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My Dream Career Lesson PlanMy Dream Career Lesson Plan
Publisher
California Department of Education
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Grade
6th
Subjects
Social & Emotional Learning
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Resource Type
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Duration
3 days
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English, Spanish
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My Dream Career

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This My Dream Career lesson plan also includes:
  • Educator Guide
  • Lesson Plans Content Overview
  • Career Readiness Glossary English
  • Career Readiness Glossary Spanish
  • California Career Center Student Account Setup Instructor's Notes
  • California CareerZone Student Account Setup Instructor's Notes
  • My Dream Career (doc.)
  • Start-Up Video: My Dream Career
  • Handouts Only: My Dream Career
  • Spanish Handouts: My Dream Career
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Is your job a dream come true? Career seekers research to discover what their ideal jobs might be in the second of five career and college readiness lessons for sixth graders. After determining their occupational clusters, individuals perform research and create presentations about the career that suits them best.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

careers, career readiness, career planning, career goals, interest, life skills, job searching, personalities, multimedia presentations, income

Additional Tags

college and career readiness

Instructional Ideas

  • Print and distribute a Holland codes assessment to get pupils primed for their presentations
  • Pair learners with similar career interests to create and present their potential occupation PowerPoints

Classroom Considerations

  • Student presentations require PowerPoint and may require video, audio, and/ or clip art access

Pros

  • Step-by-step presentation guidelines also make a great grading rubric
  • The assessment gives scholars the opportunity to be creative and builds oral presentation skills

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.5.1 RI.5.4 RI.5.7 RI.5.9 W.5.2.a W.5.4 W.5.6 W.5.7 W.5.8 SL.5.1.a SL.5.2 SL.5.5 SL.5.6 L.5.1.a L.5.2.a L.5.3.a L.5.4.a L.5.6

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