21st CENTURY SKILLS FOR HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES:
Communication:
* Students will be given the opportunity to articulate thought and ideas in oral, written, and nonverbal/visual context.
* Students will listen effectively to decipher meaning, gain knowledge of values, attitudes, and intentions of people past and present.
* Students will utilize technology and multi-media to investigate, gain knowledge, and display knowledge learned.
* Students will effectively communicate for various purposes and in diverse environments.
Collaboration:
* Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively and respectfully in diverse teams.
* Students will demonstrate the ability to compromise in obtaining goals.
* Students will share responsibility for collaborative work.
Creativity:
* Students will use a wide range of idea creation techniques.
* Students will create new ideas and elaborate, refine, analyze, and evaluate their own ideas to maximize learning.
* Students will demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work.
* Students will understand that creativity is a long-term process that includes both mistakes and successes.
Critical Thinking:
* Students will analyze how parts of a whole interact to produce outcomes.
* Students will analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims, and beliefs as well as alternative perspectives.
* Students will synthesize and make connections between information and arguments and will draw conclusions based on analysis.
* Students will reflect critically on learning processes and experiences and use these to solve issues conventionally and innovatively.
Communication:
* Students will be given the opportunity to articulate thought and ideas in oral, written, and nonverbal/visual context.
* Students will listen effectively to decipher meaning, gain knowledge of values, attitudes, and intentions of people past and present.
* Students will utilize technology and multi-media to investigate, gain knowledge, and display knowledge learned.
* Students will effectively communicate for various purposes and in diverse environments.
Collaboration:
* Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively and respectfully in diverse teams.
* Students will demonstrate the ability to compromise in obtaining goals.
* Students will share responsibility for collaborative work.
Creativity:
* Students will use a wide range of idea creation techniques.
* Students will create new ideas and elaborate, refine, analyze, and evaluate their own ideas to maximize learning.
* Students will demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work.
* Students will understand that creativity is a long-term process that includes both mistakes and successes.
Critical Thinking:
* Students will analyze how parts of a whole interact to produce outcomes.
* Students will analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims, and beliefs as well as alternative perspectives.
* Students will synthesize and make connections between information and arguments and will draw conclusions based on analysis.
* Students will reflect critically on learning processes and experiences and use these to solve issues conventionally and innovatively.