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"Card" Specialty
Students will make a greeting card for their pen pals or book buddies while studying specialization and division of labor in Social Studies.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies)
By Pat Pennino.
Biologists: Working with probability
In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.7
In this lesson for grade six, students will use theoretical probability to predict genetic outcomes, and will understand how mathematical probability is used in biological careers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
Defining career vocabulary
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.6
In this lesson, students learn vocabulary terms associated with careers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.
Fundamental concepts: Introduction
In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.1
British archaeologist Stuart Piggott once called archaeology “the science of rubbish.” There is truth to his statement. Archaeologists spend lifetimes investigating the abandoned remains of ancient societies.
North Carolina State University
In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.2
North Carolina State University was founded in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a land-grant institution that would provide teaching, research and extension services to the people of the state. This article gives a brief history of the school from its founding to the present day.
Format: article
The regions of North Carolina
In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 1.2
In this lesson, students analyze the differences between North Carolina's geographical regions: the Mountains, the Piedmont, and the Inner and Outer Coastal Plain.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.

Resources on the web

The Right Job for 'The Tortoise and the Hare'
Students will learn how specialization benefits a community. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
Dog gone job!
In this lesson from EconEdLink, students will watch a video of a workers at a kennel and talk about the types of jobs that they saw. They will also complete a drag and drop activity to learn about job specialization. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provided by: EconEdLink
Lean on Me -- We Depend on Each Other!
Students discern how an assembly line works, reinforcing the underlying principles such as interdependence, specialization and division of labor. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
The School of Information Studies
This program is designed to prepare the next generation of librarians. Program focus includes information management, integrating information technologies, and universal access. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Syracuse University
Old business, new business
In this lesson, students are introduced to several businesses from the past. They see that, while the names for these businesses are different, many of the elements of that job are seen in occupations today. The website, “Business Cards...”... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies)
Provided by: EconEdLink
Cold War International History Project
A collection of Cold War historical primary sources that include materials from governments on all sides of the "Iron Curtain." (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: The Woodrow Wilson Center. Smithsonian Institution