High School - Future Trends
Information related to social, economic, and technological changes and to the individual's need to adapt to those changes
Learner Goal
Develop skills necessary to adapt and succeed in the twenty-first century.
Indicators
- Identify trends and changes projected for the future regarding personal career goals.
- Describe the impact of demographics on career choice.
- Describe the importance of lifelong learning as it relates to personal career goal(s).
Suggested Activities
- Periodicals such as Futurist, Career World, CAM Report, Future View, Trend Letter, Omni, and Discover
- Field trips to sites utilizing state-of-the-art technology
- Brainstorming
- Writing future scenarios
- Speakers and/or teleconferences
- Science fiction review
- Journals, including personal future events
- Olympics of the Mind, Young Inventor, Invention Conventions, Young Astronauts
- Interviews with parents to compare events of the past in order to forecast events*
- Technology fairs
* This and other starred activities facilitate parental involvement.
