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A Web Of Workers
Students investigate different occupations and how they rely on each other. In this community lesson, students create a job web, linking occupations to other occupations that rely on each other. Students create their own perfect job...
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Career Education for Early Elementary Grades
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...
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A Web of Workers
Students create webs, emphasizing interdependence of workers and products in the community.
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A Web of Workers
Learners, in groups, work together to create webs that show the services and products used in other occupations.
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Can Girls Be Plumbers? And Other Gender Stereotypes
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...
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My State of the Union
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...
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Can Girls Be Plumbers?
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 these stereotypes.
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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.
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Exploring Careers
Fourth graders explore various careers and research the education and skills required, the job location and description, and the tools/instruments used.
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Career Math Puzzles
Third graders come up with a career for each letter of the alphabet.
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Many Roles
Third graders investigate the word "role" and describe the various roles an individual may have in their life.
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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.