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Paws in Jobland: Shopping Center Quiz
Students develop research skills and the use of computer-based information. In this career lesson plan, students understand the variety of jobs there are in an area of work.
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Paws in Jobland: Role Play
Learners think and talk about the world of work. In this career lesson plan, students communicate effectively with other learners and work as part of a team to become familiar with database exploration.
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Who Wants to be a Health Care Worker?
A PowerPoint-based game, reminiscent of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" introduces players to a wide range of health care professions. This resource is meant to be used as a career exploration activity for your high-schoolers.
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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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What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up?
Students explore career options. In this career lesson, students discover non-traditional career options for genders as they draw people at work in jobs and discuss them.
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Obtaining The Job
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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Occupation Bingo
Second graders play Bingo using a Occupation Bingo Sheet in order to explore different types of jobs.
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Let's Learn About Jobs
Students 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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Researching a Company
Learners conduct internet research on companies that they are interested in working for. They determine what jobs are currently available, what requirements are needed to apply for those jobs and examine the benefits provided by each...
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Getting and Keeping a Job for Teens
Students examine teen labor laws. In this teen jobs lesson, students read labor laws and complete sample job applications. Students also role play job interviews and examine hiring packets.
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Jobs
In this vocabulary worksheet, students list one job for each letter of the alphabet. They are presented with a chart that contains each letter of the alphabet. Students find one job that begins with each letter. An example is "B: Butcher."
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Researching Jobs
Young scholars use the internet in order to research different jobs of interest. They use the information to broaden knowledge in order to make wise career choices. Students identify the needs for each job like skills.
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Career Choices Are Changing
Third graders use magazine to find pictures of things that their grandparents did not have and make a display listing related careers to each picture. They discuss how the world has changed.
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Nontraditional Occupations
Students participate in a class discussion about stereotypes and nontraditional occupations. Thy fill out a worksheet while they search through a database.
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Help Wanted
Students discuss work experiences and g. list and rank the top ten criteria to bear in mind when looking for a job. They explore work vocabulary, interpret jargon used in help wanted ads and prepare a positive
job ad to attract potential...
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Paws in Jobland: Guessing Game
Young scholars hone their communication and presentation skills. In this career lesson plan, students understand the different activities people do as part of their work while developing recall capabilities.
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Discover America
Learners write letters to Chambers of Commerce in different geographic locations in America to find out what kind of career opportunities present themselves in those locations. In this career lesson plan, students also put their findings...
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Future Career Visions
Students explore a variety of careers. They research careers they may be interested in pursuing. Students create a Career Flyer or Brochure and a PowerPoint presentation to present to the class.
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Agriculture Careers
Students study the careers available in the agricultural field. In this agriculture field instructional activity, students study the jobs required to getting a food product into someone's kitchen. Students select an agriculture career...
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Getting a Job! Getting a Job: The Resume Interview
Eleventh graders discover resume strategies. In this career goals instructional activity, 11th graders review sample resumes, discuss their attributes, and write their own resumes that effectively introduce them to prospective employers.
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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 lesson students research the agriculture careers and...
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Traveling the Career Paths 2
Students 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. Students then play...
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the Classroom: School to Career
Students identify nontraditional career areas for their gender and discuss gender bias and stereotyping. In this nontraditional careers lesson, students research a nontraditional career and shadow the job in the workplace. ...