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Alex: Virtual Tours of Colleges and Careers Lesson PlanAlex: Virtual Tours of Colleges and Careers Lesson Plan
Publisher
Alabama Learning Exchange
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Career & Technical Education
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Lexile Measures
1130L
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Alex: Virtual Tours of Colleges and Careers

Curated by ACT

Lesson introducing students to the You University TV website as a way to prepare for college and/or a career. Students are given time to research colleges and careers through the website and add information to a spreadsheet.

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Concepts

college preparation

Additional Tags

college search, preparing for college, alex, alabama learning exchange, you university tv, career, researching career information

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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