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Following Chain of Command
Students examine the concept of "chain of command" as it relates to the workplace. They discuss who they should speak to if they are having a problem at work, discuss how to respectfully approach their boss, and discuss when it is...
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Industrial Measurement: Using Micrometers in the Workplace
Students accurately measure several common objects for thickness using micrometer calipers. They work individually to analyze whether given objects would meet the correct specifications required for a particular manufactured product.
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Compare Ethical And Non-ethical Workplace Attitudes
Students interpret work-related situations and communicate (written or verbal) ethical responses. They l include in their response the impact of the ethical consideration in the scenarios on customer service. They create another...
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Gender Equity in the Classroom and the Workplace
Students research careers non-traditional to their genders. They job shadow at cooperating businesses and investigate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination.
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Women in the WWII Workplace: Propaganda vs. Reality
In this propaganda learning exercise, students analyze posters of Rosie the Riveter and respond to 4 short answer questions about the poster and World War II realities.
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Genetic Screening In The Workplace: Case Study
Students participate in a small group discussion/role play of a specific case study concerning the use of genetic screening in the workplace.
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Social Studies: Workplace Law
Students examine laws to protect employees from sexual harassment and other violations. After defining sexual harassment, they discuss how to avoid harassing co-workers. Other topics students investigate include theft and drug use in the...
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Workplace Communications
Tenth graders assess his or her skills, interests, and aptitudes to formulate a career or occupational goal. They demonstrate competencies of a quality worker (SCANS skills). Students set goals and work toward improvement as an effective...
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Anger Management
Students examine the issue of anger management in the workplace and how to use assertive statements. They read and discuss assertive responses on a handout, participate in a role-playing activity, and discuss assertive and unassertive...
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The Toothpick Factory
Get your scholars ready to become employees at the Toothpick Factory. Small groups take on specific roles to practice working in a team with a common goal. They review an instruction sheet (included) before jumping into the production...
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McDonald's and 'Spiked' Coffee
High schoolers define whistle blowing and research its consequences, interview both employers and student employees for their opinions on reporting wrongdoing in the workplace, and write article that explores situation locally.
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Job Search: Body Language During Job Interviews
This may be a short and simple lesson, but it is really quite important. Help your upper graders get ready for interviews, work place communication, and life. They role-play to see and show the differences between good and bad body...
Macmillan Education
A Class or Company Newsletter: A Collaborative Writing Lesson
A class newsletter? The possible extensions for this activity are endless. After examining examples of news print-outs from hotels or workplaces, class members develop their own articles and produce a newsletter. A great way to keep...
Perkins School for the Blind
Kitchen Clean-up
If you make a meal, you must clean up the mess. Foster a sense of independence while having learners practice a skill they can use in the workplace. Teens with visual impairments practice cleaning, organizing, stacking, and sorting a...
Perkins School for the Blind
Matching Like Objects
Same and different, sorting, and tactile discrimination are what's on the agenda for today. The class practices sorting objects and attempts to determine which objects are the same and different and why. The purpose is to increase...
Trash For Teaching
The Light-House Project
Groups work together to design a lighthouse, from designing and drawing the wiring diagram, to creating prototypes of the switch and circuit, to envisioning and building a scale model along with a blueprint. By including different...
Curated OER
Interactive Activities to Introduce Teamwork Skills
Introduce teens to the teamwork skills and habits of mind they need to be successful in 21st century classrooms and in the workplace with the activities based on Sean Covey's The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens.
Ontario
Informed Citizenship—Civil Rights
To launch a study of civil rights, class members brainstorm rules and expectations of behaviors at home, in school, in the workplace, and in sports. They then look at civil rights cases and examine the rules embedded in these cases.
NPR
This Isn't Right: A History of Women in Industry
Women were in the workplace long before Rosie the Riveter pushed up her sleeve. Learn about the working options available to women during the Industrial Revolution, the Progressive Era, and the Great Depression with a instructional...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statewide Smokefree Laws
Does your state allow smoking in public workplaces? What about in bars or restaurants? Take a look at an informative map of the United States to see what states do not allow smoking indoors, what states do not have indoor air laws on the...
California Department of Education
Instruments of Change: Making a Simple Stringed Instrument (CTE)
What materials and skills does a person need to build a simple working instrument? With the first of four lessons from the Changing One's Tune: A Music Therapy STEM Integrated Project series, scholars learn about the basic structure of...
National WWII Museum
Women and the War: Supporting Historical Interpretations
Rosie the Riveter may be an iconic image from World War II, but not all historians agree on how the conflict affected women in the workplace. Individuals evaluate the writings of well-known historians on the topic, and then decide: Was...
California Department of Education
Etiquette? What’s That?
After watching a video, reading articles about etiquette in the workplace, and engaging in discussions, high school seniors create a presentation to show what they have learned about business etiquette.
Workforce Solutions
Human Knot
Employability skills are difficult to measure but are essential in the workplace. Introduce high schoolers to employability skills with the Human Knot activity. Groups of six grab hands to form a human knot and untangle themselves. The...
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