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Career Paths in My Community

For Teachers 1st
First graders study career opportunities in their local community. In this career exploration instructional activity, 1st graders answer 'Who Am I?' questions and study career path posters. Students list the skills they've learned at...
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Work, What are My Options

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore job opportunities in their chosen career field. In this career exploration lesson, students complete a portfolio using the career investigation in the STAR event link. Young scholars present the project to the...
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What´s Your Occupation?

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this occupation activity, students write the occupations shown by the pictures and choose the correct response to write to the occupation question. Students complete 2 activities.
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Agriculture- It Is More Than You Think

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate agricultural careers and all the related jobs tied to them. The instructional activity has a great introduction with information for the students and teacher. The instructional activity incorporates drawing and...
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Working With Job Ads

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine abbreviations in newspaper advertisements. In groups, they cut out any unfamiliar abbreviations they come across. Once this is completed, they research the qualifications and education needed to hold the careers...
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Surviving the Teenage Years

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how to survive the teenage years and beyond. They research and collect data pertaining to career choices, health issues and legal concerns. Students develop a brochure about how to survive the teenage years.
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School Counseling and Home Economics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders demonstrate the ability to select and evaluate media. Apply appropriate skills to collect, organize and interpret data. They research a variety of ways to make correct career choices.
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Present Simple Verb Form Worksheet

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this present simple verb and occupations worksheet, students fill in 15 blanks using the verbs given in the key. They fill in the missing words and verbs in a paragraph. They match descriptions of occupations with the proper word and...
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What's Alike, What's Different Worksheet

For Students 6th - 9th
In this occupations worksheet, students create a spreadsheet by answering the 3 short answer questions in order to find similarities and differences among occupations.
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Guess the Job

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders act out activities people do when doing their job. In this careers lesson, 2nd graders mime doing work while the rest of the class tries to guess what job they are doing.
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Getting and Keeping a Job for Teens

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine teen labor laws. In this teen jobs lesson plan, students read labor laws and complete sample job applications. Students also role play job interviews and examine hiring packets.
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Navigating the World of Work

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders complete job shadowing activities. In this career exploration lesson, 12th graders discuss their job interests and complete forms to participate in job shadowing activities. Students interview their job partner, ask the...
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Using the Tools in Your Community

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research a profession in their community that uses tools to help the community. In this professions lesson plan, 3rd graders complete computer research to research the profession and present it to the class.
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Career Interest Record Update

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create and update Career Interest Records to indicate their current career interests. Students evaluate what they want to be when they grow up and how their interests have changed since the previous year.
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WOMEN'S AND MEN'S ROLES IN DIFFERENT CULTURES

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students examine careers that are not traditional to their gender.
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Check It Out

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils discuss the many processes involved with personal banking. They create their own budget based on their career choices. They also practice balancing a checkbook.
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Hats Off to You!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils 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 instructional activity.
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Microscopes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate how microscopes are used. They identify ways microscopes are used to see cells and in various careers. They complete activities involving creating a vocabulary book, crossword puzzles, designing posters, and...
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Cats

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in an after school program that promotes communication with others, solving problems, and making decisions. They experience getting in touch with themselves, about cats, training cats, showing cats and explore...
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Jobs

For Students 7th - 8th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students list one job for each letter of the alphabet. They are presented with a chart that contains each letter of the alphabet. Students find one job that begins with each letter. An example is "B: Butcher."
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It's Your Future!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of getting a job and buying a home. In this getting a job and buying a home lesson, students research job qualifications and salaries for various jobs. Learners discuss what is a mortgage and how one works.
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Revisiting the Personal Plan of Study: Using the "Occupational Trial Plan"

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify job requirements and expectations of their personal career choices. In this career goals lesson, 10th graders create an Occupational Trial Plan, participate in peer review of their plans, and compose questions for...
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My Family

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this family tree activity, students fill in the blanks about the relations of the family and their occupations and answer true and false questions. Students complete 22 questions about the family tree.
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The Resume

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create personal resumes. In this careers lesson, students view sample resumes and read instruction guides for resumes prior to writing their own resumes.