Employment Skills Lesson Plans

Ninth graders identify the skills necessary to apply for and obtain employment. They locate job openings in classified ads, create and submit a resume, cover letter, and thank-you letter using word processing software, and participate in a mock job interview.

Learners in an ESL classroom are introduced to the contributions of the Filipinos to the United States. In groups, they research the history of the Phillipines including its culture, climate, and economy. They discuss the varoius waves of immigration from the country to the United States and state the reasons why they would leave the Phillipines. To end the lesson, they compare and contrast the Filipino immigration experience to those of Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Eighth graders conduct research on various careers that are of interest to them. They conduct Internet research on a selected career choice, and create a nine card stack using HyperStudio to describe their career's salary, required skills, and general employment information.

Young scholars design a sound community. In this communities instructional activity, students take on the role of city planners and identify the needs of the community. Young scholars develop a blue print to meet the needs of the community and include new residential, commercial, or industrial zones.

After performing a variety of pre-activities, young scholars will complete steps that lead to a successful interview. Activities will include preparation for the interview, marketing oneself, follow-up and assessment. The students will participate in a mock interview and create a PowerPoint presentation that can be saved for future use.

Young scholars detect and explore local and national nonprofit organizations. In this research project, students explore nonprofit mission statements, activities and career opportunities. Young scholars complete a research question sheet. Students use research information to create a poster.

Young scholars study the Great Depression. In this philanthropy lesson, students compare the Great Depression to the recession of 2008 and 2009. Young scholars explore vocabulary, read excerpts from The Grapes of Wrath, and determine volunteer activities they might be able to carry out.

Students work with and make population pyramids. In this population pyramid instructional activity, students use census data to make population pyramids for China, India, and the United States. They use the information to determine why jobs are leaving the United States and to look at the world economy.

Students explore the vast world of careers tied to a particular gender. Students discuss their findings with the class. Students stereotype examples for study. Students role play certain stereotypes.

Students design a page describing a community helper which will ultimately turn into a book. In this volunteering lesson, students discover different community helper jobs, design a page dedicated to one of those jobs, then collaborate with their classmates to create a large book given to a community organization.