Futures Studies; Personal and Global Possibilities by Charles E Whaley

A full introduction to futures studies for high school students (and for teachers). Introduces the reader to the meaning of Global Futures: goals of global futures; curricular approaches to futures studies; alternative ways of viewing the future; extrapolation, analogy, correlation, casual relationships; the nature of change; schools of thought: extrapolists, visionaries, client-center futurists.

Helps the student explore the tools of futures studies: futures wheels, cross impact analysis, trend analysis, the Delphi Technique, trend extrapolation, and scenario writing.
Emphasizes higher level cognitive skills in critical and logical thinking. Focuses on those divergent thinking skills inherent in scenario writing, the interpretation of surveys, and creative analysis. Includes an entire section of suggested discussions/exercises.

A superb book for the motivated student.