The resources and ready-to-use rubrics below were found on the official 21st Century website...Please check them out as you continue to integrate the 21st Century Essential Skills into your curriculum!

Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Teaching 21st Century Learners -- A video from YouTube.

21st Century Curriculum & Instruction Overview

Assessing 21st Century Skills

Critical & Creative Thinking

Cultural Competence

Data Analysis

Global Awareness

Leadership

Scientific Inquiry

Self-Direction

Teamwork

Technology

Click this link to access the Department of Education's Iowa Core Curriculum resources.

Iowa Core Presentation by Rep. Cindy Winckler

Iowa Core - Financial Literacy Essential Skills

Iowa Core - Technology Essential Skills

Iowa Core - Health Literacy Essential Skills

Iowa Core - Employability Essential Skills

Planning a PBL-Start to Finish!

PBL Planning Forms

Managing Group PBL Project Form

Writing PBL Rubrics Guide

Sample PBL Rubrics

PBL Introduction Video on Edutopia

Why Teach PBL Video

PBL for the 21st Century

21st Century Skills Outlined

Compiled listing of the best PBL websites!

Bloom's Taxonomy "Blooms Digitally!"

Literacy in the Foods Labs!  Watch the video clip to see an FCS instructor demonstrating a "think-aloud" that you can model in your classroom too!

Here's an excerpt of a teacher modeling her thinking and then releasing responsibility to students. They work in groups of four, then pairs, and then individually to analyze a recipe. Look at the literacy in this foods class!