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How Am I Ever Going to Use This?

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Young scholars analyze how education relates to the selection of college majors, the job market, and future training. For this career exploration lesson, students search an occupation and employment database for a specific school subject. Young scholars read occupational descriptions and list the subject area skills needed for the job. Students create advertisements for their subject.

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college majors, job market, research activity, college and career readiness
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8th - 9th
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Career & Technical Education
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