Empowers students with essential skills, competencies, and dispositions necessary for active civic engagement and stewardship, fostering youth agency and cultivating other key 21st-century skills. This includes providing opportunities for action civics, enabling students to translate their knowledge into tangible actions that address societal challenges and promote positive change.
Key Components
Resources that exemplify the Cultivates 21st Century Skills Focus Area demonstrate the following key components:
Elementary (PK-5) Components:
Hands-On Exploration and Inquiry-Based Learning
Building Emotional Strength for Climate Advocacy
Environmental Literacy and Civic Engagement
Secondary (6-12) Components:
Cultivating Agency through Technology, Leadership Skills, and Multifaceted Literacies