It's never too early to connect children with the real world meaning of their work. A series of four one-hour sessions, plus a field trip, make up this unit on college and career readiness for first and second graders. After viewing a...

Students create webs, emphasizing interdependence of workers and products in the community.

Students, in groups, work together to create webs that show the services and products used in other occupations.

Students realize the effects of stereotypes by collaboratively creating a chart with the rest of their class. In this equality lesson, students demonstrate stereotypes by collaborating on a jobs chart and matching pictures of people they...

Fourth graders, in groups, research states and using various print and nonprint reference materials. The groups make a presentation to inform the class about all the information from the state. This lesson plan provides imbedded support...

Students discover stereotypes in modern society.  In this gender role lesson, students create a display of "school workers" and identify  jobs as either male or female.  The students discuss their choices and overcome...

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.

Fourth graders explore various careers and research the education and skills required, the job location and description, and the tools/instruments used.

Fifth graders examine careers and the skills they need for them.

Third graders come up with a career for each letter of the alphabet.

Third graders list the members in their families and describe their roles.

Fifth graders explore how different people have different styles of learning and which style of learning best suites them.

Third graders investigate the word "role" and describe the various roles an individual may have in their life.