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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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Rights and Responsibilities, Is It Breaking the Law?
Students investigate the life and trial of Rev. John Mahan who was involved with the illegal Underground Railroad. The issue of breaking the law to help slaves escape is examined in this lesson.
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Mini Me Society Economy Those Doggone Resumes
Third graders practice writing resumes. In this resume lesson, 3rd graders discover the attributes of resumes, complete an activity that exhibits their likes, and write their own resume as they follow the model provided in a PowerPoint...
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Sports and Hobby Math
Explore math concepts as they relate to real world situations. Young analysts consider a personal hobby or favorite sport and list three ways math is involved in the hobby. They create several related math story problems and write a...
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Supermarket
Students watch demonstrations of 2 ways for people to check out at a supermarket based on today's technology. For this supermarket lesson plan, students conclude which method is faster and explain why.
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Exploring Nonprofits
Students research nonprofit organizations. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students use the Yellow Pages to identify nonprofit organizations and graph the organizations according to category.
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Where People Work
Learners investigate where people work. In this social studies instructional activity, students use a Landscape Picture to locate places of work. Learners discuss how each job is similar and different.
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More Moms, Fewer Pops
Students explore the concept of women entrepreneurs. In this women entrepreneurs lesson, students read an article about women opening their own businesses. Students discuss factors influencing women to become entrepreneurs. Students...
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Office Secretary
Young scholars explore school secretaries. In this ELL vocabulary and language development instructional activity, students look at pictures of school secretaries performing various jobs and give oral descriptions of what they see. Young...
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Women's Roles in Post World War II
Students discuss the role of women before, during, and after World War II. In this equality lesson, students plan how to make the workforce more equal among men and women after World War II. They research World War II and its effects on...
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Musical Roles
Students watch a videotape on the musical career of Aretha Franklin and explore the different careers in the music industry.
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Is It Getting Hot In Here?
Students describe several factors and ways climate change could effect communities. In this climate change activity students research climate change and complete a worksheet.
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Wanted Dead or Alive: The Entrepreneur of the Year
Students investigate entrepreneurship as it relates to careers. In this career planning instructional activity, students create goals leading up to their career of choice. They identify the characteristics necessary ti be successful in...
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Google Foundation May Invest in For-Profit Firms
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this philanthropy lesson, students read an article about Google and its philanthropic endeavors. Students discuss companies that they believe would benefit from a charitable investment...
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High Tech Food
Students view videos, read, and fill in charts about agriculture production. In this agriculture lesson plan, students complete these agriculture activities and explore careers in agriculture.
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What Path Will You Follow?
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question every kid has to answer quite often. Here is a lesson that will allow them to do some thinking about that very topic, and to learn about some professions they might consider...
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The Case for Space
In this lesson plan, students share what they know about gravity and flight, and then develop marketing strategies promoting careers in aerospace to young people. Using what they have learned, they then write recommendation letters to...
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Communication Skills for Seeking a Job
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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Ocean Careers Investigation
Students gather information about different careers of the Ocean Adventures expedition team. In this career studies lesson students work in groups, read an interview with an Ocean Adventurer, and see the importance of working in a...
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Career Planning
Students search and evaluate information on available career opportunities. After creating questionnaires, students develop a list of pros and cons of the job, and search for necessary training for the vocation, then create a summary of...
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What Shipping Job Would I Be Good At?
Students explore what occupation they are a good fit for. For this careers lesson, students take a self-inventory to find out what occupation fits them best. Students participate in SHIPS BINGO and test their knowledge of maritime careers.
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Creating Star Quality Job Seekers
High schoolers prepare to job hunt. In this job search lesson, students examine sample resumes and sample job applications. High schoolers write their own resumes and discuss job interview tips. This lesson is set up for students to move...
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Can the Lords Keep Their Jobs?
Students investigate reform in British Parliament. In this current events instructional activity, students visit selected websites to learn what the House of Lords is responsible for and determine how their jobs may be changing.
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Reading Comprehension Jobs
Young scholars practice different strategies to aid them in drawing meaning from their reading. Students, working in groups, read an assigned text selection. Each group member provided a summary of what they have been read based on a...