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Introducing The Manager System

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the importance of classroom jobs and having a leader. After listening to a book, students discuss teamwork and responsibility as well as the jobs and responsibilities described in the story. They determine how to...
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Subject Matters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners understand the relationship between what is learned in school and what is done in jobs. In this subject matters lesson plan, students fill out a worksheet deciding what subjects in school they would use to do certain jobs.
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Infusing Equity By Gender Into the Classroom

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify careers that are nontraditional for their gender.
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My Awesome GIG!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss various career options and issues related to careers. They research a chosen career online, and create a collage of pictures and words pertaining to their chosen careers.
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Work and Responsibility

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the responsibilities related to various careers.
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Career Resources

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the various resources available in which they can research careers.
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Spin The Bottle

For Teachers 1st
First graders play spin the bottle and when the bottle points to them they are to describe their job at school.
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Kids at Work

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders draw pictures of the "work" they do and create a bulletin board of career categories using their parent's jobs.
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Who Will I Be Tomorrow?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine various careers and character traits. They create an Affinity Chart using career survey results, compare/contrast personality traits and character traits, and discuss why character traits are important for jobs.
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INFUSING EQUITY BY GENDER INTO THE CLASSROOM

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Pupils identify careers that are nontraditional for their gender.
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High School Transition Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice basic workplace skills. In this school-to-job transition lesson plan, students participate in 4 activities that require them to take assessments in work readiness.
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Hire Me! I'm Nice!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create resumes. In this careers lesson, students look through classified ads and decide on a "job" to apply for. Students write mock resumes by using professional resumes as an outline.
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the Classroom: School to Career

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify nontraditional career areas for their gender and discuss gender bias and stereotyping.  In this nontraditional careers instructional activity, students research a nontraditional career and shadow the job in the...
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Information, Please!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research jobs by using different software programs. In this researching jobs lesson plan, 4th graders conduct a Webquest in order to see what they need to do to complete certain jobs.
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What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?

For Teachers K
Students draw a picture of the job they would like to have when they grow up. They discuss jobs they would like to have. They discuss the idea that men and women can do the same job.
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FACS: Sewing Factory (Textiles)

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students gain practical experience in how sewing factories are run. They experience job possibilities by running a sewing factory simulation.
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Project H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore career paths by creating a job scrapbook.  In this employment lesson, students discuss what types of skills employers look for in the job market.  Students decide on a career they would like to explore by...
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Personal Interviews

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students interview a person in a career field they are interested in. In this career interview instructional activity, students identify a career they are interested in and the requirements of the job. Students research the career and...
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ALL: Health Care Pathways Overview (HST)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate careers in each of the five pathways of health care to include therapeutic services, support services, diagnostic services, biotechnology research and development, and health informatics.
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Gender Equity and Community Role Models

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to speakers in various professions. In this careers lesson, the teacher invites community members to speak to the class about their jobs and the education required, then students draw the conclusion that men and...
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Does my career fit me?

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students create a venn diagram about the job they currently have and if they think it is what they should be doing. In this job lesson plan, students list education and job duties in a venn diagram and analyze if it is the correct job...
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Plan for Your Future

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars participate in ongoing learning experiences for future success. In this planning future lesson, students discuss training requirements for today's job market and possible future plans. Young scholars write a description of...
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Accurately Measure Body Temperature

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students in an occupational health careers classroom review and practice finding temperature using a thermometer. They practice converting Celsius to Fahrenheit and from Fahrenheit to Celsius. They take each other's temperature and...
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Learning About Firemen

For Teachers K
Pupils explore the job of a fireman. In this career education lesson, students brainstorm what they already know about firemen and take a field trip to a fire station.