Lesson Plans and Worksheets
It have found Lesson Planet to be an invaluable adjunct to the scope and sequence my district follows. I have used many of the worksheets as homework to reinforce what I have already gone over in class and to help students gain additional confidence on some of the more challenging lessons.
- San Antonio, TX
- 11-07-11
21st Century Learning Skills Lesson Plans
Find teacher approved 21st Century Learning Skills lesson plan ideas and activities
Collaborative learning and model based inquiry are great ways to help students develop 21st century skills. Students will build a model of a dam to see the effects humans have on the environment. Note: This is lesson 4 of a 5 lesson unit. The other lessons are included as links on this lesson.
Have your class analyze their personal attitudes, beliefs, and values. Use this character development and writing instructional activity to have learners view a presentation about 21st Century Skills and complete a related self-assessment. Students write about personal connections linking skills with achievement.
High schoolers generate models of a computer lab. They will demonstrate 21st century skills by creating a computer generated model of their computer lab design. They will also use Google Sketch-Up to create their designs.This activity includes standards, rubric, and links to resources.
Analyze the issues that affect the state of economies. Have your class explore media reports about recent economic recessions, the housing bubble, and loan defaults in order to chart information about recessions and participate in an activity based on the labor market. This activity is a good way to practice evaluating claims in a text. All links and handouts are included. Use this resource to emphasize textual evidence to support an argument.
Examine the phenomenon of El Niño and its impact on the environment. Using social studies, language arts, and science, learners will develop a news story on past occurrences of El Nino, its global effect on weather patterns, predictions for the current El Niño, and precautions to take at the national and local level. This is an interactive problem solving activity that incorporates multiple subjects with technology. Links, handouts, and resources are included.
Explore a new environment and become familiar with it through research. Older students will research an organization, write on their findings, create interview questions, and conclude with a final paper. Note: This lesson assumes that the student already has an internship. There are some great ideas included, along with a rubric, however it would be helpful to add more information in order to make this meaningful to learners.
Discuss natural gas, volume, costs, and create a persuasive advertisement about using natural gas. While learning about nonrenewable resources, research natural gas and determine the volume of various containers. Use that knowledge to determine the cost of natural gas and to create an advertisement suggesting a course of action in using natural gas.
Reflect on the importance of banks in the current economic condition of the United States. High schoolers will explore the history of banking and money so that they can complete the numerous activities centered around that subject. Each group will participate in interactive activities to better understand consumer concepts. All handouts and resources are included.
Produce a personalized education plan using SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound) goal planning. Higher education learners will go through a process of developing short and long-term goals to complete a personalized education plan. They will then meet with their academic advisor to review plan. Rubric and assignments are included.
Participate in a discussion of reflection and record a video taped reflection for a final project. Participants will complete three tasks. They answer a question, video tape their response, and write about their experience.
