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Moving On Up!
Students complete a game-like simulation to determine a career and salary. In groups, they collect information and decide what is the "best" city in which to live. They create a monthly budget for their "best" city based on salary from...
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L'avenir, C'est Demain
Young scholars discuss their future using the future tense and vocabulary related to the topic. They choose 3 careers they would and would not like to pursue to research and write interview questions to French speakers via email. They...
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Honor and Passion for Glory: George Washington in the Ohio Valley
Young scholars examine George Washington's life as a young British colonial officer during the French and Indian War.
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Mapping My Pathway
Eighth graders create career portfolios, speak with the school counselor, and develop and educational plan. Individually, 8th graders discuss career options and how an educational plan can assist them in future goals. They explore...
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Red Hot Resume
Students listen to a "Help Wanted" story, paraphrase the story, and discuss vocabulary. After reading the story again, students complete a worksheet replacing the vocabulary words with their own words so that the story makes sense to them.
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Create a Cookbook
Trios write, design, and produce cookbooks. In a truly collaborative project, they choose what content to include, contribute recipes, and decide on formatting. Then, they reformat all recipes to ensure consistent style, publish the...
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School to Career Job Research Project
High schoolers initiate an academic career plan. In this career planning lesson, students research possible job interests and devise a personal plan to achieve that position. High schoolers locate educational requirements and potential...
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Rocket Science
Students examine what it takes to be a rocket scientist and other related careers. In this rockets lesson students use the Internet to do their research.
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Choosing a STEM Career
Pupils examine STEM careers and how they may progress in the future. In this research professionals lesson students write an essay about choosing a STEM career.
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My Dad's Job
Learners report about their dad's job. In this career lesson students interview their dad about his occupation. They ask detailed questions and write an informational piece.
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Forensic Detectives: Chemistry at Work
Pupils examine the different careers associated with chemistry and see how it is used everyday. In this forensic lesson students research a chemistry related career and write a presentation to give to the class.
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Exploring Living Science Careers
Students explore a variety of agricultural careers that are available and look into them in terms of the economics and suitability to their interests. In this agriculture careers instructional activity students research the...
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Reach For The Stars: A Health Careers Constellation
Students examine health related careers. In this career lesson students create a presentation of health related careers and present it to the class.
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Career Preparation
Pupils examine career possibilities. In this career preparation lesson, students compile portfolios that feature their teaching abilities and make presentations about successful teaching.
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Career Bytes Interview
Learners conduct career-based interviews. In this career education lesson, students research careers and interview career professionals to produce a video that features ins and outs of the career.
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Traveling the Career Paths 2
Pupils 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. Pupils then play...
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How Do They Do That?
Third graders explore different careers by discussing which community helpers might be considered local heroes. In this career exploration lesson, 3rd graders work in small groups to discuss why certain people are considered...
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Who Am I as a Career? Who Art Thou?
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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When I am older...
In this writing worksheet, students write about when they are older what career they will choose. Students fill in one paper with lines already formed for this essay.
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Health and Safety at Work
Pupils explore potential hazards of various work conditions. In this awareness lesson, students as a whole discuss health and safety issues on the jobsite, then complete a worksheet about the hazards of particular employees. The activity...
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Let's Learn About Jobs
Learners evaluate the jobs that their parents do. In this literature-based social studies lesson, the teacher introduces the concept of work both at home and on the job and leads the children in the creation of a Venn diagram to aid in...
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Real Life Challenge
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students use the newspaper to complete the sheet and figure out their budget for the next six months. They include parenting challenges and a new baby in their budget factors.
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Hairdressers Vocabulary Cards
In this career instructional activity, students create vocabulary cards by cutting them out and then looking up the definitions to write on the back.
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Hair Styles/ Do You Stereotype?
In this career learning exercise, students examine the words and determine if each type of person has either long or short hairstyles.