Hard times for Our Times can be used in conjunction with the 21^st Century Skills Map for Social Studies created by the Partnership for 21^st Century Skills and the National Council for Social Studies.

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/ictmap_ss.pdf

Suggested and example outcomes:

Creativity and Innovation

OUTCOME 12th: Students invent an original piece of work that can be published or presented online.

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

OUTCOME 8th: Use digitized resources to investigate and define political or social issues in the past and then illustrate, through a multimedia presentation, how one such issue relates to their community

OUTCOME 12th: Using sound reasoning and relevant examples, students analyze the historical evolution of a contemporary public policy issue, place it within an historical context, and use a digital publishing tool to report their work.

Communication

OUTCOME 4th: Working in small groups, students will choose an area from their state’s history, organize a storyboard on the person/place/event, and use digital tools to create a presentation that teaches their topic to the remainder of the class.

Collaboration

Outcome 12th: Working in small groups, students will research a current issue and analyze it in terms of historical, political and economic components, various viewpoints, and potential solutions, and create a digital presentation that clearly describes all sides of the issue.

Information Literacy

OUTCOME 8th: Access and analyze visual digital primary information sources and digital maps.

Media Literacy

OUTCOME 12th : Identify and analyze different ways that electronic news sources define and present an issue and raise significant questions about how the different points of view in the news sources might affect how people define and act upon the issue.

ICT Literacy

OUTCOME: Use digital technology and/or networks appropriately to access information.

Social and Cross Cultural Skills:

OUTCOME 4th: Students value their fellow classmates and work with them to complete inquiries about problems of common interest.