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Career Resources

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the various resources available in which they can research careers.
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Career Graph

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore different careers and what is needed to perform them.
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Finding My Pathway

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the acquiring of skills necessary to make informed career choices. They examine the type of language that should be acquired for communication in the workplace. They also have...
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My School Job

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss why classrooms have helpers to complete everyday tasks. In groups, they participate in a role-play activity in which they complete the assigned tasks. To end the lesson, they complete a worksheet in which they...
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Children's Playthings And Books

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers categorize studenT toys by intelligence types. They review toy safety and function and identify the appropriate play age of various toys. They read and evaluate studenT books and write one of their own.
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"I Will Do It!"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify effective work habits. They choose 2 work habits that they personally want to practice for a week. Students are asked: "What kinds of work or study habits are most helpful to the individual person to use in many...
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Revisiting the Personal Plan of Study and Post HS Requirements

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders take another look at their personal plans of study for the future and reevaluate, revise and refine them as needed. They assess their interests, strengths and limitations as they revise their plans for the future. A panel...
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I am Proud To Be a 2nd Grader

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the need for each one to meet educational expectations. They draw pictures and write a summary to explain important behavior for a 2nd grader. In groups, 2nd graders discuss the importance of following rules, and...
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Navigating the World of Work

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders complete job shadowing activities. In this career exploration lesson, 12th graders discuss their job interests and complete forms to participate in job shadowing activities. Students interview their job partner, ask the...
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Getting a Job!

For Teachers 12th
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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Graphing My Path to Success

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine their school performance through self-assessment of strengths and weaknesses. They construct a line graph, plotting all courses and achievements. Students use graph paper and colored pencils for each activity. If...
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Strategies for Taking Standardized Timed Tests

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders observe and explore scholarship information. They explore the minimum cut off scores for the scholarship money as well as criteria for specific scholarships. Students discuss their individual score report and observe a...
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Social Studies: Improving Academic Skills

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders play a variation of Bingo to reinforce study skills, time management, and test taking strategies. As the teacher draws key words, they offer brief explanations or descriptions about how the words can be used. As key words...
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Help Is On The Way!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize the attitudes, knowledge and skills contributing to effective learning in school and across the life span. They complete an inventory that self-assesses their ability in study skills, test taking strategies, and...
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Who Will Get The Job? (Part 1)

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders are asked a variety of questions and identify the skills as job-task or not. As a class, they discuss how they could lose a job before they start working and review how to sell their skills for the job posting. To end the...
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All Around the Neighborhood - Part 2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review community leaders, their role and responsibility. After reviewing the job of a police officer, they write about the skills, roles and responsibilities a worker has on a provided silhouette. Students share their...
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How to Build a College List

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Getting ready to choose a college can start with the simple task of making a list. Upper graders reasearch colleges, choose one to research, then compile a list of schools that they think they'd most like to attend. 
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Dear Sassy Successful Student

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify the people who are responsible for their success and their current studying skills. In groups, they brainstorm helpful studying strategies and develop a creative way to share it with the class. To end the lesson,...
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Kids at Work

For Teachers 2nd
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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What I Want to Be

For Teachers K
Students draw pictures of what they might like to be when they grow up. They discuss their reasons for choosing that career and what they might need to do that job.
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Job Turnabout

For Teachers K
Students discuss what their parents do for a career.
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Do Individuals Matter?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to discuss the benefits of choosing a career in business verses a humanitarian career. They identify the values and knowledge needed in each career. They share their thoughts with the class and answers questions.
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Goal-Makers Win the Game!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the meaning of the word "goal". As a class, they identify examples of goals with their teacher's guidance. Individually, they complete a worksheet to identify their short and long term goals and complete a...
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Cool Stuff I've Done!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders reflect on the life experiences they have had and discover how those experiences may be classified on a resume. They begin brainstorming their life experiences and writing each one on a sticky note. At end of brainstorming...