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Publisher Brochures
Students create brochures on subjects they are studying in Publisher. In this nonfiction writing lesson plan, students use Publisher to create a brochure telling all the main ideas of a topic they are studying. Students use text boxes,...
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Live From Your Kitchen!
Students identify cooking sounds and share opinions about their associations. After reading an article, they discover the growth of radio cooking shows. They prepare an outline and script for a cooking program and present their...
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Design a Company Brochure
Students design a brochure using a publishing program. For this design lesson, students follow step-by-step directions to create a brochure advertising a product of their choice.
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Heirlooms
Students design a quilt square to reflect their special memory. In this family heirlooms lesson, students read The Patchwork Quilt and discuss the importance of family involvement in creating a family heirloom. Students write and publish...
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How Do I Get a Job?
Young scholars discuss employment programs, and research volunteer, intern and employment possibilities. They create an employment plan and a working resume.
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Design a Business Card
Students examine business cards, noting the essential components. They design cards for a fictitious restaurant. They include names, addresses, and graphics on the cards.
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The Day Before
Students explore the impact a major event has on people and on history as their team selects an event and publishes their own magazine to recreate the times in which such an event occurred.
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Career Preparation
Pupils examine career possibilities. In this career preparation lesson, students compile portfolios that feature their teaching abilities and make presentations about successful teaching.
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Food Production and Services
Pupils explore the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). In this FCCLA lesson, students research and design food-related businesses. Pupils create business plans and present them to their classmates.
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Textiles and Apparal
Students create apparel. In this career connection lesson, students create displays that feature textile and apparel samples.
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Student News And Weather Channel
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...
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Preparing for Job Entry through Enhancement of Employment Skills
Young scholars explore the world of work and the opportunities that exist in today's world. They identify specific careers and colleges that match their interests and abilities and investigate various corporations and businesses that...
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Skills You Need to Succeed
Students identify basic skills needed to succeed in the world of work, including communication skills, computation skills, problem solving skills, and interpersonal skills.
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Cashton Community Quilters
Fourth graders create and construct a fabric quilt symbolizing the heritage of the Wisconsin community of Cashton. They research Wisconsin historical symbols and use math skills to calculate the number and sizes of the quilt squares. ...
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Class Quilt
First graders engage in a lesson plan which promote acceptance of diversity within the classroom through the creation of a class quilt. They evaluate the final product to find commonalities with other students.
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The Case for Space
In this instructional activity, students share what they know about gravity and flight, and then develop marketing strategies promoting careers in aerospace to young people. Using what they have learned, they then write recommendation...
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Writing a Resume
Student create and evaluate resumes. In this practical writing lesson, students employ the writing process to write their own functional quality resumes.
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Technology
Students create podcasts. In this technology lesson, students familiarize themselves with podcasts and develop their own podcast about a current event.
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South Carolina Crazy Paper Quilt of Facts
Third graders listen as the teacher reads a book about quilts, before they discuss the craftsmanship used in making quilts. They study the regions and symbols associated with their state. They make a quilt square using one of the facts...
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Ecotourism
Students create a brochure with the perfect vacation to Costa Rica in mind. They make sure that the brochure includes environmentally responsible tourism (ecotourism) after brainstorming what might or might not be included.