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Junior Achievement Resource Room

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The preeminent national organization that offers students educational experiences in business and economics, Junior Achievement, has a great list of web resources for students and educators. Explore career preparation, college...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Does a Police Officer Do?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different roles that exist for police officers and their daily responsibilities.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Do You Become a Commercial Airline Pilot?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the training, certifications, and costs associated with becoming a commercial airline pilot.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Am I? What Have I Done? Where Am I Going?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a project-based lesson plan designed to guide learners through the creation of a digital career portfolio. This lesson plan is only a guide based on the requirements from a Career Tech Student Organization. This is a Commerce and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Does a Commercial Airline Pilot Do?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the responsibilities, compensation, and work schedule of a commercial airline pilot.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Correspondence for the Real World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As future employees, students should be aware of the various forms of business correspondence. Students will learn how to use wizards and templates from a word processing software to create business letters. This project allows students...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: My Future Life: Let's Get Real

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson requires young scholars to select a career and explore the requirements for their potential job. They will work with a reality life situation of married versus single, number of children and challenge events. Students will...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Personal and Professional Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work together to improve their community while learning valuable life and employability skills. They will design and execute their own community service project. When the project is over, students will conduct a meeting and...
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Ad lit.org: An Introduction to College Access Programs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Most college access programs provide activities such as financial counseling, last dollar scholarships, college visits, career guidance, tutoring, academic counseling, and test preparation courses. These comprehensive college access...
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Careers New Zealand: Environmental Health Officer

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the career of an environmental health officer or inspector. Page includes tasks and duties, skills and knowledge, education and training, employment outlook and wages (in New Zealand), as well as a profile of a working...
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Pbs Learning Media: Boston Public Schools Capstone Project

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The (Boston Public Schools) Capstone Project is an opportunity for students to engage in rigorous project-based learning. It is an opportunity for our students to develop skills to be life, career, and college-ready in a culturally...
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Ad lit.org: Making College and Career Readiness the Mission for High Schools

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To close the gap between what is expected of a high school graduate and what the world beyond high school demands, state leaders will need to develop coherent policies that equate earning a high school diploma with being prepared for the...
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Pbs Learning Media: American Graduate Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This collection features highlights from public media's interactive classroom resources and content to support teachers, parents, caregivers, and mentors who are helping at-risk students overcome key learning obstacles on the path from...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Job Interviewing 101

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students will explore the process of successfully searching for a job. This will include the development of forms/documents which can assist the successful job-seeker. The submission of a portfolio and "mock" job interview...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: My Favorite Job

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, students discuss possible careers they may like to pursue without the label of "man" jobs versus "woman" jobs.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Effective Interview Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The lesson will begin with a lecture on the importance of effective interview techniques. A technology-based project will be assigned for students to use the Internet to gather information and then create either a slideshow presentation,...
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Careerwise Education: Art Education

For Students 9th - 10th
A six-part look at art direction as a career. Includes an overview of the occupation, typical activities, skill set, preparation, wages, and job outlook,
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Practice Aptitude Tests for Job Applicants and Graduates

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice a variety of aptitude tests from numerical reasoning to situational judgement tests. These are designed for those applying for jobs or choosing careers.
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Careerwise: Graphic Designers

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at graphic design as a career. Includes an overview of the occupation, typical activities, skill set, preparation, wages, job outlook, and a career video.
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Careerwise Education: Photographers

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-part look at photography as a career. Includes an overview of the occupation, typical activities, skill set, preparation, wages, job outlook, and a career video.
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Careerwise Education: Actors

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-part look at acting as a career. Includes an overview of the occupations, typical activities, skill set, preparation, wages, job outlook, and a career video.
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Careerwise Education: Dancers

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-part look at dancing as a career. Includes an overview of the occupations, typical activities, skill set, preparation, wages, job outlook, and a career video.
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Careerwise Education: Fine Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-part look at fine art as a career. Includes an overview of the occupation, typical activities, skill set, preparation, wages, job outlook, and a career video.
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Careerwise Education: Producers and Directors

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-part look at producing and directing as careers. Includes an overview of the occupations, typical activities, skill set, preparation, wages, job outlook, and a career video.