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Careers and Employment Expo/Careers Market - Student Questionnaire
In this career investigation learning exercise, students complete a questionnaire to be used when visiting a career fair. They list two occupations and compare them using 20 questions about personal qualities, education needed, and...
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Outsourcing Jobs to Other Countries: Is Globalization a Threat to American Workers?
Pupils analyze the effects of outsourcing. In this globalization lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. Pupils respond to discussion questions and...
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Community Helpers
For this community helpers worksheet, students look at three objects and match them to the working professionals by drawing a line.
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Let's Learn About Jobs
Students evaluate the jobs that their parents do. In this literature-based social studies lesson plan, the teacher introduces the concept of work both at home and on the job and leads the children in the creation of a Venn diagram to...
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Wizards and Resumes
Learners research the work of J.K. Rowling and use it to make her resume. They view websites to get a clear idea of what resumes should look like and create their own career portfolio.
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Civil Service Reform: Campaign Contributions
High schoolers investigate the campaign contribution scandal in Illinois during the 1990s. They listen to a teacher-led discussion, answer discussion questions, compare/contrast two reform acts, and write their own civil service law.
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Community Careers
Second graders examine what a community is. They identify various occupations in their community, complete a handout, and discuss how people in their community work together.
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Learning About Occupations
Students examine the occupations of a variety of community helpers such as doctors, policemen, firemen, nurses, and others by listening to a read aloud. They find pictures in magazines to glue to a classroom mural of occupations.
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Meet the People In Your Neighborhood
First graders recognize various occupations and their roles in the community. In this communities lesson, 1st graders read the story I Stink and view a Powerpoint presentation of "Community Helpers." Students create a costume to...
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Who Works for Nonprofit Organizations? (6-8)
Students explore career opportunities in the nonprofit sector. For this career exploration lesson, students listen to guest speakers who work for nonprofit organizations explain their jobs. Students also examine the role of nonprofit...
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Gender Equity in Jobs
Students discuss jobs/roles in everyday life. In this social science lesson, students examine the fact that jobs or roles that were once gender specific no longer are. Students realize that any gender can have any job as long as that...
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BUS:Disease Detective - Health Informatics (HST)
Students explore careers in the Health Informatics Pathway.
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Paws in Jobland: Shopping Center Quiz
Young scholars develop research skills and the use of computer-based information. In this career lesson plan, students understand the variety of jobs there are in an area of work.
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Citizenship City
Students design labels promoting civic responsibility to distribute to the community. In this civics lesson, students engage in a simulated reunion and discuss their future careers and research various community organizations and...
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Cooking Lesson About Goods for Entrepreneur Lesson
Fourth graders experience how businesses are started. In this goods and services lesson, 4th graders learn the story of an Indiana man who started his own chocolate business. Students watch a video about his life and discuss the goods he...
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Who Wants to be a Health Care Worker?
A PowerPoint-based game, reminiscent of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" introduces players to a wide range of health care professions. This resource is meant to be used as a career exploration activity for your high-schoolers.
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Design Your Perfect Career
Pupils incorporate the design process to create their own perfect job or career. In this career design lesson, students develop questions to research for a future career choice. Pupils brainstorm about their personal skills to use in...
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Careers: Exploring the Job Market
Students explore career opportunities by completing job applications, writing resumes, and composing cover letters. After discussing careers, they compile job portfolios using items contained in their job kits. Once students have set...
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Exploring Living Science Careers
Students explore a variety of agricultural careers that are available and look into them in terms of the economics and suitability to their interests. In this agriculture careers lesson students research the agriculture careers and...
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Agriculture Careers
Students study the careers available in the agricultural field. For this agriculture field lesson, students study the jobs required to getting a food product into someone's kitchen. Students select an agriculture career from a list and...
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Workforce Solutions 2-3 Lessons
Four lessons and an at-home connection examine 12 jobs. Beginning with an interactive map, scholars view and discuss each one within their small group. Groups focus on the products provided and on their scarcity. Finally, pupils look...
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On the Job
Four lessons spotlight a variety of professions while boosting listening and observational skills and making inferences. Lesson one challenges pupils to group cards based on a commonality then justify the relationship they see. Lesson...
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A Colony for Lunar Living
Two lessons explore the possibility of living on the moon. First, scholars read various scenarios to identify which careers would best transfer to life in space. Finally, pupils examine a website to locate items made for outer space,...
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