, students brainstorm what they already know about firemen and take a field trip to a fire station.
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Writing the Resume: Defining a Job Target
Students identify their own interests by reviewing job postings, reading about different types of professions, and by reviewing their personal interests.
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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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Real Estate Agent
In this occupation activity, learners read a paragraph about a real estate agent named Margaret. They then answer 5 true or false questions about the paragraph. Finally, students write a paragraph explaining what Margaret should do if a...
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I Need Money...I Need a Job
Pupils discover how to use a phone book and the want ads to find a job, how to fill out a job application, and how to write/type a resume. They participate in a mock job interview.