How to Integrate the CurriculaThis updated resource offers ten models that allow teachers to work together to create learner-centered classrooms by grouping elements from various content areas into a coherent, standards-based curriculum. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Are we or how are we setting curricular priorities? | 22 |
How are we connecting the curriculum in explicit ways? | 31 |
How are we explicitly nesting life skills and process standards into core curricular content? | 39 |
How are we aligning standards and mapping curriculum for commonsense parallels? | 48 |
How are we collaborating with other teachers to find the big ideas that we share across disciplines? | 57 |
Are we or how are we using patterns and themes to integrate the curricula? | 65 |
Are we or how are we threading skills across the various content areas? | 79 |
Are we designing or how might we design authentic learning projects and performances that integrate a number of disciplines? | 92 |
Are we or how are we using learnercentered models in which students have choices? | 102 |
Are we or how are we modeling realworld learning that utilizes networks of experts? | 110 |
Assessing Curriculum Integration Units of Study | 118 |
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