Third graders explore different careers by discussing which community helpers might be considered local heroes. In this career exploration lesson, 3rd graders work in small groups to discuss why certain people are considered...

Fourth graders complete activities to learn about career options and the role jobs have in community. In this career lesson, 4th graders complete a career exploration worksheet and study the local community jobs available. Students...

Fifth graders explore career options and potential jobs. In this career lesson, 5th graders study various careers and the training or education needed for those careers. Students study posters and name career paths as well as occupations...

Seventh graders explore career options and goals. In this career lesson plan, 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...

In this world of work worksheet, students complete a survy to determine their knowledge about jobs and careers in the real world.

Young scholars explore difficult decisions that students have to make. In this vocational lesson, young scholars examine various case studies and discuss how they would handle the situation and what decisions they would make.

Students investigate careers in each of the five pathways of health care to include therapeutic services, support services, diagnostic services, biotechnology research and development, and health informatics.

Learners identify their own individual resources in the categories of financial, emotional, mental, physical, role models, knowledge of hidden rules, and support systems.

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...

Learners in an occupational health careers classroom review and practice finding temperature using a thermometer. They practice converting Celsius to Fahrenheit and from Fahrenheit to Celsius. They take each other's temperature and...

Students explore how attitude can make a difference in how they progress and become successful. They view movie clips and discuss how attitudes can change and influence people's lives. Students look at characteristics that employers look...

Students read about and view a presentation on the five major career paths. They explore the vocabulary of the workplace and discuss the difference between jobs, occupations and careers. Then they use a career paths booklet to begin...

For this career worksheet, students practice the real life application of reading skills. They specifically cover the tasks of skimming and scanning a text.

In this resume worksheet, students choose the best words to fill in the blank for sentences in a resume. Students do this for 9 sentences.

Students review basics of resume writing, and create their own resumes.

Students discuss the basics of resume writing. They review resumes and discuss what is effective and what is ineffective. They select a resume and change it from one format to the other. They review the changes and discuss advantages.

Student create and evaluate resumes. In this practical writing lesson, students employ the writing process to write their own functional quality resumes.

Learners practice properly filling out an application. In this application lesson, students discuss the purpose of filling out an application form and the importance of reading the form first before writing anything. Learners gather...

Students research a career of their choice and compile information in a PowerPoint presentation.

Young scholars research examples of resumes on the World Wide Web. They use the good examples to write their own resumes focusing on their strengths.

In this occupational word search, learners identify names of occupations and careers. A word list of approximately 45 career names are given.

In this jobs word search puzzle, students identify terms dealing with jobs and employment. Examples include salary, employee, strike, blue collar and interview. A list of 44 words are provided to assist the students in their search.

First graders listen to speakers in various professions. For this careers lesson, the teacher invites community members to speak to the class about their jobs and the education required, then students draw the conclusion that men and...

Ninth graders identify the elements of resumes and then design a resume to be used by an eighth grader applying for high school. For this resume lesson, 9th graders define resumes and work in teams to use computer software to design...