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Our Country, Our Community, Our Jobs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze jobs that are of interest to them. They create graphic organizers explaining how jobs affect the world in which they live with at least five supporting details. They, in groups, make presentations to the class.
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Help Wanted! Jobs in Ancient America

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are introduced to the various occupations in Mesopotamia. In groups, they discuss the reasons for occupations changing over time. They use the internet to research the ancient jobs of their choice and write a paper...
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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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Jobs

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students discuss jobs that could make you happy or unhappy and read articles about people who are happy and unhappy in their jobs. In this jobs lesson plan, students also match jobs to things they work with.
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CDA11:Investigating Interesting Careers (NT)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore different occupations and categorize them into different career fields by utilizing a fun "Where's Waldo" format poster.
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Career Development (Career Exploration)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify and describe career opportunities in a changing society
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Dream Jobs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" In this careers lesson, 2nd graders let their imagination go as they think of what job they would like, then complete a worksheet about their dream job. ...
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Career Choices

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Learners work in groups to brainstorm ideas about different jobs they could have in the future. In this careers lesson plan, students learn about careers, brainstorm what they could do, take a survey, and differentiate between...
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Environmental Jobs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students evaluate whether particular jobs have a positive or negative impact on the environment. In this career exploration lesson, students complete a worksheet in pairs to determine if and why various jobs impact the environment.
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Exploring Technology in Careers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discover how technology is used in the workplace. In this careers lesson, students compare and contrast careers and how technology is incorporated into each of them. Learners set goals to achieve their ideal career.
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Careers in Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a video about careers in chemistry. In this Chemistry lesson plan, students will research chemistry careers and chose one to do further research on.
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Careers Related to Dance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the various career opportunities in dance. Using the internet, they research the educational requirements and starting salaries. They write a paper on the information they collected and share their statistics...
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Career Research Project

For Students 6th - 12th
In this career research worksheet, students research jobs they are interested in and then respond to 17 short answer questions related to the careers.
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Careers Using Mathematics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students role play the role of an employee who is to open a new department for people interested in careers using math. Using the Internet, they research the various types of careers and describe them in a portfolio. They also examine...
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

For Teachers K
Students explore transportation and transportation related jobs as they improve their vocabulary.
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Science and Careers

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate how knowledge of science influences people in their daily lives, specifically in their careers. Students conduct interviews with an individual in a science or technology career as part of their research on the impact...
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Career/Jobs: Picture/Word Worksheet #7

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this occupation pictures activity, students study the pictures that illustrate various jobs. Students then trace the job words: surveyor, brick layer, teacher, psychiatrist, salesman, and employer.
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Career/Jobs: Picture/Word Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this tracing words worksheet, learners study the pictures of jobs and their matching words. Students then trace the job words: chef, actress, technician, gardener, lawyer, and owner.
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Community Careers

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars explore services in their community. In this community services lesson, students discuss community services and work in teams to list the jobs within the service. Young scholars may also shadow a worker from that community...
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Jobs and Immigration

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss colonial America and the jobs and trades that immigrants had to have to have a society that flourished. In this immigration jobs lesson plan, students also discuss the role of women in these times.
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English Exercises: Occupations

For Students 6th
For this English exercises:  occupations worksheet, 6th graders interactively select the word that describes the job pictured, for 16 pictures, then find the same words in the word search puzzle, with immediate online feedback.
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Jobs

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this jobs worksheet, learners look at pictures and pick the correct job, unscramble job words, listen and write job words, and more. Students complete 6 activities.
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Describing Jobs: The Food Industry

For Students 2nd
In this jobs and careers worksheet, 2nd graders write 4 sentences describing the different food related jobs shown in the pictures above.
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Investigate the Range of Career Opportunities in the Travel and Tourism Industry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the career opportunities in the travel and tourism industry. They work together to identify the entry requirements for some positions. They analyze their own strengths and weaknesses.

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