Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Jobs and Professions

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this ESL activity, students listen and watch a YouTube clip of an animated song about jobs. Students complete 100 exercises in an online quiz. Included are: matching jobs with pictures, a word search, and fill in the blank.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Community Helpers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this community workers worksheet, students read a one page text that has information about 8 community helpers and their jobs. Students then answer 8 matching questions and draw a mini poster that tells why community helpers are...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Health Careers

For Teachers K
Students identify careers in the healthcare field. They listen to a description of work done by family members, school personnel and community workers. They role-play a visit to the doctor's office and all the staff involved in that visit.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jobs

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars 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.
Lesson Plan
1
1
Council for Economic Education

Employment Data: Is the Economy Healthy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Low unemployment is an indicator of a healthy economy—right? Current employment data and research leads scholars on a quest to find the true health of the economy. They analyze research on Payroll Employment Data and watch a short video...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

College or Bust?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Based on a New York Times article, "The College Drop-Out Boom," participants in a fishbowl discussion formulate and express opinions about the correlation between level of education, career options, and economic mobility. Ample...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning About Occupations

For Teachers K
Students examine the occupations of a variety of community helpers such as doctors, policemen, firemen, nurses, and others by listening to a read aloud. They find pictures in magazines to glue to a classroom mural of occupations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Occupations - Matching Exercise

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a discussion about occupations and what type of transportation they use, the equipment they use, or the building they have. They then complete the worksheet provided.
Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Drugs

For Students 5th - 10th
In this drugs worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Florence Nightingale

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students 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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women in Science: Marie Anne Lavoisier and Ann Bancroft

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore and analyze the contributions of women in medicine as well as the concept of sexism. They assess multicultural content to explain the different scientific careers available to women and categorize the human and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tolerance: Gender Issues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore why some professions have been gender-dominant in the past. In this lesson plan, students identify some professions that have typically had one specific gender employed in the past, then research that job to see when it...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

More Moms, Fewer Pops

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of women entrepreneurs. In this women entrepreneurs lesson, students read an article about women opening their own businesses. Students discuss factors influencing women to become entrepreneurs. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Community Helpers

For Teachers K
Kindergartners learn who community helpers are and what contributions they make for the community. They will hear a story outlining various community helpers, their jobs, and tools, create a graphic organizer connecting community...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Police Reports

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover police procedures by filling out crime reports.  In this government lesson, students discuss the benefits of historical reports pertaining to criminals and victims.  Students listen to an officer of the law...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning About Asia

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study about Asia from class lecture. They study about the continent, the main places in Asia, the products, the climate, and other important facts so they can write an outline for their paper. Students write their outline and...