Yearbook and 21st Century SkillsLEARNING AND THINKING SKILLSAs much as students need to learn academic content, they also need to know how to keep learning — and make effective and innovative use of what they know — throughout their lives.

For each of the following, list at least one career in which the described skill would be helpful. Name as many careers as possible throughout this handout.

COLLABORATION » Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making

necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal.

Career:__________________________________________

(Yearbook staffers need to compromise when developing a theme, creating layouts that share the theme and implementing marketing strategies.)

» Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work and value the individual contributions made by each team member.

Career:__________________________________________

(A yearbook, which is collaborative in its end product, cannot be made without the individual contributions of many people.)

COMMUNICATION SKILLS » Express thoughts for entertaining, persuading

or informing.

Career:__________________________________________

(Ideally, every page in the yearbook will inform the school community about the clubs, activities and sports available to students as well as providing an entertaining presentation of the interests of the student body at this point in time.)

CRITICAL THINKING » Analyze, infer, compare, reason, interpret, reason,

synthesize and evaluate.

» Career:__________________________________________

(Students are critical thinkers as they analyze a layout to determine if it has good coverage, compare consistency from spread to spread or evaluate how they are tracking to deadlines or sales goals.)

CREATIVE THINKING » Innovate, including original ideas and risktaking.

Career:_________________________________________

(Not only do students need to think creatively to create layouts and take photos, but they also need to solve problems by thinking in divergent ways.)

» Examine and evaluate ideas from different perspectives, think in new directions and synthesize information in different ways.

Career:_________________________________________

(The creation of a yearbook is a team effort. Students need to be able to examine and evaluate many different possibilities for design, writing and problem solving by researching and brainstorming.)

ICT LITERACY » Use technology to develop 21st Century content

knowledge and skills in support of 21st Century teaching and learning.

Career:_________________________________________

(When students create a yearbook, they are using computers, digital cameras, photo editing software and design software as well as the Internet and social media.)

LIFE SKILLS » Leadership

Career:__________________________________________

» Ethics

Career:__________________________________________

» Accountability

Career:__________________________________________

» Adaptability

Career:__________________________________________

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The Functions of a YearbookThe yearbook serves many functions for its audience. Consider each of these yearbook spreads. For each spread, determine two of the functions it serves (history, reference, public relations and fun) and explain how it performs those functions.

What functions does this spread perform?

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The Functions of a Yearbook (cont.)The yearbook serves many functions for its audience. Consider each of these yearbook spreads. For each spread, determine two of the functions it serves (history, reference, public relations and fun) and explain how it performs those functions.

What functions does this spread perform?

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The yearbook serves many functions for its audience. Consider each of these yearbook spreads. For each spread, determine two of the functions it serves (history, reference, public relations and fun) and explain how it performs those functions.

What functions does this spread perform?

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The Functions of a Yearbook (cont.)

The yearbook serves many functions for its audience. Consider each of these yearbook spreads. For each spread, determine two of the functions it serves (history, reference, public relations and fun) and explain how it performs those functions.

What functions does this spread perform?

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The Functions of a Yearbook (cont.)

Rules and Suggestions:

» Divide the class into small teams so students can take turns participating in the games.

» Read through each game before game day so any necessary supplies can be gathered.

» Each round is one minute.

DEFYING GRAVITY:

1. Each competitor must keep two balloons in the air for one minute.

KNOCK ’EM DOWN:

1. Take a dozen or so unopened water bottles and put them in two rows.

2. Take a pair of tights and put a baseball in the bottom of one leg.

3. Use the waistband of the tights to secure the tights to your head.

4. Without using your hands, you have one minute to knock down all the bottles.

JUNK IN THE TRUNK:

1. Remove the plastic lining plus all of the tissues from a Kleenex box.

2. Poke holes in the bottom of the box so it can be tied around the waist of each competitor.

3. Using string, tie the box to each competitor’s back, just above the belt line and fill it withping pong balls.

4. Competitors have one minute to get all the ping pong balls out without the use of hands.

BITE ME:

1. Take 5–7 paper lunch bags and cut the tops off so they each stand at a different height.

2. Without the use of hands for support or grabbing, competitors must use their mouths to pick upeach bag and move it to a table.

3. Competitors have one minute to move as many bags as possible.

CHOCOLATE UNICORN:

1. This game requires one box of chocolate mini donuts per pair of students.

2. Working in pairs, one person stacks as many donuts on top of his or her partner’s head as possiblein one minute.

60 Seconds to Glory

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EXIT Something for Everyone

The yearbook serves many functions for the audience it serves. Work individually or with a partner to list ways we can develop content in this year’s book so it serves all of the proper functions (a picture book, history book, reference book, public relations book and fun book). In other words, what specific photos, facts, figures and story ideas do you have for each category? Look at last year’s book if possible, but you may complete this activity without a yearbook.

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