K-5: Future Trends
Information related to social, economic, and technological changes and to the individual's need to adapt to those changes
Learner Goal
Gain awareness of the importance of adapting to change.
Indicators
- Identify occupational changes that have occurred in the past, and forecast future changes.
- Identify personal situations that require flexibility.
- Relate the importance of learning as a skill for life.
- Describe how decisions made today directly influence the future.
Suggested Activities
- Infusion of activites into all curriculum areas
- "Then and Now" bulletin boards
- Use of science fiction
- Role-playing
- Use of "think-tank" and total quality management groups
- Invention conventions
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Time lines
- Identification of career ladders
* This and other starred activities facilitate parental involvement.
