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Vocational education thematic unit plans $5-10
Personal Finance Project with Job Planning, Budgeting, and Financial Choices
This Independent Living Project for Job Planning, Budgeting, and Making Financial Choices includes math practice, realistic job choices, working within a budget, and making independent living decisions. What a well-rounded activity! When you finish the month-long project center/warm up activity, your students can pick a new job, try to make better choices, and you can run this project again - so easy to reuse, meaningful for students, and a great opportunity to work on functional skills.What You
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Life Skills Project for Transition Planning
This is something I designed for my Community Based Instruction class. The students have to find a job that interests them, determine a monthly salary, find a car or other transportation, a home or place to reside, determine the cost of bills (gas, electric, cable, phone), and side expenses (entertainment, groceries, vacation). It is a wonderful project that takes time to complete. There is a lot of online research involved. The students really get a good grasp on the cost of living once they
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Escape the Speech Room - WHAT IS SLP?
“Escape the Speech Room" was designed to introduce the students to various aspects of communication with missions in Articulation, Language, Fluency, Voice and Pragmatics. While it can certainly be used any time of the year, it is perfect for a beginning of the school year team building activity or during Better Speech and Hearing Month. I recently used it at a Career Day in an elementary school. The students had a blast and they learned a bunch along the way! Escape the Speech Room is broken u
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Job Readiness and Career Exploration Vocational Unit
A fun and easy way to incorporate job exploration in a life skills classroom. This is a 20 day long unit. Throughout the unit, students will explore job rules, positive and negative behaviors at the workplace, different types of jobs, their personal interests, and independent work tasks. With purchase you will receive a 20 day pacing guide, interactive activities, worksheets, and checklist assessments. This unit is perfect for life skill students to explore vocational skills and interests. This
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Entry Level Job of the Week Google Slides
55+ careers with simplified descriptions highlighting job sites, what they do, and skills needed along with visuals. These are great for special education students. The pictures depict individuals of different genders, ethnicities, and with disabilities!teens | adults | independent living skills | images | age appropriate | vocational This comes with:Google Slidesâ„¢ presentation (You will download a PDF that has a link you will click to make a copy of the Google Slides to your Google Driveâ„¢). Fro
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Not Grade Specific
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Social Skills Task Boxes (from the Functional Life Skills Curriculum)
Social Skills Task Boxes (from the Functional Life Skills CurriculumI have pulled out the 5 social skills task boxes from the Functional Life Skills Curriculum unit so that people can have an idea of what they are getting. Included in this download are the following task boxes:Conversations: Asking QuestionsGreetingsAsking For HelpConversation scenario cardsUsing My MannersWhat Are Life Skills? Life skills must be taught to students in special education to help them become independent and succe
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Bridge Building Unit
Teach students the ins and outs of bridges by engaging in a famous bridge research project and toothpick building challenge! You will receive graphic organizers that outline B.A.T.S (Beam, arch, truss, and suspension), an outline for a simple research project, and direct instructions for a toothpick bridge building challenge. The challenge requires students to build a bridge out of toothpicks and glue (often spans over the course of a week or two) and record cost efficiency. Direct instructions
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Grades:
4th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Fall Celebrations, Lab and Fall Spice Blends Unit
This bundle of Fall related culinary topics with a poster project, two slide shows, notes and labs, you can add some spice to you October unit to end the 9-weeks on a good note in a culinary or cooking lab setting.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Jobs and Careers Unit for Newcomer English Language Learners
This unit is perfect for high school aged students getting ready to join the workforce. It is especially great for new immigrants to the United States, who may not be familiar with the culture of job interviews and resumes. Curriculum for ELL students includes vocabulary, grammar and writing activities. Also includes questions for job interviews and conversation practice. Excellent for beginning English Language Learners.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Automotive Technology Industry Articles Project
This unit was designed for students in a CTE program but who also receive English credit. The students are assigned one of the topics a month to then choose from the collection of articles to read and complete one of the forms. It's a good activity for finding the main idea, identifying supporting evidence, sharing what was learned, and then writing about how the information helps in that particular trade. There are about 68 articles (and every time I find a new one I will update this document).
Grades:
10th - 12th, Adult Education
"Hairspray" and "Beauty Shop" Film Questions for Cosmetology
If you teach in a CTE or Vo-tech setting, or your students are interested in cosmetology, here are two films for your program. Included are a set of questions for students to answer while viewing the films. (For Hairspray there are a longer set and a short set of questions. Also, I used the 2007 edition of Hairspray.) Most of the questions for both films deal with hair, hair styles, beauty salons, and other cosmetology-related topics but are not technical questions so non-cosmetology students ca
Grades:
10th - 12th, Adult Education
Social Narratives-Friendship Bundle *Autism*
This bundle contains a variety of social narratives related to friendship and relationships. The use of visuals and simple language will support children from grades K-5. At the end of each social narrative there are 3 comprehension questions with visuals supports. This is extremely beneficial to implement throughout the year, but especially at the beginning of the school year. Enjoy!
Grades:
K - 5th
College vs. Trade School Unit
This unit consists of 11 different recent articles about the big debate of the value of attending a trade or vocational school instead of a four-year college. Various articles discuss the pros and cons of each: time, cost, marketability, etc. Also included is a Socratic, Essay, Presentation prompt based on this topic. With so many articles, you can pick and choose which ones to use with your students. This unit is perfect for a synthesis essay (i.e., AP Language) or for a CTE program in a high s
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Early Childhood Education Articles and Review Activities
This unit was designed for students in a CTE program but who also receive English credit. The students are assigned one of the topics a month to then choose from the collection of articles to read and complete one of the forms. It's a good activity for finding the main idea, identifying supporting evidence, sharing what was learned, and then writing about how the information helps in that particular trade. There are over 50 articles (and every time I find a new one I will update this document).
Grades:
10th - 12th, Adult Education
Intro to the Workplace: Business Emails, Brands, Marketing, and CSR- 18 pages
Introduction to the Workplace: Business Emails, Brands, and MarketingThis one is a useful tool to introduce business concepts to younger students or EFL learners. I hold an MBA so these concepts are grounded in real world theory and practice.Also useful for Tech School students who've no experience writing emails, interviews nor business exposure.It reinforces intermediate grammar and practices real world skills.Much of it may be used as a platform to build discussions and group projects.Packe
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Melodrama & Mime online or in the classroom
Suggested for Year 9 / 8th grade / ages 11-14This online full unit of work created for online or classroom based learning includes a 35 page / 6 lesson PowerPoint, which introduces students to:Melodrama as a genreMelodrama plotsMimeStock CharactersSilent FilmWriting a silent MelodramaStoryboardWriting & Perfoming a MonologueThis can be used as a blended or online scheme of work, which could be used instead of or alongside our full practical scheme of work.
Grades:
7th - 9th
Writing Prompts for "Modern Carpentry: Essential Skills for the Building Trades"
This unit supplements the thirty-two chapters in the textbook Modern Carpentry: Essential Skills for the Building Trades, 11th edition, which is used in high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) Building Trades programs and vocational schools. The unit includes a variety of writing prompts pertaining to each chapter. An abbreviated scoring rubric is included on each chapter page; however, an extended and descriptive scoring rubric is provided at the end of the document to share with all s
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing Prompts for Electrical Trades Using "Modern Residential Wiring, 9th ed."
This unit supplements the twenty-two chapters in the Modern Residential Wiring, 9th ed., by Harvey N. Holzman, which is used in high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) Electrical Trades programs and vocational schools. The unit includes a variety of writing prompts pertaining to each chapter. An abbreviated scoring rubric is included on each chapter page; however, an extended and descriptive scoring rubric is provided at the end of the document to share with all students so they underst
Grades:
10th - 12th, Adult Education
Characterisation 'Superhero' - Full scheme of work
This scheme of work and 6 lesson plans suggested for Year 8 / 7th Grade, age 12-13, are designed to introduce students to the different performance devices that can be used in devised work.The scheme encourages students to explore their imagination, concentrate on creating and presenting a character, as well as exploring the use of improvisation, scenario and stereotypes, all ending with the creation of a new superhero.Each lesson in this 6 lesson plan also includes a full break down of practic
Grades:
6th - 8th
Automotive Topics for Research, Discussion, and Writing Projects
Do you have students who love cars, trucks, and/or motorcycles? Well, here are five different assignments/projects based on automobiles: American car icons, American car museums, American car culture. Projects include different writing genres: comparison/contrast, synthesis/persuasion, process, and creative writing/narrative. Some projects include Socratic Seminars. Also included is a bibliography of books about cars. These projects are perfect for embedding ELA standards into CTE Automotive Tec
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Building Trades Industry Articles Project
This unit was designed for students in a CTE program but who also receive English credit. The students are assigned one of the topics a month to then choose from the collection of articles to read and complete one of the forms. It's a good activity for finding the main idea, identifying supporting evidence, sharing what was learned, and then writing about how the information helps in that particular trade. There are about 53 articles (and every time I find a new one I will update this document).
Grades:
10th - 12th, Adult Education
Financial Literacy Bundle
1) Roleplay banking conversations: lost bank cardstolen bank card opening a new accountvoid check for a new job or rental place apply for a line of creditdouble charged for purchasecredit card for vacationexchanging money for different currenciesexchanging money for different bills/coins2) Reading numbers, prices, checks3) Reading pay stubs: gross paynet paypay periodC.P.P. (Canada Pension Plan) E.I. (Employment Insurance) etc...4) Reading job advertisements with acronyms5) Writing job inquiry e
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Not Grade Specific
Soap Opera Online or in the Classroom
Suggested for Year 7 / 6th Grade, age 11-12.This online full unit of work created for online or classroom based learning includes a 41 page / 6 lesson PowerPoint, which introduces students to:Soap OperaCharacterVoiceMovementFacial expressionNarrativeCliff-hangerOpen ended narrativeEmotionLocationRelationshipsIssuesScenesEpisodesThis includes all resources, worksheets and video links that teachers can use with the students work to build up a picture of progress and tracking.
Grades:
5th - 7th
Writing Prompts for Building Trades Using "Carpentry, 4th ed." by Floyd Vogt
This unit supplements the twelve chapters in Carpentry 4th ed, by Floyd Vogt, published by the Residential Construction Academy, which is used in high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) Building Trades programs and vocational schools. The unit includes a variety of writing prompts pertaining to each chapter. An abbreviated scoring rubric is included on each chapter page; however, an extended and descriptive scoring rubric is provided at the end of the document to share with all students
Grades:
10th - 12th, Adult Education
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