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3
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5
Students will describe career opportunities in the nonprofit sector.
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Unit: Philanthropy Is Everywhere
Unit: Exploring Nonprofit Careers
Grades:
3
4
5
To explore in more detail a career of special interest. The students will be looking for historic information, training requirements, profit or nonprofit status, relationship to the state and local needs and resources, and resources required to supply the good or service.
Grades:
3
4
5
To use the information the students have collected to create a song about their career of interest and design an accompanying dance and/or drama.
Grades:
3
4
5
To define profit and nonprofit organizations and explore the variety of careers available within those sectors. Students will prepare questions and then interview individuals involved with those careers.
Unit: Careers and Nonprofit Organizations
Grades:
9
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Learners will distinguish between nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations. They will identify and dispel some of the myths of nonprofit employment. Using the Action Without Borders/Idealist.org web site, ...
Unit: Careers: Living and Working with Animals
Grades:
9
10
11
12
In this lesson the learners will explore career options, especially those careers associated with animal welfare. The learners will combine what they have come to understand about job satisfaction and use this information to guide their research and creation of a...
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson helps learners explore career decision-making based on the importance of job satisfaction, and to consider career options that help them make choices to best use their time and talents. Learners will identify why people make career decisions and how “...
Unit: From Passion to Career: Leadership Paths
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students examine the personal stories of various nonprofit leaders and relate them to the six Career Pathways. Students will discuss the ways that careers change throughout an individual's life as they pursue their passions. Students will also use the concept of passion to career to plan a...
Unit: We the People... Project
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Grades:
9
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11
12
Students will use various investigative procedures to compile a list of government or volunteer service opportunities.
Unit: TeachOne: King's Words of Challenge
Grades:
6
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In response to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s challenge to a middle school to spark discussions and action of personal action, in this lesson we explore what it means to be the best with the talents you have. Students practice listening and responding with respect. They raise awareness through...