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Religion in Public Schools
Students examine the presence of religion in public institutions. In this ethics instructional activity, students focus on one aspect of the presence of religion in public institutions, and the controversy surrounding religion in the...
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Telephone Skills
Young scholars discuss how to contact a potential employer with a phone call to the company and all the questions that may be asked. They use modeling and role-playing to provide an opportunity to practice telephone skills when...
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Producing a Daily News Broadcast: A Cross-Curricular Activity
Sixth graders create a daily newscast which they broadcast to the whole school. They write the scripts for the broadcast, after reviewing interviews, feature writing, and proposals. They organize the newscast for presentation and edit...
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Writing an Effective Resume
Rating prospective teacher candidates based on sample resumes opens this discussion of effective business communication. After generating a list of interview candidates based on their resumes, pupils justify their choices. A study of...
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Making an Issue-Based Video
Encourage class members to become engaged citizens by researching an issue they are passionate about and then producing a video to present to policymakers, the public, and their peers. Everything needed for the unit is contained in...
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Money & Work
Twelfth graders explain basic information concerning financial investments. They identify consumer rights and responsibilities and effective practices for purchasing consumer goods, services, housing and insurance. They list steps in...
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Using Prepositions #3
Students use the information they gathered in previous lessons to practice using prepositions in regards to movement, time, location and place. They write a dialogue using all of the elements listed. They complete a preposition quiz to...
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Hire Me! I'm Nice!
Students create resumes. In this careers lesson, students look through classified ads and decide on a "job" to apply for. Students write mock resumes by using professional resumes as an outline.
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Child Care
Pupils investigate child care. They practice interviewing potential child-care providers, discuss issues relating to taking time off work to care for a sick child and how to handle family problems at work.
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Career Exploration
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 instructional activity, they role play the role of the...
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Exploring Gender Bias in the Workplace
Learners investigate gender bias in the work place. In this secondary mathematics lesson plan, students gather research on the current statistics about a profession which focuses on the female//male ratios and the pay scale of the...
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Religion in Public Schools
Seventh graders conduct research on important background information regarding the role of religion in American public schools. For this Ethics lesson, 7th graders examine and become familiar with the First Amendment of the Bill of...
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Letter From a Folklorist
In this letter from a folklorist worksheet, students read a letter from a folklorist to discover more about this career. The letter describes the importance of this field and aspects of the job.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Collocating Correctly
In this preposition practice worksheet, students review collocations with prepositions as they make corrections in 8 sentences, fill in the correct prepositions in 8 sentences, and share their answers with a partner.
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Listening Well
Students demonstrate good listening skills. In this listening skills lesson, students identify the signs people give when they are actively listening, such as eye contact. Students practice good listening skills in a an interview activity.
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Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi
In this famous leaders learning exercise, learners read a passage about Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze,...
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Who's Who at Our School?
Students recognize and use language appropriately for varied contexts and purposes. Students integrate listening, speaking, viewing, reading, and writing for multiple purposes. Students develop and use a variety of strategies to plan,...
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Total English Pre-intermediate: Make or Do?
In this key vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences with make or do and read 6 sentences that use the words.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Lesson 2--Time and Money
Students explore the concept of clock time in the United States. They employ a list of vocabulary words to assist them in interpreting clock time. In groups, they practice telling time with regular clocks and digital clocks.
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Looking for Work #2
Students review new vocabulary from a previous lesson dealing with work. They practice speaking work-related phrases as a class. They read a story and answer questions. They use the classified ads to write their own dialogue about...
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Getting the Local Scoop
Fourth graders practice interviewing professionals in their area about their careers at a local watershed. They identify at least three careers that depend on the watershed and discuss its history. They write a composition to end the...
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Understanding Advocacy
Young scholars explore the work of Jane Goodall. In this advocacy lesson, students investigate the life and work of Jane Goodall. Young scholars examine her work as an animal advocate and explore their own personal advocacy styles.
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Eduardo Buys Shoes - reading comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short story and determine comprehension of reading and vocabulary. Students answer ten multiple choice questions.
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Who Are You?
Students explore the concept of self and analyze the Human Organization Theory. Individually, students write poems about themselves. In small groups, they create a poster related to the 14 categories of the Human Organization Theory....