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Searching for Your Perfect Career
Here is a very comprehensive lesson that spans several weeks and allows learners to fully explore career clusters. They take aptitude tests, list career options, then research one career choice. They create PowerPoint presentations that...
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Writing an Effective Resume
Rating prospective teacher candidates based on sample resumes opens this discussion of effective business communication. After generating a list of interview candidates based on their resumes, pupils justify their choices. A study of...
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Persuasive Writing-"Those Whales"
Use an article about an Orca killing a trainer to help writers complete a persuasive essay. The article, other templates, and models are attached. Scholars divide up into groups of three where each person takes a different role,...
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Working in T.V.
Students investigate the job market through Internet research. In this occupational lesson, students discuss and investigate different television related jobs they would be interested in working. Students utilize the Internet...
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I, Robot, Can Do That!
Students describe the three types of underwater robots and the advantages and disadvantages of using them. In this underwater lesson students are given a task and identify the best robot for the job.
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Career Exploration
Students identify the steps needed to apply and receive a job. Using the internet, they find a career they are interested in and practice completing out the application. To end the activity, they role play the role of the interviewee...
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Expressing Likes and Dislikes
Students identify slang words that they would use in a conversation. They practice expressing their likes and dislikes in speech and written form. They complete worksheets and discuss them to end the instructional activity.
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Career Investigation
Young scholars explore the avenues of a career possibility they are interested in. They research and evaluate job in student career interest area. Students explore the avenues of a career possibility using an interest profiler.
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How Did That Get in My Lunch?
Students view "The Danger Zone" to learn about food poisoning and the bacterial causes and prevention. Students look at slides, use a worksheet, "Microbial Bugs"and the internet to identify and learn about each bacterium.
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Finding Promise in Compromise
Examine how the 'safe passage' for Palestinians between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank affects those living in Israel and reflects both conflict and cooperation between the Israelis and Palestinians. The class compares the perspective...
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Looking for Answers: Making Sense of the Boston Marathon Bombing
How should America respond to acts of domestic terrorism? What motivates or prompts a terrorist attack? After reading an opinion piece on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, your learners will critically analyze factors that could have...
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Tobacco: Relationship between Race and Occupation
Eighth graders examine the relationship between race and employment in the tobacco industry. Using the text, they evaluate the impact of polical and economic changes on life in North Carolina. In groups, they research different...