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Exploration, Development and Planning for the Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research their strengths and weaknesses and helps them make a career choice.
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The Road to Careers (Part 1)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore career options and potential jobs. In this career lesson, 5th graders study various careers and the training or education needed for those careers. Students study posters and name career paths as well as occupations...
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Where Do I Fit Now? Have I Changed?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore career opportunities. In this career lesson, 5th graders participate in career inventories that enable them to select careers they may enjoy. Students further research the careers that fit their personalities.
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The Ups and Downs of Occupations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research Internet sites to identify the latest employment and occupation trends. They discuss and define career terms that important to employment. They report the findings of their research on the occupation of their...
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Goal Setting: Respect for ALL Workers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners discuss their views on the importance of various jobs. In this career paths and goal-setting lesson, students create a list of all jobs required to produce a particular object.  Learners then prioritize the importance of...
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A Volunteer, Please

For Teachers K - 8th
Students analyze the need for volunteers and how volunteering can help them prepare for the world of work. They research a career oriented website that has specifications of volunteer work. They determine the personal characteristics...
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Skills for Success

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize personal skills needed for success in the workplace. In this work skills lesson, students discuss the skills needed in any employment field. Students write a sentence about their own skills relating to the listed job...
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Career Awareness on the Internet / Inspiration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars choose an employment opportunity from a list of jobs. Next, students research their job and an employment application form on the Internet. With partners, young scholars create journals describing the job qualifications,...
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Life Long Learning

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders complete a research activity to learn about post-secondary education and possible career paths. In this college and career search activity, 12th graders locate colleges of interest on a map and explore information in a...
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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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Post-Secondary Checklist

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders answer the question what is next for them and identify how life is going to be different after high school. As a class, they share their life experiences in elementary and middle school and then predict how it might be...
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Hair Styles/ Do You Stereotype?

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this career learning exercise, students examine the words and determine if each type of person has either long or short hairstyles.
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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
Students identify a career field to research and complete a job shadow activity. In this career exploration lesson, students brainstorm a list of careers they are interested in and research them. Students participate in a job shadow of...
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Guest Speakers

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

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Pupils create a career exploration experience for elementary students. In this career exploration lesson, pupils select a career field d to read about to elementary children. Students then present the Career Exploration Day to the...
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Hairdressers Vocabulary Cards

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this career learning exercise, learners create vocabulary cards by cutting them out and then looking up the definitions to write on the back.
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The Best Hairdo For Your Face

For Students Higher Ed
For this career worksheet, students read the article that is based upon finding the best hairstyle suited for particular types of faces.
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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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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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Can We Draw Working People?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine non-traditional careers by gender.  In this guidance lesson, 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 plan, 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
For this career worksheet, students 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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Important Spellings For Hairdressers

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this career worksheet, students spell the words correctly that are related to the practice of being a hairdresser. The answers are written in the graphic organizer.