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Occupations
Very young learners have careers in mind for their futures! This resource presents an activity which will allow kids to explore their thoughts and dreams on this topic. The teacher plays the role of a newspaper reporter who interviews...
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Art Careers: Interior Decorator
Students redesign specific areas of their school using interior design techniques, magazine ideas, and cooperative learning groups in this middle and high school level lesson. Emphasis is on examining the career opportunities in interior...
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Occupations
Students listen to Maybe You Should Fly A Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet. In this occupations lesson, students define occupation and make a job drawing of them and their job choice. Students become familiar with tools for each job.
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Careers on Stage And Air
Students create and perform a scene for play using a common fairy tale for the story line. They view and discuss a video on careers in stage and radio to identify the roles and responsibilities for each of their group members.
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Cameras and Careers
Applying photography basics they learn for this project, first graders take pictures of an adult at work focusing on the tools used, the work site, and job responsibilities. After making a career book that includes photos and...
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Visual Arts Careers
What kind of careers are there in the art field? Create an arts occupation book with your class while investigating several art careers. Young scholars include samples in their book of the types of art each career produces.
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Men, Women, and Careers
Teach young learners that they can have any job they want, no matter their gender! An elementary lesson plan emphasizes that while some jobs may be more closely associated with men or with women, people of either gender can complete...
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Jobs
In this occupations worksheet, students match up ten pictures of people doing various jobs to their actual professions in writing.
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Art Careers
Students explore art careers. For this career education lesson, students explore three different learning stations which simulate several art careers. Students construct a career book after this activity.
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Careers in Music
Fifth graders conduct research on various careers in music. They role-play planning group tours for music organizations, researching music entertainment, prices, and cultural events in the city their simulated group is visiting.
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Careers in Music - Interview Worksheet
In this careers in music worksheet, students choose a musician to interview by asking them 10 short answer questions ranging from training they have had to why they enjoy being a musician.
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Careers Related to Dance
Students are introduced to the various career opportunities in dance. Using the internet, they research the educational requirements and starting salaries. They write a paper on the information they collected and share their statistics...
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Career/Jobs: Picture/Word Worksheet #7
In this occupation pictures worksheet, students study the pictures that illustrate various jobs. Students then trace the job words: surveyor, brick layer, teacher, psychiatrist, salesman, and employer.
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Career/Jobs: Picture/Word Worksheet
In this tracing words worksheet, learners study the pictures of jobs and their matching words. Students then trace the job words: chef, actress, technician, gardener, lawyer, and owner.
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Jobs
In this jobs word and picture matching instructional activity, learners analyze 10 pictures that show different careers. Students match the pictures with the sentences that tell about each job.
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Career Connections: The Connection Corner
Students will create a career information center. In this careers lesson, students research careers on a local and national level and create a help wanted ad for an occupation of personal interest. Students create a brochure and...
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Whose Hat?
Make a study of different professions with this fun flip book. Class members staple the pages together and cut along the lines so that they can flip through and match all the hats to the uniforms.
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The Artist as Entrepreneur
Some kids know exactly what they want to be when they grow up. This careers lesson aids upper graders in considering who they are as artists and how they can profit from their art, making a career out of something they love. This is a...
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4-H Photography Beginning Activity Pages
Activate interest in photography with these beginning activity pages! Learners build their own pinhole cameras, fill in a crossword puzzle about camera equipment, complete a service project, and research careers. This resource is...
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Carerrs in Song And Dance
Students write a job posting for a career in the performing arts. They view a Discovery Channel video as an introduction to the types of performing art careers are possible. They choose one that they are most interested in to research on...
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Learning About Occupations
Students examine the occupations of a variety of community helpers such as doctors, policemen, firemen, nurses, and others by listening to a read aloud. They find pictures in magazines to glue to a classroom mural of occupations.
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Jobs for Business
In this business jobs worksheet, students analyze the pictures and use appropriate vocabulary to describe the job. Students write 2 sentences for the 9 pictures.
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Careers in Music - Letter Writing Checklist
In this careers in music worksheet, students choose a person who works in a music career that interests them. They write a letter to this person asking for more information about his or her career.
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Brainstorming Job Ideas
Students brainstorm ideas for different kinds of jobs. From this list of ideas, each student chooses one job or career to research further. They use written resources, read a variety of texts in making their choice.