Life Skills for the 21st Century

Description

Life Skills for the 21^st Century: Building a Foundation for Success teaches students to think critically about their choices and helps students take control of their lives. The book provides essential information divided into five main categories: Self Discovery, Human Development, Consumer Awareness, Careers, and Practical Living.

This clear, concise text engages today’s students by focusing on subjects that are relevant to them. It puts facts into context by utilizing current, real-life examples, and presents information in short, colorful segments that capture the attention and interest of students.

Life Skills for the 21^st Century: Building a Foundation for Success:

• Presents 21 ^st Century Skills–such as critical thinking, problem solving, goal setting, and productivity–and how they are used within the five critical areas of responsible living: Family, Peers, School, Work, and Community.
• Contains numerous activities in each lesson–including FCCLA activities, math and language arts activities, technology activities, case studies, and team projects.
• Provides a contemporary, engaging style that speaks to today’s student.
• Teaches how life skills are interdependent through an integrated approach.
• Reinforces personal financial literacy skills throughout the text.
• Includes a Teacher’s Wraparound Edition with point-of-use notes, teaching tips, strategies, additional activities, and customized instructional suggestions for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Advanced, Less Advanced, and Special Needs Students.

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Part 1: Self Discovery

1.      Understanding Yourself

2.      Making Healthy Choices

3.      Building Your Character

4.      Personal Wellness

5.      Interpersonal Relationships

Part 2: Human Development

6.      The Life Cycle

7.      Family Basics

8.      Child Care

9.      Community Connections

Part 3: Consumer Awareness

10.  Personal Finances

11.  Money Management

12.  Consumer Resource Management

Part 4: Careers

13.  Career Preparation

14.  Career Development

15.  Managing a Job Search

16.  Career Success

17.  Career Satisfaction

Part 5: Practical Living

18.  Living with Technology

19.  The Food We Eat

20.  Kitchen Basics

21.  Clothing Management 

22.  Clothing Construction

23.  Personal Environment Considerations

24.  Personal Environment Management

25.  Personal Health and Hygiene

Appendix

A. Get involved in FCCLA

B. Career Clusters and Pathways

C. Basic First Aid and CPR

Responsible living skills presented in an engaging and bold style.

Today’s world asks students to balance a wide range of responsibilities — from succeeding in school, to building personal relationships, to beginning a career, to giving back to their community. Life Skills for the 21st Century: Building a Foundation for Success gives students the tools and confidence to think critically about the choices they make, take control of their lives, and ultimately achieve their goals.

Designed in a unique magazine format that speaks to today’s student and written to meet state FACS standards, this engaging, contemporary, user-friendly first edition text focuses on shaping and sustaining the five critical and interdependent areas of responsible living: family, peers, school, work, and community.

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Responsible living skills presented in an engaging and bold style.

Today’s world asks students to balance a wide range of responsibilities – from succeeding in school, to building personal relationships, to beginning a career, to giving back to their community. Life Skills for the 21st Century: Building a Foundation for Success gives students the tools and confidence to think critically about the choices they make, take control of their lives, and ultimately achieve their goals.

Designed in a unique magazine format that speaks to today’s student and written to meet state FACS standards, this engaging, contemporary, user-friendly first edition text focuses on shaping and sustaining the five critical and interdependent areas of responsible living: family, peers, school, work, and community.

TECHNOLOGY OFFERING: MyStudentSuccessLab is available with this book upon request. It is an online solution designed to help students ‘Start strong, Finish stronger’ by building skills for ongoing personal and professional development.  

Teaches students to think critically about their choices and to take control of their lives.

• Presents 21st Century Skills and how they are used within the five critical areas of responsible living – Family, Peers, School, Work, and Community.
• Provides a contemporary, engaging style that speaks to today’s student.
• An integrated approach teaches how life skills are interdependent, giving students a broader perspective of how they may succeed in their relationships.  
• The Personal Academic Plan located in Part Five of the text helps students better understand the value of staying in school,  highlights dropout risk factors, and provides intervention strategies for teachers.
• Personal financial literacy skills taught and reinforced throughout the text provide students with vital information that will help them take control of their finances.
• In-depth coverage of each topic designed to meet state Family and Consumer Sciences standards.
• The Student Workbook includes numerous FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) activities and projects.
• Exclusive teacher’s resources that include a Wraparound Teacher’s Edition, a Companion Website, Assessment tools and PowerPoint® slides that assist teachers in creating an active classroom that speaks to all types of learners.

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·          The Learning Path Diagnostic offers 65 Full Course Pre-Diagnostic (Bloom’s Taxonomy level 1-2) and 65 Full Course Post-Diagnostic Bloom’s Taxonomy level 3-4)questions, and 20 pre-test (Bloom’s Taxonomy level 1-2) and 20 post-test (Bloom’s Taxonomy level 3-4) questions.

·          The Practice exercises improve class preparation and learning. 

·          Graded Activities build critical thinking skills and develop problem-solving abilities (includes Essays and Journaling).

·          Instructors benefit from an Implementation Guide to easily assign and assess progress. 

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