Websites:
COLLEGE AWARENESS / CAREER EXPLORATION
Minnesota Association of Financial Aid Advisors
www.mafaa.org
Early Awareness programs:
Focus on the Future- Elementary students grades 4-6. FREE curriculum. Field trips.
Kids, Colleges & Careers - 8th grade students
Get Ready for College - MN Department of Higher Education
www.getreadyforcollege.org
Elementary students grades 4-6. FREE curriculum. Field trips.
What Will I Be? - GRADE 4
The Great College Mystery - GRADE 5
Financing Your Future - GRADE 6
Gear Up program - Middle school
CAREER LESSONS GRADES K-6
GREAT resource for K-6 lessons using the Holland Model. FULL of resources for counselors,
teachers, parents and students.
www.CollegeCareerLifePlanning.com
Nebraska School Counselors have a comprehensive Middle School Curriculum for Careers Guide
available on this site to print or to purchase. Useful for students in grades 5 and 6.
www.nde.state.ne.us
Curriculum:
Classroom Guidance Activities: A Sourcebook for Elementary School Counselors by Joe
Wittmer, Diane Thompson, and Larry Loesch. 1997. Educational Media Corporation
Making the Link by Lisa King. Grades 2-5. Youthlight Publishers
Career Development for the Elementary Grades by Miriam McLaughlin and Sandra Peyser.
Grades 3-6. Youthlight Publishers.
Looking at Careers: It’s Never Too Soon by Sunburst Media. Grades 3-5. 2006.
DVD/VHS/Curriculum Guide
What Would I Be Good At? Exploring Careers by Sunburst Media. Grades 3-5. 2000.
DVD/VHS/Curriculum Guide
RESOURCES ON GLOBALIZATION
Did You Know? Shift Happens 8 minute video/PPT on Globalization by Karl Fisch
www.teachertube.com/view