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Aicpa: Start Here Go Places

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a jump on your career goals by clicking into this award-winning site. Career information centers around accounting and business.
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N2 Arts: Voice

For Students 9th - 10th
The perfect site for teens who have an interest in voice as a career choice. Learn how to find a voice teacher, care for your voice, and discover if you have what it takes to make it big.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How Much Will This Lifestyle Cost?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will create a detailed monthly budget using a spreadsheet. The budget will depend on an individual's earning potential as determined by career choice and education. This is a project-based, Commerce and Information Technology...
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PBS

Pbs: Career Choices

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Investigate how an individual's career choice might affect their financial future.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Why Do People Have Jobs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart not only introduces the importance of Jobs at home and in our community it is a great starter for Career Day at school. The lesson can extend to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade towards...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Cooking With Bill Nye: Dependent and Independent Variables

For Students 6th - 8th
Making dinner become a math challenge and science experiment with Bill Nye. This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about dependent and independent variables to make a prediction about whether boiling water with the lid...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Life Sciences Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take an interactive, multiple choice quiz over life science careers. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
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Other

Practice Aptitude Tests for Job Applicants and Graduates

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice a variety of aptitude tests from numerical reasoning to situational judgement tests. These are designed for those applying for jobs or choosing careers.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Girodet Romantic Rebel

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderfully detailed exhibition site, developed by the Art Institute of Chicago, devoted to this gifted French painter, whose work is often viewed in opposition to the prevailing neoclassical style of his time. With a career that...
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American Library Association

American Library Association: Library Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
The official career site of the American Library Association offers a wealth of information relating to the many choices available to those interested in careers in libaries.
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American Friends Service Committee: It's My Life [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A guide to alternatives after high school entitled "It's My Life". This guide helps young people plan their own career paths includes some stories of youths who made some choices outside of the box.
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National Association of Colleges and Employers

For Students 9th - 10th
NACE provides services such as annual employer/college surveys, salary survery of newly hired college graduates, journal, and newsletter. They publish the Job Choices and Planning Job Choices every September for college students.
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University of Southern California: Pathfinder

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers who commit to play the game with students and participate in a survey can request a complimentary copy of the Pathfinder role-playing card game in which players assume roles as college applicants and work through choices about...
Website
Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Work at Home Moms

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the biggest decisions a new mother faces is whether to stay home with her children or work outside the home. If she takes outside work, she faces separation from her child and the expense of a caregiver. If she stays home, she...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Fccla the Community Connection"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a project-based lesson designed to guide students through the steps of planning a student organization community service project. The lesson focuses on the students' ability to apply knowledge and skills gained through...
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Smart About Money: 40 Money Management Tips Every College Student Should Know

For Students 9th - 10th
[PDF] This downloadable brochure will help high school students prepare for the financial decisions they will need to make once high school is over.
Article
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Right Education for the 21st Century

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Making an understanding of the role of education as it applies to the 21st century is the focus of this article.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Your 401(k): 10 Things to Find Out by Better Money Habits

For Students 9th - 10th
Starting a new full-time job? If your company offers you a 401(k) plan, you may have decisions to make. If you don't know the answers to these 10 key questions, check your plan documents or ask your HR representative or plan...
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Finance Authority of Maine: Claim Your Future

For Students 9th - 10th
This game can be played individually or as a class. Students make adult decisions about spending money, based on income from a particular career. This could help students decide on a career, as well as learning how to budget their...
Interactive
National Constitution Center

National Constitution Center: Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about Lincoln's life and political career is included in this interactive game. Learn about decisions Lincoln had to make by playing this instructive game.
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Read Works

Read Works: Marine Biology

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Frank who grew up loving the ocean and has dreams of becoming a marine biologist. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.