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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLANS--Obtaining Employment
Pupils, after reviewing an extensive vocabulary list of terms on the board and a multitude of other resources, examine/identify entry level jobs/workplaces of various occupations to find one that suites each one the best.
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Occupation, Use and Settlement of the Smith River
Students examine the settlement and use of the Smith River area. Using the internet, they research concepts such as the "right of conquest" and "natural rights". In groups, they demonstrate how the land was transferred to the...
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Occupations - Matching Exercise
Students participate in a discussion about occupations and what type of transportation they use, the equipment they use, or the building they have. They then complete the worksheet provided.
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Tobacco: Relationship between Race and Occupation
Eighth graders examine the relationship between race and employment in the tobacco industry. Using the text, they evaluate the impact of polical and economic changes on life in North Carolina. In groups, they research different...
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Skills You Need to Succeed
Students identify basic skills needed to succeed in the world of work, including communication skills, computation skills, problem solving skills, and interpersonal skills.
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Nontraditional Occupations
Students participate in a class discussion about stereotypes and nontraditional occupations. Thy fill out a worksheet while they search through a database.
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Wanted: Texas Workers
Learners discover industries prevalent in nineteenth-century Texas cities and identify resources required to perform occupations. They examine how geographic areas contribute to the development of industries and write a letter applying...
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What I Want to Be
Students draw pictures of what they might like to be when they grow up. They discuss their reasons for choosing that career and what they might need to do that job.
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Who Does What?
First graders examine activities that people in various careers engage in. They identify and compare/contrast various careers, and participate in a matching game that matches people to an object.
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Helping Occupations
Second graders discuss careers that help students and write these in their handout.
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Career Choices Are Changing
Third graders use magazine to find pictures of things that their grandparents did not have and make a display listing related careers to each picture. They discuss how the world has changed.
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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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Jobs in 1860 and Today
Young scholars compare occupations during the 19th century with the 21st century using information from 19th century census information.
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Searching for Occupations
Students utilize the Choices Explorer to research two occupations - one suggested by the Career Finder as matching their personal career interests and skills, and personal choice occupation using the full site feature.
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CDA12:Climbing Skills Mountain-Choices Explorer
Learners review their current skills and examine how workers in different occupations use math and communication skills to accomplish job tasks successfully.
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The Math Connection
Fourth graders investigate where math is used in real world situations in this unit. Students engage in a variety of activities in order to determine how and where math is used in the business world.
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Tools of the Trade
Students create and then play a game similar to Memory, which encourages them to recall what they have learned about different occupations and the related tools.