Pupils 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. Pupils write a description of their tentative...

In this career key vocabulary quiz, students respond to 12 short answer and multiple choice questions regarding careers. Students also write sentences pertaining to careers.

Students access the material necessary to complete an employment application. They produce a personal data sheet, examine the information needed for job applications, and complete a generic application.

Students become familiar with the jobs of different types of trucks.  In this color of trucks lesson, students decorate trucks with decorations based on the job of the truck.  Students describe the trucks they've colored.

Learners spend time listing the things they are good at. In this exercise, there are no limits; students are encouraged to list all types of skills. They focus on those skills and accomplishments that are directly related to their job...

Second graders explore the concepts of goods, services and community. They go on a community walk, find businesses and logos within their community, read books about communities, and compare various goods and services. They pick a job...

Students explore the function of the human heart. In this heart anatomy lesson, students participate in activities offered at an Internet website to discover the characteristics and jobs of the parts of the human heart.

Fourth graders practice interviewing professionals in their area about their careers at a local watershed. They identify at least three careers that depend on the watershed and discuss its history. They write a composition to end the...

Students research a specific career and have the opportunity to gain new information, utilize electronic technology, and write a grade-level appropriate paper.

Students explore choosing a career and living on a budget. They receive an alternative identity and must make choices and decisions based upon given situations. Students research possible solutions, and use spreadsheet technology to...

Pupils describe the contributions made by Florence Nightingale to the medical profession and to her community. They describe ways that they have helped or could help people in their community. They identify a person in need of service...

Students investigate academic goals and how they lead to career choices. They conduct interviews and complete worksheets, and discuss the issues.

Students research a career featured on a career website. They email an expert in the field of their choice. They conduct a questionnaire of the expert and record their findings. They collate their information and write a written...

Students explore career options available to them. They explore several careers and their requirements. Students create an action plan to help them attain their career goals. This instructional activity is intended for students...

Young scholars brainstorm a list of characteristics a person would need to make a good employee. In groups, they describe the attributes a person would need in various occupations and share their answers with the class. They discover how...

Students identify the six most important hospitality habits and use them in their own jobs and communities. In this hospitality lesson, students identify the top hospitality habits and create a map of their town to use the habits in the...

Students write a paragraph about what they want to do when they grow up. They include the special skills and education (human capital) they must have to do the job they've chosen.

Learners explore careers in oceanography. They compare and contrast requirements for careers in the field, and determine what high school courses would help to prepare them. Finally, they create a computer-based project related to...

Students explore the concept of entrepreneurship. In this entrepreneurship lesson, students read an article about how Americans over 50 make up a majority of entrepreneurs. Students discuss why there is an increase in self-employment for...

Students, in groups, work together to create webs that show the services and products used in other occupations.

Students view photographs of an area where artifacts where recently taken. Using the artifacts, they work together to try to determine the occupations, diet and other information about a specific group of people. They write an artifact...

Fifth graders listen as the teacher explains the Mini Economy to be activated in the classroom in the next few weeks. They examine how they to apply for jobs, make money, determine how to save it, and how monetary mishaps occur...

Learners take concepts, principles and ideas investigated from government and economics and apply this knowledge to a career or career cluster. They use IPTV's School to Careers database to research a possible career. Students select a...

Students explore the concept of energy bar sales. In this energy bar sales lesson, students read an article about the sales of energy bars. Students discuss what is meant by red roads and white roads in the article. Students search a...