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Getting and Keeping a Job for Teens

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Your 16 or 17-year-old students really want to get a job. Show them how to find a job opening, choose a job, and pick up a job application. They'll create a list of where to find job opening information, fill out a job application, and...
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Applications and Interviews

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice completing applications for jobs. They examine the do's and dont's of filling out an application. They also participate in a mock interview process.
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Job Applications

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils fill out job applications for openings as sales clerk and stocker. They role play being the "Boss" to critique job applications.
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ESL: Applying for a Job

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice job interview skills and discover what kinds of information they need to provide. They fill out job applications and discuss specific vocabulary terms.
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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 plan, students read labor laws and complete sample job applications. Students also role play job interviews and examine hiring packets.
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Hey, Get a Job! A Teen Guide for Getting and Keeping a Job

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Students research the job marketplace and try to find a job for themselves. In this job search lesson, students make a list of possible job sites, read the Child Labor Laws, and complete the application process for a job. Students create...
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My School Job

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss why classrooms have helpers to complete everyday tasks. In groups, they participate in a role-play activity in which they complete the assigned tasks. To end the instructional activity, they complete a worksheet in...
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Obtaining The Job

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders create resumes, letters of application, and thank you letters. They search for advertised jobs, interview an employer, participate in mock interviews, and attend a presentation by a local job agency representative.
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Skill One: Motivate Yourself

For Teachers 9th - 12th
As your class members begin to apply for colleges, scholarships, or jobs, it would be valuable for them to be given an introduction as to what they might encounter in an interview. While the title might lead you to believe this lesson...
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Stress Factors and Careers

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore factors that cause stress. They identify stress factors and how to deal with them. They role-play differences in cultures and equity issues and how they are affected by them. They record stresses they have and rate...
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Hire the Best

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students study how education increases earning power. They examine resumes and applications and use them to select an appropriate job candidate.
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The World of Work

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students practice appropriate behavior during a mock job interview. In this interview skills lesson, students identify a career using the given websites. Students answer questions in preparation for the job interview and read do's and...
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Career Awareness on the Internet / Inspiration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students choose an employment opportunity from a list of jobs. Next, students research their job and an employment application form on the Internet. With partners, students create journals describing the job qualifications, salaries, and...
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Get a Job

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers brainstorm a list of items needed to have a successful career. Individually, they complete a webquest in which they identify positions they might be interested in. They also practice the interview process and how to...
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FACS: Sewing Factory (Textiles)

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars gain practical experience in how sewing factories are run. They experience job possibilities by running a sewing factory simulation.
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Interviewing Skills

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Prepare your pupils for the world of work and the dreaded interview by providing class members with a resource packet that includes handy tips. After examining the materials, pairs conduct mock interviews and reflect on the experience....
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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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FACS: Sewing Factory (Textiles)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain practical experience in how sewing factories are run. They experience job possibilities by running a sewing factory simulation. Students explore clothing and textile technology.
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The Staffing Exercise: A Lesson Cluster for Civics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners discuss gender bias and non-traditional career areas as they relate to governmental appointed positions. The participate in a simulation in which they apply for and decide who would get traditionally male positions in the Dept....
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the classroom

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine equality. For this civics lesson, students appoint committees for various offices then model a mock committee/application process in the classroom, followed by a discussion of whether equity was achieved or not and why.