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Medals of Honor
Third graders identify their strengths and find out what careers they would do best in.
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Tools of the Trade
Young scholars create and then play a game similar to Memory, which encourages them to recall what they have learned about different occupations and the related tools.
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Lesson 3: Job Opportunities in the Health Field
Students research health careers and conduct intterviews with people in the healthy profession.
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Working Together
First graders discuss how people in the community work together to get jobs done and complete a worksheet matching number words for the workers with the correct numerals.
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Occupational Outlook
Students analyze collected data to determine the occupational outlook for a variety of careers. This social studies lesson plan for the high school classroom is ideal for student practice using spreadsheet software, internet access, and...
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Job List Worksheet
In this classroom job worksheet, students use a list of jobs they have generated to answer questions about jobs: which would be easiest or hardest, which they would do best, etc.
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Leaders in the Judicial Branch
Students examine the leadership roles and qualities of members of the judicial branch in public life. They view and discuss video clips from a federal judge and two Supreme Court judges.
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Entrepreneurs
Students explore becoming entrepreneurs. In this career exploration lesson, students work in small groups to begin a new business that they will "build" from scratch as they learn what it takes to create a successful business by using...
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Worksheet 1. Verbs: Occupation Activities
In this grammar worksheet, students match the occupation with the tasks that a person with that job would perform. There are 4 occupations and 8 tasks on this page.
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Women in the Labor Force
Pupils examine the differences men and women experience in the work force. They study the relationship between education and the likelihood of employment.
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Skills You Need to Succeed
Young scholars identify basic skills needed to succeed in the world of work, including communication skills, computation skills, problem solving skills, and interpersonal skills.
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Creating a Job Community
Students design their own job communities. In this art and career exploration lesson, students are placed into groups to create models of business areas based on job types.
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Occupation, Use and Settlement of the Smith River
Students examine the settlement and use of the Smith River area. Using the internet, they research concepts such as the "right of conquest" and "natural rights". In groups, they demonstrate how the land was transferred to the...
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Job Search Strategies: Lesson 1
Eighth graders in the 8th grade explore the process involved in looking for a job. They make a list of talents and attributes they already have and then analyze these lists to determine what new skills they may need to obtain a job in...
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Information, Please!
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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Is the Tassle Worth the Hassle?
Pupils analyze the costs of college education. In this economics lesson, students discuss the concept of opportunity cost as it relates to obtaining a college degree to secure a job.
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What's an Ecotect?
In this future jobs worksheet, students use their creative thinking to select 10 job titles from a list and write a description for each job title. Students discuss as a class what good descriptions are and they discuss life in the future.
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Hire Me, I'm Nice: Writing a Resume
In this careers worksheet, students learn the proper format for a resume by examining a sample resume which is correctly written. There are no directions on this page.
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Class of 2000 - Student Loans
Students determine how they will finance their postsecondary education. In this student loan lesson, students create spreadsheets that help them budget their first year of college. Students identify methods to fund the budgets and...
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Worksheet 13. Vocabulary Review
In this vocabulary worksheet, students check all of the words or phrases that can complete the sentences. There are 8 sentences to complete and they have to do with occupations.
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Does my career fit me?
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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Mystery Mollusc
Students investigate the different regions of our oceans by researching the Internet. In this oceanography instructional activity, students discover the different jobs related to ocean research and examine their roles by reading...
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Gender, Age, and Health
In this gender, age, and health in American society worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer questions and answer 13 fill in the blank questions regarding their role in American culture.