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So You Want To Be A...
Students listen to a book about careers and occupations before they research their own career choice using a variety of resources. They complete a KWL chart and Job Research worksheet and design a Career Character Poster that shows them...
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Career Planning and the Occupational Outlook Handbook
Students watch a demonstration on how to perform a proper internet search. Individually, they visit the Occupational Outlook Handbook and identify its purpose. They identify what professionals in a specific career do on the job and the...
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CAREER CHOICES
Students survey common professions and occupations in the community. They create scrapbooks which depict ten different jobs. They create pictures of the 10 occupations and label the occupations. They write a brief (1-2 sentence)...
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Workers and the Work They Do
Students view various work-related magazine pictures, choose picture randomly from stack, pantomime worker shown in picture, and answer yes or no to questions asked by classmates as they try to identify type of worker student is...
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The Ups and Downs of Occupations
Learners research Internet sites to identify the latest employment and occupation trends. They discuss and define career terms that important to employment. They report the findings of their research on the occupation of their choice.
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Adult ESOL: Obtaining Employment
Students study how to complete a job application. They identify personal information, employment history, education, and references. They work in pairs to complete an activity sheet and participate in a speaking exercise to ask and...
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Hats Off to You!
Students research why people wear hats, caps or bonnets. They investigate various occupations, world costumes, sports, or idioms around hats. Students become more aware of cultures different from their own within this lesson.
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Identifying Various Roles of Women
Eighth graders view pictures of various women from Santa Clara County history. They discuss the occupational roles of the women and try to identify occupational roles they are familiar with. They answer questions on a Bio Brief...
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Career Exploration
High schoolers research a career of their choice and compile information in a PowerPoint presentation.
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Occupation Bingo
Second graders play Bingo using a Occupation Bingo Sheet in order to explore different types of jobs.
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CDA11:Investigating Interesting Careers (NT)
Students explore different occupations and categorize them into different career fields by utilizing a fun "Where's Waldo" format poster.
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Jobs
In this jobs worksheet, students read 14 job titles with cartoon figures showing each job choice. Students read to decide what they want to be when they grow up.
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Word Scramble- Occupations
Students learn about several different occupations. In this occupations lesson plan, students complete a word scramble with occupation words. Students must be able to spell the occupations correctly. Students are graded on the...
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Your Future Occupation
Middle schoolers write a story about themselves as the main character in a work situation. For this writing perspectives lesson, students brainstorm about their future occupation. Middle schoolers then use themselves as the main...
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Paws in Jobland: Lesson Plan 25 - People in our School
Students brainstorm a list of jobs that exist in their own school and its surrounding environment. In this instructional activity on careers, students create a map of the school and locate on the map where each job takes place. Next, the...
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Career/Jobs: Picture/Word Worksheet #4
In this tracing words worksheet, students study the pictures of various jobs and then trace the matching words: pilot, mechanic, clown, soldier, astronaut, and plumber.
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Career/Jobs: Picture/Word Worksheet #5
In this tracing words activity, students study the pictures of various jobs and then trace the matching words: boss, employee, carpenter, farmer, singer, and clerk.
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Careers/Jobs: Picture/Word Worksheet #6
In this tracing words worksheet, students study the pictures of jobs and then trace the matching words: truck driver, manager, photograph, client, factory worker, and musician.
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Careers/Jobs: Picture/Word Worksheet #3
In this tracing words learning exercise, students study the pictures of jobs and then trace the matching words: architect, cashier, veterinarian, student, engineer, and waiter.
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Worksheet 1. Verbs: Occupation Activities
In this grammar worksheet, students match the occupation with the tasks that a person with that job would perform. There are 4 occupations and 8 tasks on this page.
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Transportation
In this transportation worksheet, students identify and define 3 types of transportation and the driver behind each one. They draw a line from each driver to the correct vehicle that they drive.
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What Do You Want To Be?
In this social studies worksheet, learners answer three questions about different occupations. For example, "What is a job that you might do as a grown-up that might help a person who is sick?"
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Salaries
Students are engaged in the study of salaries and how they vary according to different occupations. They conduct research using a variety of resources in order to summarize the earnings potential in the human services field.
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Occupational Outlook
Students analyze collected data to determine the occupational outlook for a variety of careers. This social studies lesson plan for the high school classroom is ideal for student practice using spreadsheet software, internet access, and...