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Awesome Stories: Vincent van Gogh

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Who was Vincent van Gogh? Most of the questions can be answered in two or three sentences; however, there is at least one essay prompt and one personal response question that require longer answers. Questions call for a good mix of...
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Study Skills

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Good study habits are key to success in school. The activities in this packet are designed to get kids thinking about improvements they could make in their study habits.
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Decisions: Action or Apathy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the issues of action versus apathy as related to life pressures, values, consequences and career decisions. They read poetry, short stories and plays and respond to issues personally, critically and creatively.
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My Future Reflections

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine and write about possible career choices in relation to their own personal interests, strengths, and values. They discuss the process of reflective writing, and identify their three favorite activities on a "My Future...
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students complete a unit about career choices. They conduct research on a selected career that interests them, conduct an interview, explore various websites, create a five-page HyperStudio stack, and write ten checks that relate to...
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The "Reading Rainbow" Series

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders watch a show to gather information about a career. In this careers lesson, 2nd graders watch Reading Rainbow and participate in a class discussion about the occupation presented in the show. Lesson includes extension ideas.
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Paws in Jobland: Role Play

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners think and talk about the world of work. In this career lesson plan, students communicate effectively with other learners and work as part of a team to become familiar with database exploration.
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Paws in Jobland: Guessing Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students hone their communication and presentation skills. In this career lesson plan, students understand the different activities people do as part of their work while developing recall capabilities.
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Entry-Level Job Interviewing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are able to discover specific information to remember when preparing for an interview and identify the most important factors to keep in mind during an interview. They are able to critique a video of a person being interviewed...
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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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Get a Life! Career Exploration

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars use available assessment tools to discover their personality type and corresponding career options. They research two business careers of interest that correspond with their personality type and consider employment...
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Career Explorations

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students use a variety of resources to discover their personal goals, interests, aptitudes and priorities. They apply these interests to course selection and career choices.
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Planning and Setting Goals

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders set goals for themselves and evaluate themselves a month later.
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Children's Books

For Teachers 5th
A challenging lesson on writing a book for children awaits your fifth-graders. They must use laptops, document cameras, and a projector to create and present an original piece of writing. A checklist that has all of the requirements for...
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A Leader's Lifetime and Legacy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In this lesson, learners consider their prior knowledge about Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat and consider the immediate events surrounding his death. They then create timelines and write papers examining his political career.
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Entrepreneurship: Is it for me?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students get an introduction to entrepreneurship and business plans in the first lesson plan of this series. They attempt to determine what personal factors to consider in deciding if the time is right to become an entrepreneur.
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Creating A RESUME - Employment Skills

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss and create a resume. They are aware of basic employability qualities. Students complete a sample job application and create a personal resume. They listen to a speaker, lecture to them about how to apply for jobs.
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Careers Lesson: Budget Analysis

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine money management. They study percentages, inequalities, fixed and variable expense calculations in order to develop an understanding of how these concepts apply to budgeting a lifestyle for a specific career.
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Get Thinking

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Have a go at this exercise in thinking by asking thinkers to think about thinking, of what they think of, and what they think about. The worksheets in the packet provide much food for thought.
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Missouri Department of Elementary

What Are Safe and Unsafe Drugs/Medicines/Objects?

For Teachers K Standards
Encourage responsible decision-making while boosting sorting skills with a lesson that looks at safe and unsafe situations. Scholars use two bags, one happy the other sad, to sort scenario cards. After a thorough examination,...
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Wanted Dead or Alive: The Entrepreneur of the Year

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate entrepreneurship as it relates to careers. In this career planning lesson plan, students create goals leading up to their career of choice. They identify the characteristics necessary ti be successful in the business...
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It's Your Future

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students learn about productive resources along with their requirements, supply and demand, savings, investments and interest rates. In this supply and demand lesson, students create a career plan and personal budget of their own and...
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Red Hot Resume

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars listen to a "Help Wanted" story, paraphrase the story, and discuss vocabulary. After reading the story again, students complete a worksheet replacing the vocabulary words with their own words so that the story makes sense...
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Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Roll, Who Art Thou?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss gender role stereotyping and males and females in non-traditional work roles. They debate and discuss opinions as a group, and then as a class, concerning "men only" and "women only" jobs