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Road to the Future - Presentations
Pupils study Business TLC happenings. They explore preliminary employment terminology and assess and apply interests, personal skills, aptitudes and abilities to education planning and future career decisions. They examine an...
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Career Choices
High schoolers identify their personality and discover which career is the best for them. They research careers they are interested in and if possible complete an internship. They answer questions about their experience to end the lesson.
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Searching for Occupations
Students utilize the Choices Explorer to research two occupations - one suggested by the Career Finder as matching their personal career interests and skills, and personal choice occupation using the full site feature.
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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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Kids at Work
Second graders draw pictures of the "work" they do and create a bulletin board of career categories using their parent's jobs.
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Who Will I Be Tomorrow?
Students examine various careers and character traits. They create an Affinity Chart using career survey results, compare/contrast personality traits and character traits, and discuss why character traits are important for jobs.
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Construction: Make Your Own Bed
Students explore the career of furniture construction. After observing Powerpoint presentations, they complete worksheets and match furniture pictures with cost estimates. Learning outcomes include ability to construct beds and to...
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Why is it important to earn a GED?
Pupils write a profile describing themselves. They access the internet site and complete the "Self-appraisal" section called "Employment Search Readiness Inventory." Students look at other options provided by this site to find other...
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Reality Bites
Learners select a career or occupation to study. Students research their career preferences and annual living expenses compared to the estimations they may before conducting research.
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Occupations L-Z
In this vocational worksheet, students locate 92 occupations in a word search. The career list includes only occupations from L to Z alphabetically.
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Functional Skills Worksheet
In this career worksheet, students take a personal assessment of workplace skills. They apply them to a personal strengths survey to create a holistic picture of talents.
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Learning Careers
In this career worksheet, learners match pictures of objects with the professionals who use the objects in their careers. A reference web site is given for additional opportunities.
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Count on Science & Math for Your Future
Students complete a variety of classroom and online activities designed to teach them the importance of science and math in all career paths and stimulate their awareness and interest in various careers.
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Large & In Charge
In this career instructional activity, students create a checklist of skills or traits that they want each of their new employees to have. Then they identify which traits are the most important and if they have those particular skills or...
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How Do They Do That?
Third graders explore different careers by discussing which community helpers might be considered local heroes. In this career exploration lesson, 3rd graders work in small groups to discuss why certain people are considered...
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Community Careers
Students explore services in their community. For this community services lesson, students discuss community services and work in teams to list the jobs within the service. Students may also shadow a worker from that community service area.
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Do You Like the Do?
Students explore different haircutting techniques and the tools used in haircutting. They practice cutting hair on a maniquin, give each other a trim to get rid of split ends and execute a specific cut as a culminating project.
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Job Shadowing
Students explore the concept of job shadowing. They select someone in their chosen field and schedule a day of job shadowing. They interview their selected person and report to the class including what they discovered and write a paper...
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Summer Planning
Pupils benefit from teachers planning. In this teacher development activity, teachers use the CC! program during the summer to help with classroom management, student assessment and evaluations. Summer Planning Worksheet included.
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Completing Applications
Tenth graders determine the importance of exemplary job applications. For this job application lesson, 10th graders examine job applications that have been filled in poorly and those that are done well. They complete job applications and...
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Learning Skills
Second graders role-play in a variety of different academic and social situations. In this social skills lesson, 2nd graders identify specific skills needed to succeed at home, in school, and out in the community.
