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Creating Star Quality Job Seekers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers prepare to job hunt. In this job search activity, students examine sample resumes and sample job applications. High schoolers write their own resumes and discuss job interview tips. This activity is set up for...
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Getting a Job! Getting a Job: The Resume Interview

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders discover resume strategies. In this career goals instructional activity, 11th graders review sample resumes, discuss their attributes, and write their own resumes that effectively introduce them to prospective employers.
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Traveling the Career Paths 2

For Teachers K
Students discover the six different career paths they could take and why each path is important.  In this career choice lesson plan, students discuss different career paths using a visual poster. Students then play...
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How Do They Do That?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different careers by discussing which community helpers might be considered local heroes. In this career exploration lesson plan, 3rd graders work in small groups to discuss why certain people are considered...
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The Road to Careers (Part 1)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore career options and potential jobs. In this career lesson, 5th graders study various careers and the training or education needed for those careers. Students study posters and name career paths as well as occupations...
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Who Am I as a Career? Who Art Thou?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore career options and goals. In this career lesson, 7th graders study occupation cards and find a career path they are interested in. Students work in groups to to sort occupation cards with a career path poster....
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Where Do I Fit Now? Have I Changed?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore career opportunities. In this career lesson, 5th graders participate in career inventories that enable them to select careers they may enjoy. Students further research the careers that fit their personalities.
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Traveling the Career Paths 1

For Teachers K
Students explore careers. In this life goals lesson, students examine several career paths as they listen to puppets present different types of jobs and discuss the importance of each of the jobs.
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Career Paths in My Community

For Teachers 1st
First graders study career opportunities in their local community. In this career exploration lesson plan, 1st graders answer 'Who Am I?' questions and study career path posters. Students list the skills they've learned at school and...
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Where Do I Fit?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete activities to learn about career options and the role jobs have in community. In this career lesson, 4th graders complete a career exploration worksheet and study the local community jobs available. Students...
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What I Want to be When I Grow Up

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover different careers in music. In this career exploration lesson, 6th graders explore four different categories of music careers: music education, music performance, music business and music therapy. Students...
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Career Choices

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Learners work in groups to brainstorm ideas about different jobs they could have in the future. In this careers lesson plan, students learn about careers, brainstorm what they could do, take a survey, and differentiate between...
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The Dairy Shoppe

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research dairy farming and learn about dairy products as well as dairy processing. In this dairy lesson, 5th graders read background information about dairy farming and processing. Students discuss running a small business...
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The Big Apple

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students study the buying and selling market and how prices are determined for an agricultural product. In this competitive market lesson, students study how prices are determined in a market by studying the forces of supply and demand....
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Getting and Keeping a Job for Teens

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine teen labor laws. In this teen jobs lesson, students read labor laws and complete sample job applications. Students also role play job interviews and examine hiring packets.
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Agriculture Careers

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the careers available in the agricultural field. In this agriculture field instructional activity, students study the jobs required to getting a food product into someone's kitchen. Students select an agriculture career...
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Mandarin Mountains: Get a Job

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students consider career options. For this career lesson, students use a selected Internet source to explore various jobs as well as the skills required for them. Students also consider the contributions of workers to the communities...
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Private Sector Enticing Public into Final Frontier

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars study entrepreneurship in space. In this space science lesson, students discuss an article provided and explain why their senses are important to finding opportunities. Young scholars list three possible opportunities in...
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Saucony CEO Puts His Foot Down on Loyalty

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore the concept of entrepreneurship. For this entrepreneurship lesson, students read an article about a small shoe company who manages to compete with the show giants. Pupils discuss why this small shoe company has found...
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Jobs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the importance of a job. In this career education lesson, students read the book Bear About Town and identify jobs in their community. Students draw pictures of a job they would like to have.
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Can Mansueto Turn Magazine Publishing Bust Into a Boom?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of entrepreneurship. For this entrepreneurship lesson, students read an article about a man who turned a magazine company into a success. Students compare and contrast two companies, one that is a financial...
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Earning an Income

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the role of money in society and define how to earn an income. In this human capital instructional activity, 4th graders read the book Shoeshine Girl and discuss it. Students discuss various economic concepts and...
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Entrepreneurs are Born, but Can They Be Taught?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of entrepreneurs. For this entrepreneurs lesson, students read an article about entrepreneurship and whether or not it is an inherent trait or a learned skill. Students discuss why entrepreneurship is...
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More Moms, Fewer Pops

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of women entrepreneurs. In this women entrepreneurs lesson, students read an article about women opening their own businesses. Students discuss factors influencing women to become entrepreneurs. Students...