April is Financial Literacy Month and a great time to think about gearing lessons towards 21st Century Goals. Not every state has adopted them, but North Carolina has. You can see just an overview of the 21st Century Framework here:
http://www.p21.org/documents/P21_Framework.pdf
Students are to be taught skills in "Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy".
Check out:
http://community.prometheanplanet.com/en/classroom_practice/secondary/b/weblog/archive/2010/04/01/resources-for-financial-literacy-month.aspx
for some resources you can use in your classroom to teach financial literacy. You can incorporate this into your economics unit in social studies, or maybe a money unit in math.
Be sure to check out the other goals too. The more you familiarize yourself with the goals, the more you can be sure to incorporate them into your classroom routine. You probably already do teach some of them without knowing it. Now you'll know you teach them and can gather evidences for your portfolio that you are a 21st Century Teacher.
The one that stood out to me today as I glanced through them was under "Produce Results": "Demonstrate additional attributes associated with producing high quality products including the abilities to:
- Work positively and ethically
- Manage time and projects effectively
- Multi-task"
(http://www.p21.org/route21/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=11 for a closer look at the skills)
We just finished biography projects in third grade and while I know the students practiced some of this, next time I can be sure to teach this aspect of it and even grade them on time management by having them turn in certain parts by specific dates. Just an idea.
What are yours?
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