What do I want to do when I grow up? Learners research job categories and determine a career within the category. Using the chosen job, pupils find the hourly wage and calculate future income based on percentage wages. Individuals then...

Teaching job skills to your learners with special needs before they enter the workforce is a great way to ensure that they will gain employment. For this lesson, your young scholars will become the school's very own mail or delivery...

Students practice completing applications for jobs. They examine the do's and dont's of filling out an application. They also participate in a mock interview process.

With questionnaires, check lists, and supplemental activities, this guide has it all. Intended to expose high schoolers to the wonders of college life, teachers are prompted to have learners visit a college campus. And, this 20-page...

Students participate in a activity that focuses on the research of a chosen career field. They gather information from a variety of resources. The information is used to compose a research paper or powerpoint presentation.

Fifth graders describe what their dream career would be. In groups, they complete a worksheet based on their career paths and share the information with the class. They discover the importance of having goals and making plans to meet them.

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

Students use a search engine to build a list of skills needed for their career path of interest.

Fourth graders complete activities to learn about career options and the role jobs have in community. In this career instructional activity, 4th graders complete a career exploration worksheet and study the local community jobs...

Students explore the importance of a job. In this career education activity, students read the book Bear About Town and identify jobs in their community. Students draw pictures of a job they would like to have.

Students complete a unit about career choices. They conduct research on a selected career that interests them, conduct an interview, explore various websites, create a five-page HyperStudio stack, and write ten checks that relate to...

Student examine gender in career choices. For this career lesson, students are given a list of careers and asked to put them in groups of male. female, and neutral. Students also look through magazines and cut out pictures of people in...

Students explore the recent trend of interest among college students in pursuing teaching careers, as well as their own views about teaching as a career choice. Each student interviews a teacher about the teaching profession.

Students demonstrate knowledge of employee behaviors that promote career success. They demonstrate knowledge of career opportunities by identifying attitudes and behaviors that strengthen the individual work ethic and promote career...

In this careers worksheet, students research jobs they are interested in and then fill in a graphic organizer with details about the career.

Pupils study prerequisites for a career. After they explore a selected career, students create a tri-fold flyer describing the positive aspects of the job. Pupils include job description, skills, education, salary and work environment...

Students interview a person in a career field they are interested in. In this career interview lesson, students identify a career they are interested in and the requirements of the job. Students research the career and develop a list of...

Students discuss as a class the many different careers and their positive and negative attributes. They create a tri-fold flyer which highlights positive aspects of the career in an artistic and visually interesting way. They highlight...

Pupils discover the six different career paths they could take and why each path is important.  In this career choice lesson, students discuss different career paths using a visual poster. Pupils then play interactive...

Students analyze and create their own resume and cover letter. In this job skills lesson, students analyze the components of a cover letter and resume and complete related activities. Students then draft their own cover letter and resume.

Eighth graders create career portfolios, speak with the school counselor, and develop and educational plan. Individually, 8th graders discuss career options and how an educational plan can assist them in future goals. They explore...

Research was very different in the past. Pupils once had difficulty finding sufficient information, but now they have the opposite problem. Show your class how to pick the best resources out of the millions of sites an online search will...

Online resources take many forms: blogs, search engines, news websites, documents, wikis. In order to conduct effective research, pupils should become familiar with different formats so that they can more easily choose suitable sites for...