Teaching Chess in the 21st Century: Strategies and Connections to a Standards-Based World

Teaching Chess in the 21st Century is a designed to incorporate chess into a math curriculum for elementary school students.

It includes:

*math lessons learned through chess incorporating National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards

*exemplars and rubrics for testing student's knowledge and understanding for each lesson

*teacher tips to help students as they learn to play chess and how to handle situations that frequently occur

*tried and true tested analogies that children will relate to so that they can learn chess in an effective and fun way