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For this assignment, we are using information found at **Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21).** P21 is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. Information from the P21website has been included on this page to make your task today easier. After this project, some material will be removed in order to comply with copyright law.


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=Twenty-First Century Student Outcomes = The elements described in this section as “21st century student outcomes” (represented by the rainbow) are the skills, knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century.

Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential for students in the 21st century. Core subjects include: In addition to these subjects, we believe schools must move beyond a focus on basic competency in core subjects to promoting understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving **21st century interdisciplinary themes ** into core subjects:
 * English, reading or language arts
 * World languages
 * Arts
 * Mathematics
 * Economics
 * Science
 * Geography
 * History
 * Government and Civics
 * Global awareness
 * Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
 * Civic literacy
 * Health literacy
 * Environmental literacy

 ** Global Awareness **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Using 21st century skills to understand and address global issues
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Learning from and working collaboratively with individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Understanding other nations and cultures, including the use of non-English languages

//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Additional resources on global awareness: // <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1. <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-decoration: none;">[|North Carolina in the World] , <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">North Carolina in the World is a statewide collaborative effort to strengthen K-12 international education. At the request of Governor Mike Easley, the University of North Carolina's [|**Center for International Understanding**] coordinates the effort. More than 100 North Carolina education, policy and business leaders are involved to help prepare students to thrive in the global marketplace of the 21st century. <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2. [|**Asia Society**], <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.asiasociety.org/ <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The Asia Society is an international organization dedicated to strengthening relationships and deepening understanding among the peoples of Asia and the United States. 3<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">. [|Primary Source]**,**

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Primary Source promotes history and humanities education by connecting educators to people and cultures throughout the world. In partnership with teachers, scholars, and the broader community, Primary Source provides learning opportunities and curriculum resources for K-12 educators. By introducing global content, Primary Source shapes the way teachers and students learn, so that their knowledge is deeper and their thinking is flexible and open to inquiry. 4<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">. [|**iEARN-USA: International Education and Resource Network**],

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The VISION of iEARN-USA is that people engage in respectful dialogue and collaborative action to meet challenges of our world.

** Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Knowing how to make appropriate personal economic choices
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Understanding the role of the economy in society
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Using entrepreneurial skills to enhance workplace productivity and career options

//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Additional resources on financial and business literacy: // <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1. **National Financial Capability Challenge**, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This challenge aims to help Americans – but especially youth – get the financial education they need to help them take responsibility for their financial futures. The Challenge is an awards program for educators and high school students that aims to encourage the teaching of personal finance. <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2. [|**Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education**], <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The Consortium is dedicated to making entrepreneurship training easily available to all who want or need it. The website contains useful information on teaching resources, and networking opportunities for those organizations interested in developing entrepreneurship education. <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">3. [|Family Economics & Financial Education's (FEFE]**)** <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Provides educators with no-cost curriculum materials, and the skills and confidence to effectively teach family economics and finance. This is accomplished through an annual grant from [|**Take Charge America, Inc.,**][|**a non-profit debt counseling and management service**]located in Phoenix, AZ. The project began in 2001, using teacher input to design a quality, ready-to-teach family economics and finance curriculum and training program.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;"> ** Civic Literacy **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Participating effectively in civic life through knowing how to stay informed and understanding governmental processes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Exercising the rights and obligations of citizenship at local, state, national and global levels
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Understanding the local and global implications of civic decisions

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Additional resources on civic literacy: // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. [|The Maryland Center for Civic Education] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Highly regarded nonprofit organization. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. [|CIRCLE] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since 2001, CIRCLE has conducted, collected, and funded research on the civic and political participation of young Americans. CIRCLE is based in the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy and is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Carnegie C. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. [|Welcome To the Center For Civic Education] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today, the Center administers a wide range of critically acclaimed curricular, teacher-training, and community-based programs. The principal goals of the Center's programs are to help students develop (1) an increased understanding of the institutions of American constitutional democracy and the fundamental principles and values upon which they are founded, (2) the skills necessary to participate as effective and responsible citizens, and (3) the willingness to use democratic procedures for making decisions and managing conflict.

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Additional resources: // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. [|CCSSO's Health Education Assessment Program (HEAP)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The goal of CCSSO"s HEAP initiative is to develop effective health education assessment resources through a collaborative process, and to increase members' capacity to align curriculum, instruction, and assessment to improve student health literacy through improved health education instruction. The project has developed a variety of assessment materials that are appropriate for use by teachers at the classroom level, and for use in district and large-scale assessments of health education. In addition, the project has developed a variety of professional development materials to support teacher training in standards-based health education and assessment. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Virginia's Health Education Standards of Learning <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These standards for Virginia public schools delineate the concepts, processes, and skills for health education in kindergarten through grade 10 for Virginia's public schools. This framework provides school divisions and teachers with a guide for creating curricula and learning experiences in health education. The intent of health education is to help students understand how to achieve and maintain good health for a lifetime. The three learning goals focus on key health concepts and skills needed to facilitate the formation of healthy behaviors and practices. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. [|Physical Education, Health and Wellness Department of the Newton Public Schools] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The purpose of the Physical Education, Health and Wellness Department of the Newton Public Schools is to enhance the well being of the school community by creating a culture that integrates and balances the six dimensions of wellness: social/environmental, physical, intellectual, career/occupational, emotional and spiritual. The department strives to encourage an active, healthy lifestyle, positive choices and student centeredness, which will provide each student with a diverse education in a safe supportive environment. It is the hope that this mission will help to promote self-responsibility, motivation and excellence in learning as well as life-long commitment to wellness.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Health Literacy **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Obtaining, interpreting and understanding basic health information and services and using such information and services in ways that are health enhancing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Understanding preventive physical and mental health measures, including proper diet, nutrition, exercise, risk avoidance and stress reduction
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using available information to make appropriate health-related decisions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Establishing and monitoring personal and family health goals
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Understanding national and international public health and safety issues

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Environmental literacy **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the environment and the circumstances and conditions affecting it, particularly as relates to air, climate, land, food, energy, water and ecosystems
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of society’s impact on the natural world (e.g., population growth, population development, resource consumption rate, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Investigate and analyze environmental issues, and make accurate conclusions about effective solutions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take individual and collective action towards addressing environmental challenges (e.g., participating in global actions, designing solutions that inspire action on environmental issues)

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Additional Resources on Environmental literacy: // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">National Environmental Literacy Foundation, Publications <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) provides knowledge to trusted professionals who, with their credibility, amplify messages to national audiences to solve everyday environmental problems.

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Notes here: = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The elements described in this section as “21st century student outcomes” (represented by the rainbow) are the skills, knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential for students in the 21st century. Core subjects include:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">English, reading or language arts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">World languages
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Arts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Mathematics
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Economics
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Science
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Geography
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">History
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Government and Civics


 * Global Awareness **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Using 21st century skills to understand and address global issues
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Learning from and working collaboratively with individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Understanding other nations and cultures, including the use of non-English languages


 * Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Knowing how to make appropriate personal economic choices
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Understanding the role of the economy in society
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 11.25pt;">Using entrepreneurial skills to enhance workplace productivity and career options


 * Civic Literacy **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Participating effectively in civic life through knowing how to stay informed and understanding governmental processes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Exercising the rights and obligations of citizenship at local, state, national and global levels
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Understanding the local and global implications of civic decisions

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Health Literacy
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Obtaining, interpreting and understanding basic health information and services and using such information and services in ways that are health enhancing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Understanding preventive physical and mental health measures, including proper diet, nutrition, exercise, risk avoidance and stress reduction
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using available information to make appropriate health-related decisions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Establishing and monitoring personal and family health goals
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Understanding national and international public health and safety issues


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Environmental literacy **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the environment and the circumstances and conditions affecting it, particularly as relates to air, climate, land, food, energy, water and ecosystems
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of society’s impact on the natural world (e.g., population growth, population development, resource consumption rate, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Investigate and analyze environmental issues, and make accurate conclusions about effective solutions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take individual and collective action towards addressing environmental challenges (e.g., participating in global actions, designing solutions that inspire action on environmental issues)

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