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California Department of Education

What’s the Market for My Labor?

For Teachers 5th Standards
A lesson showcases how knowing about Labor Market Information (LMI) supports searching for future job opportunities. Following a review of the concept and other vocabulary terms, scholars research occupations and answer questions on...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Hunt the Fact Monster Hunt #23

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this internet research worksheet, students answer three multiple choice and seven short answer questions by using the Fact Monster search engine.
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Curated OER

Active and Passive Voice: Finding Examples Online

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Incorporate technological fluency with a search for examples of active and passive voice in online resources. Discuss how use of active or passive voice influences mood or tone and contributes to author's purpose. List of...
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Michael's Crafts

Classroom Community Bulletin Board Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 6th
Building a strong classroom community is a huge part of our job. This idea lets the kids help define the rules, ideas, and behaviors that they want in their classroom. They'll work together to design a bulletin board that...
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Curated OER

Lesson 3: Filling Out A Job Application

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils fill out Application for Employment forms, then work in groups to determine whether students have individually filled out the forms correctly.
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Curated OER

The Resume

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create personal resumes. In this careers lesson, students view sample resumes and read instruction guides for resumes prior to writing their own resumes. 
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Curated OER

Mapping My Pathway

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create career portfolios, speak with the school counselor, and develop and educational plan. Individually, 8th graders discuss career options and how an educational plan can assist them in future goals. They explore...
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Curated OER

What To Do? What To Do? Part One

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen as the teacher exaggerates a way of inappropriately handling losing their job. They review life-changing events and what is in a person's control and what is not. They then are given a life-changing situation slip...
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Curated OER

Pride in a Job Well Done

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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,...
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Curated OER

Recycling - A Job Everyone Can Do

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research recycling effort that take place in the US. They play an online game and complete handouts using Internet research.
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Curated OER

The Write Stuff to Get the Job

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students conduct Internet research to determine how to properly create a cover letter, resume and follup-letter. Students then create their own letters and resumes using the Resume Wizard in Microsoft Word.
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Curated OER

Searching for a Career

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research their dream career while taking notes. They create a timeline for reaching their career goal.
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abcteach

St. Patrick's Day Word Puzzles

For Students 2nd - 5th
The leprechauns have hidden a set of words by scrambling them up and putting them into a word search! Task your pupils with the job of discovering the correct spellings and finding the target words in the search. 
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Curated OER

Show Me the Money!!!

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students research employment rates in the United States with a focus on broadcast journalists. In this employment rate lesson, students visit the given websites to explore popular states to live in, highest and lowest unemployment rates,...
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Curated OER

Carerrs in Song And Dance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a job posting for a career in the performing arts. They view a Discovery Channel video as an introduction to the types of performing art careers are possible. They choose one that they are most interested in to research on...
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Curated OER

Reading Help Wanted Ads

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore employment by analyzing the newspaper. In this wanted ads lesson, students identify the importance of job selection and job growth while reading entries in the wanted ads for employment opportunities. Students answer...
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Curated OER

Eyeing the Next Einstein

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners complete a KWL chart on Albert Einstein. After they read an article, they discover more about his iconic status and how future scientists view him. In groups, they create trading cards about Einstein and another scientist of...
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Curated OER

Candy Land

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity students pretend that they have been hired by a candy manufacturer to design a box for a new product they are beginning to market. The manufacturer has pre-determined the volume of the candy box. It is the students' job...
Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Jobs and Professions

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this ESL worksheet, 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.
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Curated OER

I, Robot, Can Do That!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe the three types of underwater robots and the advantages and disadvantages of using them.  In this underwater lesson students are given a task and identify the best robot for the job. 
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Curated OER

It's All Greek to Me!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
While the ideas for Ancient Greek research are solid, there is little detail to help make your job easier. The focus here is familiarizing your class with online databases and print resources in their school library. After direct...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Occupations L-Z

For Students 11th - 12th
In this vocational worksheet, students locate 92 occupations in a word search. The career list includes only occupations from L to Z alphabetically.
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SaveandInvest.org

The True Cost of Owning a Car

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Almost every teen wants a car, but can they really afford one? The lesson walks pupils through how to identify a budget, find all of the costs associated with car ownership, and determine if they should buy the car or keep looking.
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C-SPAN

The Impact of Citizens United v. FEC

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What began as an effort to show a movie by an interest group has impacted financing of federal elections. Did the Citizens United case lead to more "dark money" in politics, or did it shine a light with more speech? Using video clips...

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