Use this printable to help your students reflect and think about their lives, personalities, and future goals. It can be used as a homework handout, an in-class activity, or as a prompt for a broader creative writing activity.
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This worksheet includes several FutureFit Extension Activities that highlight 21st Century skills like critical thinking, service mentality, and creativity. These FutureFit Extension Activities are designed to reinforce the concepts included in the worksheet activity while integrating real-world skills. They can be used as in-class independent practice or group activities, or assigned for take-home or independent work.
FutureFit Extension Activities
Reflect
(10-15 minutes, Double Venn Diagram):
Ask students to think about how schools will be different in 25 years from today. Have them use the Double Venn Diagram printable to compare and contrast school today to school 25 years from now.
Reflect
(10-15 minutes, Computers/tables, Internet, Double Venn Diagram):
Education was very different 100 years ago. Ask students to research what it was like to go to school a century ago and record their findings (similarities and differences) on the Double Venn Diagram.
Get Real
(10-15 minutes, Computers/tables, Internet):
What will things cost in 25 years? Have students make a list of 5 important expenses or items they will need when they are 25 years older. They should use the internet to find out the cost of those items today, and then use an online inflation calculator to estimate its cost in 25 years.
