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Thinking Globally - Acting Locally
Students take concepts, principles and ideas investigated from government and economics and apply this knowledge to a career or career cluster. They use IPTV's School to Careers database to research a possible career. Students select a...
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Important Financial Documents
Emergencies usually come by surprise — preparation is key. Help to reduce anxiety of the unknown by having a financial plan in place for when they arise. Important documents are gathered and action plans are documented.
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Interview a Professional: Professional Sports
High schoolers research a career featured on a career website. They email an expert in the field of their choice. They conduct a questionnaire of the expert and record their findings. They collate their information and write a written...
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Interview a Professional: Marine Mammal Rescue
Students choose a career featured on the school to career website. They research the career and email an expert in the field of their choice. They answer a series of questions and write a written report on their findings and present...
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Subject Matters
Students understand the relationship between what is learned in school and what is done in jobs. In this subject matters lesson plan, students fill out a worksheet deciding what subjects in school they would use to do certain jobs.
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"First Day of School - Make a Puzzle"
Third graders create a puzzle piece to be included in a class puzzle. They are given one puzzle piece, and they decorate it using symbols/drawings which are personal to them such as hobbies, interests, or self-portrait. The pieces are...
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Discover the Similarities: Marine Mammal Rescue
Students analyze the the similarities of their own daily schedule, processes and procedures and those used at work. They research the career of marine mammal rescue and email questions to a career expert. They construct a display and...
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Transit Vehicle Electronic Technician
Students explore the work that Transit Vehicle Electronic Technicians do for BART.
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House Builders
Students name the workers involved in building a house. They label tools used by different workers and the parts of the house that the workers are responsible for.
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Learning Online
Students use online tutorials. In this online learning lesson, students explore online learning websites and use tutorials to learn about a topic of their choice.
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Work and Responsibility
Third graders investigate the responsibilities related to various careers.
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Career Resources
Fifth graders explore the various resources available in which they can research careers.
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Lesson 2: Student Poster Collage
Eighth graders create a poster explaining who they are and what they would like to acquire in the future.
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Promoting Yourself Through Advertising
Tenth graders design their own ads and complete a full-size comprehensive of the final ad which showed color and final layout of the printed piece.
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Familiarization Fun: Using the Media Center
Learners participate in a scavenger hunt to locate the different sections of the media center and determine the purpose for each section. They build a jigsaw puzzle as they find each major section of the library such as the reference or...
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What's Your Style?
Fifth graders explore how different people have different styles of learning and which style of learning best suites them.
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Searching for Dream Homes on the Internet
Students navigate the Internet and employ research skills to select their "dream home." They decode the Internet Multiple Listing Services and examine housing costs.
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Reading, Writing, And Math in Daily Living
Students, in groups, make chocolate chip cookies following a recipe.
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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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Heavy Equipment
Students study the names of heavy equipment and the order it is used at a construction site. They chose a favorite piece of equipment and discuss their choice.
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K-2 Valentine's Day Heart Purse
Students create purses for students to collect classroom Valentine's or treats in. In this Valentine's Day lesson, students create valentines purses out of the given materials to collect their valentine messages in.
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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.