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The Cost of College: Financing Your Education

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
With college tuition at an all-time high, high school high schoolers must consider the financial obligations of attending higher education, as well as the impact of college on future career opportunities. Pupils will complete...
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Invest in Yourself

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What are the different ways that people can invest in their human capital for a better future? Pupils participate in an engaging hands-on activity and analyze data regarding unemployment, the ability to obtain an education, and median...
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Career Awareness on the Internet / Inspiration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students choose an employment opportunity from a list of jobs. Next, students research their job and an employment application form on the Internet. With partners, students create journals describing the job qualifications, salaries, and...
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Real Life Challenge

For Students 7th - 8th
In this career worksheet, students choose a career and complete 3 short answer questions about their choice. They must also create an advertisement related to the career choice.
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Career Awareness Program

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a collage of an assigned career. They present their collage to the rest of the class for them to guess the career.
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Job Shadow/Internship

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars identify a career field to research and complete a job shadow activity. In this career exploration instructional activity, students brainstorm a list of careers they are interested in and research them. Young scholars...
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Guest Speakers

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify a guest speaker to come to their class and discuss potential careers. In this career exploration instructional activity, students identify a career they are interested in and invite a guest speaker to visit their class....
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Race into Reading

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners create a career exploration experience for elementary students. In this career exploration lesson, learners select a career field d to read about to elementary children. Students then present the Career Exploration Day to the...
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Work, What are My Options

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students 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. Students present the project to the class and...
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Career Research

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research a career they are interested in. They explore print and online want ads for job prospects, interview a person currently in that career, and make a class presentation about the career.
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Can We Draw Working People?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine non-traditional careers by gender.  In this guidance lesson plan, students discover career options are not limited by gender.  Students identify a career of interest to them and illustrate themselves.
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What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up?

For Teachers K
Students explore career options. In this career lesson, students discover non-traditional career options for genders as they draw people at work in jobs and discuss them.
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Real Life Challenge

For Students 7th - 9th
In this career activity, learners complete one of the listed projects on the sheet. They create a menu for one day and calculate the total cost for a day's worth of food. Students also design a career brochure to educate others about...
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Get A Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore choosing a career and living on a budget. They receive an alternative identity and must make choices and decisions based upon given situations. Students research possible solutions, and use spreadsheet technology to...
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Job Shadow Experience

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students in a Business Management and Administrative Services program job shadow for 8 hours with a business. They conduct an interview with a working employee during the job shadow experience and then prepare a PowerPoint presentation...
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Textiles and Apparal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create apparel. In this career connection lesson, students create displays that feature textile and apparel samples.
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Career: Writing Effective Resumes

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Pupils complete sample job applications and develop resumes. In a hands-on activity, they use a magnetic fishing pole to retrieve paper fish with resume information written on them. The lesson also includes a Powerpoint presentation...
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Exploring Careers

For Teachers 4th
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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Interviewing Skills

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Prepare your pupils for the world of work and the dreaded interview by providing class members with a resource packet that includes handy tips. After examining the materials, pairs conduct mock interviews and reflect on the experience....
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Manners at Work: Corporate Etiquette Study Guide

For Teachers Higher Ed
Although this study guide is meant to accompany a 20 minute video which is not included, the pre-test, role-play exercise, and the phone and electronic communication etiquette rules are of value.
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My Action Plan

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders work on completion of their personal Action Plan. They write down the due date on their Action Plan and view sample Action Plans in order to have a better understanding of what theirs should look like. After assessing how...
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Hunt the Fact Monster #20

For Students 3rd
In this search engine worksheet, 3rd graders will need to use factmonster.com to discover answers. Students will respond to 10 short answer and multiple choice questions using the given website.
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What Does It Do? Parts of the Computer

For Teachers 1st
This is a nice introduction for first graders to parts of the computer. It includes several resource links to PowerPoints to show the class. There is one activity for the class to do. This is a basic introduction, and could definitely be...
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"get a Life!" Career Exploration Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read and discuss The Application handout. They assemble a Master Job Application so they have all the information needed for a job application correctly compiled in one place. They determine a pencil never good enough for the task.

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