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Dr. Seuss Author Study
Want to know more about Dr. Seuss? Scholars research topics such as his childhood, family, education, jobs, and story themes to learn more about the ever-popular and fun to read author, Dr. Seuss.
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The Good Project Fundamental Lesson Plans
What makes someone good at what they do? An amazing array of 20 lesson plans helps learners of all ages identify the life skills needed to be a high-quality, professional employee. The resources contain individual and group activities...
Facebook
Who Do You Want to Be?
Can posting art or music online lead to the career of your dreams? Inquisitive individuals consider their social media presence with a instructional activity from a series focusing on identity exploration and digital citizenship. Pairs...
University of Oklahoma
Advocating For My Needs After High School
A three-lesson unit teaches learners with special needs how to advocate for their needs after high school. Class members review appropriate was to disclose their disability during interviews and applications, and how to request...
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Word Scramble-Jobs
In this jobs instructional activity, learners unscramble a set of 25 job names. Answers may be viewed on-line; page has links to additional resources.
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Our Town Store
Students purchase items in their classroom store. For this money lesson students create a classroom store. The students have a given amount of money and have to decide if they have enough to purchase the items that they would like to.
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Career Stereotyping
Students learn about gender biases. In this careers lesson, students list possible careers with the gender associated with them. Students discuss gender biases and complete an activity where they find pictures in magazines...
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What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up?
Students explore career options. In this career lesson, students discover non-traditional career options for genders as they draw people at work in jobs and discuss them.
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Wild Work
Learners visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and explore the different careers offered by them. They ask questions and view the grounds.
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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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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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Job-Related Skills, Tools, and Values
Learners explore careers by interviewing their parents, playing games and identify jobs people do and the skills and tools they need to do their job.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLANS--Obtaining Employment
Students examine the appropriate avenues to entry level jobs and workplaces. They practice on their English skills to obtain employment as well. In addition, an intense vocabulary of various jobs and phrases are gone over repeatedly to...
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Where Do I Fit?
Fourth graders complete activities to learn about career options and the role jobs have in community. In this career lesson, 4th graders complete a career exploration worksheet and study the local community jobs available. Students...
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Look into Your Future
Students take a examine Community Helpers and the jobs they perform in order to help students explain the responsibilities the job entails. They recognize the community helpers, describe the jobs each performs and how technology is used.
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WOMEN'S AND MEN'S ROLES IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
Students examine careers that are not traditional to their gender.
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Traveling the Career Paths 1
Students explore careers. In this life goals lesson, students examine several career paths as they listen to puppets present different types of jobs and discuss the importance of each of the jobs.
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Goal Setting: Respect for ALL Workers
Students discuss their views on the importance of various jobs. For this career paths and goal-setting lesson, students create a list of all jobs required to produce a particular object. Students then prioritize the importance of...
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Career Bulletin Board
Students examine and discuss different careers. They use magazines and newspapers to find pictures of a career of interest to them. They create a career collage for a bulletin board display.
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Career Paths in My Community
First graders study career opportunities in their local community. In this career exploration activity, 1st graders answer 'Who Am I?' questions and study career path posters. Students list the skills they've learned at school and work...
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Career Paths
Students read about and view a presentation on the five major career paths. They explore the vocabulary of the workplace and discuss the difference between jobs, occupations and careers. Then they use a career paths booklet to begin...
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Navigating the World of Work
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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Cats
Students participate in an after school program that promotes communication with others, solving problems, and making decisions. They experience getting in touch with themselves, about cats, training cats, showing cats and explore...
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ESL Match the Job Title With Its Picture
In this ESL job titles worksheet, students examine small, black and white pictures of jobs. They match the 10 pictures to the jobs they depict.