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Job-Related Skills, Tools, and Values

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore careers by interviewing their parents, playing games and identify jobs people do and the skills and tools they need to do their job.
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Creating a Job Resource Center

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to create a bulletin board display for their classroom which is a Job Resource Center containing information and ideas for job search.
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Plan for Your Future

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students participate in ongoing learning experiences for future success. For this planning future lesson, students discuss training requirements for today's job market and possible future plans. Students write a description of their...
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Writing the Resume: Defining a Job Target

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify their own interests by reviewing job postings, reading about different types of professions, and by reviewing their personal interests.
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ESL: Applying for a Job

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice job interview skills and discover what kinds of information they need to provide. They fill out job applications and discuss specific vocabulary terms.
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Babysitting and Child Care

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The first job most of us ever experienced, was babysitting. Prepare young adults for the responsibilities of child care with Babysitting 101. They'll discuss safety, food preparation, and the that responsibilities babysitting entails....
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Principles of First Aid and Medical Emergencies

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a great resource to guide your instruction on identifying medical emergencies and administering first aid when necessary. Topics covered include assessing the scene of an emergency, calling EMS, and addressing a range of...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLANS--Obtaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine all the techniques required to look good for an interview in order to make a good impression and build up of your confidence level to do well on the job. They soon realize that dressing the part is vital to landing a job...
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Becoming A Career Detective (Part 2)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review and expand their discussion of job training and education resources. They work in small groups to find information about the types of training people need to do specific jobs and use data from interviews carried out...
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Careers and Self-Portraits

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore careers they may have in their future. They create a paper collage self-portrait of themselves as adults dressed for work. They write an autobiography describing the education and training required for their chosen...
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Exploring Careers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore various careers and research the education and skills required, the job location and description, and the tools/instruments used.
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Keyboarding Lesson - Period

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Pupils engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding and using the period key. The drills can be done together as a class, following your oral instructions, or individually. Accuracy, not speed, is the main goal for beginners.
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What Does Success Mean to Me?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
One can't set goals until he knows what he needs to feel successful. Learners discuss what they believe it means to be successful. They then fill out a graphic organizer showing four different paths to a successful adult life. 
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All Around the Neighborhood - Part 2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review community leaders, their role and responsibility. After reviewing the job of a police officer, they write about the skills, roles and responsibilities a worker has on a provided silhouette. Students share their...
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Entrepreneurship: What Business Am I In?

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
To better understand entrepreneurship, learners examine the goals and mission statements in actual business plans, then outline a mission/vision statement for their own company. They develop objectives for the first three months of their...
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Résumé Rights

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students build a practical resume using Microsoft Word R??sum?? Wizard. Hints useful for avoiding "r??sum?? wrongs" helps them develop the right r??sum?? for their job hunting needs.
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Hire Me, I’m Nice: Writing a Resume

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the classified ads for employment opportunities and create a resume. In this resume writing lesson students choose a specific job, they must determine what kind of experience, education, etc. they must have to acquire...
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Entrepreneurship: Is it for me?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students get an introduction to entrepreneurship and business plans in the first activity of this series. They attempt to determine what personal factors to consider in deciding if the time is right to become an entrepreneur.
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Career Development (Career Exploration)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify and describe career opportunities in a changing society
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Job Turnabout

For Teachers K
Students discuss what their parents do for a career.
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Job Mobile

For Teachers K
Students make a job mobile of what they would like to be when they grow up.
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Resume Writing Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Resume writing lesson plans can help students know the information they need so they are able to get the job they want.
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Cameras and Careers

For Teachers 1st - 4th
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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Let's Learn About Jobs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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...