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Career and Future Readiness

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Career and Future Readiness

Set a strong foundation for future independence and thoughtful decision-making by exploring money, business, and practical life skills. Here, learners dive into budgeting, entrepreneurship, and everyday financial choices.

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Bad Day Charades

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Bad Day Charades

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students learn what insurance is, what main types are available, and who needs it. Then they play a game of bad day charades: Groups act out scenarios, and students must guess what is happening in the charade and what type of insurance could be used.

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Bad Day Charades

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Conducting Focus Groups

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Conducting Focus Groups

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the role of focus groups in product development. They watch a video to observe other teens serving on a focus group for a popular clothing line. They then form teams to prepare focus group questions for products. The teams pose their questions to others, which serve as focus groups. Finally, students analyze the focus group findings.

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Conducting Focus Groups

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

How Can My College Major Lead to a Dream Job?

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

How Can My College Major Lead to a Dream Job?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students identify their dream job, investigate a college major that could prepare them for this career, and learn what courses they need to take to earn their degree.

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How Can My College Major Lead to a Dream Job?

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Careers in the Armed Forces

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Careers in the Armed Forces

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students listen and speak to a local recruiter for the armed forces about careers in the military, including options, requirements, and benefits.

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Careers in the Armed Forces

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Jobs in My Community

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Jobs in My Community

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 5

45 Minutes

In this activity, children learn how different jobs help fill different needs in the community. Children randomly choose 1 job and 1 need, and then walk around the room in search of the child with the job that can help them.

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Jobs in My Community

Leadership and Teamwork, Career and Future Readiness

Interview Skills

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Interview Skills

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students practice being interviewed for a job as well as evaluating job applicants. This activity builds interviewing skills and provides practice in speaking and listening.

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Interview Skills

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Networking on LinkedIn

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Networking on LinkedIn

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students discover the use of the website LinkedIn for career and business networking. As a group, they model the interactions on the website among employers and job-seekers.

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Networking on LinkedIn

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Schedule an International Meeting

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Schedule an International Meeting

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the challenges and benefits of online meetings between participants located all over the world. In the process, they learn about time zones and practice applying them, and they explore translation software.

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Schedule an International Meeting

STEM, Career and Future Readiness

Career Bingo (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Career Bingo (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

In this fun activity, students learn about a wide variety of careers as they play a version of bingo, the classic party game.

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Career Bingo (Grades 6-8)

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Website Scavenger Hunt

Career and Future Readiness, Digital Media and Communications

Website Scavenger Hunt

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students use a scavenger hunt to evaluate a business's website. They will use the information they find to draw conclusions about why websites are important for businesses.

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Website Scavenger Hunt

Career and Future Readiness, Digital Media and Communications

Employee Benefits

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Employee Benefits

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students explore the different types of paid and unpaid employee benefits offered by employers, as well as costs of those benefits. They begin by brainstorming the types of benefits that attract employees to jobs and consider how businesses use benefits to attract employees. Students learn about several kinds of benefits and the costs of providing them. They use this knowledge to create “benefits cards” and work in pairs to negotiate benefits packages.

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Employee Benefits

Career and Future Readiness, Literacy

Appeal to the Consumer

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

Appeal to the Consumer

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students explore the role of consumers in the economy. They begin by discussing what consumers are and how entrepreneurs develop ideas for goods and services to meet consumer needs and wants. In teams, they brainstorm innovations to existing goods and services to appeal to specific consumers. They do so by querying their fellow consumers about the existing goods and services. They then use what they learn to write a proposal for their innovative good or service.

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Appeal to the Consumer

Career and Future Readiness, History and Society

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Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.

Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.