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...

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, young scholars employ the writing process to write their own functional quality resumes.

Students create birthday calendars using The Print Shop computer program. They produce and market a product, replicating a work environment.

Students discuss work schedule and brainstorm all words associated with a work schedule. They write a class story about job skills then evalutate acceptable and unacceptable activities during employment.

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...

Learners review short vowel sounds. They complete a variety of activities as they discover how to say the short /o/ sound, write the letter 'o', and pronounce words with the short /o/ sound. They read stories with short /o/ words in them.

Fifth graders listen as the teacher explains the Mini Economy to be activated in the classroom in the next few weeks. They examine how they to apply for jobs, make money, determine how to save it, and how monetary mishaps occur...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a short /i/ tongue twister, then spell words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book "Tin...

Learners take concepts, principles and ideas investigated from government and economics and apply this knowledge to a career or career cluster. They use IPTV's School to Careers database to research a possible career. Students select a...

Emergencies usually come by surprise — preparation is key. Help to reduce anxiety of the unknown by having a financial plan in place for when they arise. Important documents are gathered and action plans are documented.

Students research a career featured on a career website. They email an expert in the field of their choice. They conduct a questionnaire of the expert and record their findings. They collate their information and write a written...

Students choose a career featured on the school to career website. They research the career and email an expert in the field of their choice. They answer a series of questions and write a written report on their findings and present...

Students understand the relationship between what is learned in school and what is done in jobs. In this subject matters lesson plan, students fill out a worksheet deciding what subjects in school they would use to do certain jobs.

Fifth graders examine careers and the skills they need for them.

Third graders create a puzzle piece to be included in a class puzzle. They are given one puzzle piece, and they decorate it using symbols/drawings which are personal to them such as hobbies, interests, or self-portrait. The pieces are...

Students analyze the the similarities of their own daily schedule, processes and procedures and those used at work. They research the career of marine mammal rescue and email questions to a career expert. They construct a display and...

Learners explore the work that Transit Vehicle Electronic Technicians do for BART.

Students name the workers involved in building a house. They label tools used by different workers and the parts of the house that the workers are responsible for.

Students use online tutorials. In this online learning lesson, students explore online learning websites and use tutorials to learn about a topic of their choice.

Students draw a picture of their parents work.

Fifth graders explore the various resources available in which they can research careers.

Third graders investigate the responsibilities related to various careers.

Tenth graders design their own ads and complete a full-size comprehensive of the final ad which showed color and final layout of the printed piece.