A research position becomes a modeling job. The introductory lesson in a series of nine presents the challenge of analyzing a set of bivariate data. The class brainstorms what the data may represent. Pupils must decide what is needed to...

High schoolers complete a activities to improve their career awareness. In this career awareness lesson, students complete a 41 page packet of activities to learn how education can increase earning power, learn about employer attitudes...

Third graders review and expand their discussion of job training and education resources. They work in small groups to find information about the types of training people need to do specific jobs and use data from interviews carried out...

Seventh graders explore career options and goals. In this career lesson, 7th graders study occupation cards and find a career path they are interested in. Students work in groups to to sort occupation cards with a career path poster....

Learners brainstorm a list of items needed to have a successful career. Individually, they complete a webquest in which they identify positions they might be interested in. They also practice the interview process and how to complete...

From evaluating the current employment market to building a resume, pupils are introduced to the wide and varied elements of career planning. 

Prepare high school seniors for the job search process with a lesson that teaches them how to craft four different types of business letters: the cover letter, the informational interview request, a reference request, and a thank you...

Students brainstorm information needed on a job application. They join groups of college bound, work bound and undecided. They compare applications in a Venn diagram. They research employment questions by interviewing mentors, teachers...

Pupils explore the classified ads for employment opportunities and create a resume. In this resume writing instructional activity students choose a specific job, they must determine what kind of experience, education, etc. they must have...

Students investigate the emotion and social practice of empathy. They role play being in various situations in order to understand the feelings of others. Students pick an adult to interview who has overcome great difficulty.

Twelfth graders complete job shadowing activities. In this career exploration lesson plan, 12th graders discuss their job interests and complete forms to participate in job shadowing activities. Students interview their job partner, ask...

Students focus on individuals who discover their own special talents and sense of self-worth through the work they do. Students study accomplishments of famous people who may have had an impact on their lives. Students make connections,...

Students explore how portfolios are a marketing tool for job seeking. In this employment lesson, students identify parts of a professional portfolio and the importance of having one as a perspective employee.

Students discuss and identify four careers they have an interest in. Using the internet, they choose one career to research to discover the educational requirements, salary and training. They interview members of the community in the...

Students assess their transferable skills and relate them to occupational and lifestyle choices. They apply research skills to acquire information related to job possibilities and career interests.

In this talking about success worksheet, students discuss 7 questions pertaining to success in pairs and defend the answers they support.

In this English worksheet, students, with a partner, interview their partner about several topics including general information, motivation for studying English and personal language learning experiences.

In this ESL worksheet, students first read an article about an 18 year old student who was elected mayor. Students complete 7 pages of exercises about the text. Included are questions, vocabulary, discussions, synonyms and completing...

Students discuss employment programs, and research volunteer, intern and employment possibilities. They create an employment plan and a working resume.

"Selling is important in all professions because it involves synthesizing information and persuading people." Rather than using this as a instructional activity on how to sell a product, this resource might best be used as an inquiry...

One way you can help your learners with reading comprehension is by teaching them how to use context clues to help them figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Here is a resource that asks class members to practice that very skill....

Fabulous! Your 5th graders should love this project. As an ongoing lesson throughout the year students use temperature probes to record outside temperature and then document their data using spreadsheets. They use their weather data and...

Khaled Hosseini’s video “Using Real People and Events” motivates learners to reflect on their own experiences and to use those experiences as the basis of a graphic novel that expresses a universal truth. The richly detailed plan...

Students participate in an interview of a school employee. For this interview lesson, students develop appropriate interview questions and carry out an interview of a school employee to show that all jobs well done is worthy of respect....