Many English teachers dream of a classroom full of readers silently enjoying their books. A useful guide helps make that dream become a reality by providing book recommendations for a range of readers. Each suggestion includes the...

Students investigate key local and national nonprofit organizations by researching their histories, services, and target populations. Student pairs present their information to the rest of the class. Each student will be responsible for...

Second graders draw pictures of the "work" they do and create a bulletin board of career categories using their parent's jobs.

Third gradersl examine personality characteristics that are necessary for careers. They identify characteristics necessary for any type of occupation and discuss gender bias. They write a job description for an occupation of their choosing.

Fifth graders describe the different roles they play in their lives. They discuss how these roles change as they get older and how boys' roles are different than girls'. They construct a mobile that describes the different roles in their...

Second graders explore different careers and what is needed to perform them.

Second graders study careers that involve animal care such as veterinarians, zookeepers and archeologists. They create a collage of animal drawings related to the careers.

Students make a job mobile of what they would like to be when they grow up.

Students discuss what their parents do for a career.

Students draw a picture of their parents work.

Students draw pictures of what they might like to be when they grow up. They discuss their reasons for choosing that career and what they might need to do that job.

Students draw a picture of a work setting previously discussed in class.

First graders fill out career interest cards throughout the year.

First graders play spin the bottle and when the bottle points to them they are to describe their job at school.

First graders examine the various tools used in a variety of jobs. They identify real tools, list the occupations that use each object, and discuss the occupations they have identified.

First graders identify their interests and examine careers related to those activities. They complete a handout, discuss their interests, and draw a picture to go with their chosen career.

First graders examine activities that people in various careers engage in. They identify and compare/contrast various careers, and participate in a matching game that matches people to an object.

First graders list and discuss careers that involve working with animals and draw pictures of careers that interest them. They compare and contrast domestic and wild animals.

Third graders use magazine to find pictures of things that their grandparents did not have and make a display listing related careers to each picture. They discuss how the world has changed.

Third graders discuss how their major life roles change as they get older and fill out a worksheet.

Third graders investigate the word "role" and describe the various roles an individual may have in their life.

Third graders identify their strengths and find out what careers they would do best in.

Third graders describe the many roles a worker can have.

Third graders investigate the responsibilities related to various careers.