Lesson Plans and Student Worksheets

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Lesson Plans and Student Worksheets

Lesson Plans are ready to use for any educator leading a classroom or group student activity and are designed for 45-60 min instruction, which can also be segmented to 20-30 minute smaller lessons depending on your time with students. They include a student worksheet, additional resources, and learning extension activities for educators to adapt.

These instructional resources intentionally walk students through the career, college, and financial aid tools on CaliforniaColleges.edu to build students’ college and career knowledge. They have been designed for a recommended sequence by grade level but may also be used for instruction when using any of the tools on CaliforniaColleges.edu.

Recommended Sequence

Grade	Topic	Lesson Plans	Student Worksheets
6	College and Career	Introduction to CaliforniaColleges.edu	CaliforniaColleges.edu Student Worksheet
6	Career	Introduction to Career Interests	Introduction to Career Interests Student Worksheet
6	College and Career	SMART Goal	SMART Goal Student Worksheet
7	Career	Interest Profiler	Interest Profiler Student Worksheet
7	College and Career	My Career Plan	My Career Plan Student Worksheet
7	College and Career	Understanding College Types	Understanding College Types Student Worksheet
8	Career	Intelligences	Intelligences Student Worksheet
8	College	California’s College Options	California’s College Options
8	Career	Explore Career Pathways	Explore Career Pathways Student Worksheet
9	Career	Skills	Skills Student Worksheet
9	College	Graduation and College Admission Requirements	Graduation and A-G Student Worksheet
9	Financial Aid	Paying for College	Paying for College Student Pretest/Posttest
10	College and Career	Documenting My Experiences	Documenting My Experiences Student Worksheet
10	College and Career	Resume	Resume Template
10	Career	Work Values	Work Values Student Worksheet
11	Financial Aid	Understanding Financial Aid (AB 2015)	Understanding Financial Aid (AB 2015) Student Pretest/Posttest
11	Career	Personality	Personality Student Worksheet
11	College	College Search Tool	College Search Tool Student Worksheet
11	Financial Aid	Finding Your College Costs	Finding Your College Costs Student Pretest/Posttest
12	Financial Aid	Prep Work for your FAFSA or CADAA	Prep Work for your FAFSA or CADAA Student Pretest/Posttest
12	Financial Aid	Launch and Submit the FAFSA or CADAA	Launch and Submit the FAFSA or CADAA Student Pretest/Posttest
12	College	CCC Application Guide: Educator Resource Sheet	CCC Application Guide: Student Resource Sheet
12	College	CSU Application Guide: Educator Resource Sheet	CSU Application Guide: Student Resource Sheet
12	College	UC Application Guide: Educator Resource Sheet	UC Application Guide: Student Resource Sheet

Previous Version of Educator Guides and Worksheets

These Educator Guides and Worksheets were previously available on CaliforniaColleges.edu and removed from the platform Fall 2025. These resources will remain available during the transition to our new Lesson Plans (shown above), but will be removed from the Resource Hub on June 30, 2026. Educators who still need access to these resources may find them by clicking on the dark blue bar below and should download them to save to your files.