Batik as the Local Content Subject in Elementary Schools: Skills to Respond to Industry 4.0

This study aims to describe learning methods that can be used to enhance creativity in the Batik local content subject in elementary schools. Innovative learning methods are used as skill capitals to face the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. One step taken to achieve 21st-century skills is through the use of a project-based approach. The approach taken is an attempt to answer the challenges in the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, which is prepared early on at the elementary school level through learning the local content of Batik. The learning results when the project-based learning method was implemented in this subject showed that (1) the learning process using the project-based learning method by giving assignments in the form of projects with integrated planning made students more creative and work better, (2) the use of project-based learning methods in the Batik local content subject could increase the creativity and independence of students, especially in the practice of making batik from the design planning process to the finishing process. The use of project-based learning methods can be a 21st-century skill capital in the context of preparing superior human resources in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era.