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Job Shadow/Internship

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify a career field to research and complete a job shadow activity. In this career exploration instructional activity, students brainstorm a list of careers they are interested in and research them. Students participate in a...
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Career Education for Early Elementary Grades

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
It's never too early to connect children with the real world meaning of their work. A series of four one-hour sessions, plus a field trip, make up this unit on college and career readiness for first and second graders. After viewing a...
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Project H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore career paths by creating a job scrapbook.  In this employment lesson, students discuss what types of skills employers look for in the job market.  Students decide on a career they would like to explore by...
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Infusing Equity by Gender Into the Classroom: A Handbook of Classroom Practices

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars match their natural proclivities to possible future careers which are nontraditional for their genders.  They further examine gender stereotypes through other activities.