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Career Exploration Using HyperStudio
Eighth graders conduct research on various careers that are of interest to them. They conduct Internet research on a selected career choice, and create a nine card stack using HyperStudio to describe their career's salary, required...
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Skills Employers Want - Do You Have Them?
Students complete a self-assessment on their employability skills, then discuss how they can improve those competencies that need improvement regarding success in school, jobs, and their personal lives.
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A Student’s Guide to Using Social Media Safely
While the kids in your class tap quickly on their electronic devices to stay in touch with their peers, they may not know the consequences of online social lives. Take them through a discussion about potential downfalls of a social media...
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Employment Law
Students begin their examination of Employment Law. In groups, they identify the types of protections in place for employees and examine situations in which their rights were violated. They act out various skits and discuss the new...
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Studying and Working: The Busy Lives of Students With Paid Employment
Students investigate the effect of paid employment on academic performance. They examine how to construct a survey on time use.
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Skills for Success
Students recognize personal skills needed for success in the workplace. For this work skills lesson, students discuss the skills needed in any employment field. Students write a sentence about their own skills relating to the listed job...
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Transparency: Accountability
Students study the concept of "Question Time" as it relates to the ministers and the federal Parliament. For this accountability lesson, students investigate accountability in the federal Parliament. Students role-play to arrive at...
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Let’s Take a Selfie
Professional or unprofessional? That is the question addressed by a lesson on workplace attire. Class members examine images posted on job search sites like Linkedin and those posted by celebrities. They consider the implications of...
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Minorities in Mainstream American Society
So many people fought for Civil Rights in the United States. Read about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and discuss what the act guarantees. Then pass out a slew of magazines and encourage them to observe how often minorities appear in...
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Primary Sources and Archaeology in the Study of Ancient Mediterranean Trade
Tenth graders begin the lesson plan by plotting trade routes, major empires and items traded. Using primary sources, they examine their own values regarding trading items for royality. They participate in a role-play exercise in which...
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Consumer Privacy
The availability of personal financial information is of greater importance now than ever before. Your pupils will discuss how public and private records are accessed by various organizations, particularly considering direct mail, credit...
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Open for Business: Get Ready for HS Internships
Twelfth graders at the Institute for Collaborative Education, a small 6-12th grade NYC public school go on internships during their final 2 cycles (February - June) in High School. The Senior Interns work four days a week in real world...
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What Works and What Doesn't: The Potential and Limitations of Fiscal Policy
Twelfth graders study micro- and macro-economies. They examine theories about fiscal policy and the relationships between consumption and output, tax policy and government spending changes. They also consider how economic perspectives...
Practical Money Skills
Understanding Credit
Help your young consumers learn about credit and the importance of credit history. With a thorough lesson about the ins and outs of credit, as well as the potential pitfalls of having a line of credit, kids will be well-equipped to...
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To Be or Not to Be...Employed
Twelfth graders brainstorm barriers to employment and role-play examples of them. They search the classified sections of newspapers for jobs that could have barriers to employment. They discuss how to overcome these barriers.
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Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
Young scholars consider what human rights are. They comprehend the origins of modern human rights. Students appreciate the meaning and significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They appreciate the relationship between...
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Career Choices
Students work in groups to brainstorm ideas about different jobs they could have in the future. For this careers lesson plan, students learn about careers, brainstorm what they could do, take a survey, and differentiate between...
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What do they want? Critical Perspectives on the 1960's in the United States
Students determine that history is a field of study that can help them understand themselves and the people around them. By reading sources by and about people with many of the same interests and concerns that they have and learning to...
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Family Responsibilities: Other Family Issues
Students explore methods to balance their work responsibilities with other family obligations. Using the Internet, they explore and study the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993. As a class, students discuss topics such as...
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Women in the Labor Force
Students 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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First Day on the Job
Students review the Employment Eligibility Verification form and the W-4 form and your state's withholding form, including how to complete each fully. Then they role-play situations where they ask their supervisor (boss, person who...
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Coal and The Kentucky Economy
Students read about and study what an economy is. Students then answer questions that require them to define what an economy is and list the components of a healthy economy. Students also list two ways that coal helps the Kentucky...
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Judges in the Classroom
Class members explore the process of a disposition hearing for juveniles, particularly looking at how the judge decides what sentence the juvenile offender should receive. Task your pupils with evaluating different sample cases provided...
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Workers Told "No Smoking" Lesson Plan
Students discuss the theme of work-related restrictions. They read an article and answer questions related to it. They discuss their answers as a class.