Students explore the concept of getting a job and buying a home. In this getting a job and buying a home lesson, students research job qualifications and salaries for various jobs. Students discuss what is a mortgage and how one works.

Students explore the opportunities for bilingual workers. For this bilingual skills lesson, students select a foreign language to research and list ways their languages can be used in a work setting. Students explore career opportunities...

In this occupations worksheet, students search for occupation words in a word search and label pictures based on occupation descriptions. Students complete 2 activities.

In this careers worksheet, students learn the proper format for a resume by examining a sample resume which is correctly written. There are no directions on this page.

In this ESL worksheet, students use visual clues and a word bank to find 22 job-related words that appear in the word search. As s further challenge, students complete the graphic organizer by placing the words into the appropriate...

Learners research and examine the unsavory history of the hunt for communists in the United States during the 1950s. They divide up into groups to review the Red Scare of the 1920s as a backdrop to the McCarthy era and write a short...

Students explore investing and saving. For this investing lesson, students identify their own financial goals and hurdles to success, calculate interest, and simulate banking and investing transactions. Incentive certificates, a quiz,...

High schoolers use the internet to research careers that use foreign languages. Focusing on one career, they discover which jobs play an important role in society. They complete a worksheet on the careers they find and share their...

Learners define who volunteers are the and the types of jobs that they do. They identify various groups who volunteer in their community, and locate them on a city map.

In this summer flowers instructional activity, students analyze 6 names of flowers that bloom in summer. Students find these in a word search.

In this Kwanzaa worksheet, students analyze 6 words in a word bank that pertain to Kwanzaa. Students find these in a word search puzzle.

Students explore the concept of energy bar sales. In this energy bar sales lesson, students read an article about the sales of energy bars. Students discuss what is meant by red roads and white roads in the article. Students search a...

Students talk about the types of insects that you might see if you looked in the garden. They then brainstorm for ideas about how to solve the problem, sort objects into categories and display the results and count the objects in a...

Ninth graders examine prejudice in today's world.  In this current events lesson, 9th graders describe their top three personality identifiers.  Students read articles on racism. 

Students review the scientific method and basic lab skills, and practice how chemical employees work in teams to follow the scientific method. Students learn about various job requirements and responsibilities in the chemical industry.

Learners explore phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /m/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them identify the phoneme /m/. They read "If You Give A Moose a Muffin." Learners search for /m/ words while reading the story. They...

Young scholars investigate artifacts and reconstruct them. In this artifact lesson, students research archaeologists and Native American groups. Young scholars plan a design for a clay pot which represent the Native American artifact.

Students discover how a bill becomes a law. In this Legislative Branch lesson, students watch C-Span coverage of a bill making its way through the House and the Senate. Students use the provided worksheet to chart the progress of the bill.

In this inventors scavenger hunt learning exercise, students research 10 different significant inventors known to history. First, they read each question to determine which inventor to search for using the Internet. Then, students write...

Students research examples of resumes on the World Wide Web. They use the good examples to write their own resumes focusing on their strengths.

Ninth graders study the Big Bang theory.  For this big bang theory lesson students research the Internet and complete several activities and create a presentation.

Students explore the role of the National Health Service (NHS) in Britain. In this current events lesson, students visit websites and listen to lectures to learn about Britain's free health care. Students investigate problems...

In this developing a résumé worksheet, students fill in the blanks in the employment information, volunteer work information, school data, and activities data fields in order to arrange a résumé.

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...