When the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) first released the new Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, controversy arose because many school librarians thought that they were vague and de-emphasized information skill instruction. Many school librarians had trouble visualizing how the program would be applied in their school and work with their state standards. This article explores the implementation of the new AASL standards and the Learning 4 Life (L4L) program. The authors focus on the application of the standards and present a common curriculum example that shows the school librarian how the new AASL standards look in action. (Contains 3 resources.)