Planning a Connected Curriculum

Table of Contents

Foreword

Writing Task Force Members

Acknowledgments

1. Children, School, acund Community

2. On Connections

   Thematic Curriculum Organization

   Connecting Fields of Study

   Connecting Content and Learner

   Concept-Based Connections

   
   
3. Making Connections: An Interdisciplinary Approach

   The Interdisciplinary Inoculation for Teachers

   The Advantages for Students

   Guidelines for Developing a Program

   A Final Word

   Best Practice Profile: Mt. Everest Project

   
   
4. Making Meaning: What Is It All About?

   Establish a Context

   Seek to Establish Personal Relevance

   Make Emotional Connections

   Relate Learning to the Real World

   Establish Patterns

   Think of the Big Picture

   Allow for Processing Time

   Promote In-Depth Interdisciplinary Learning

   Best Practice Profile: The 4MAT Model of Instruction

   
   
5. How to Overcome Common Objections to Connected Teaching

   The Three T's -- Time, Turf, and Trust

   Standards, State Assessment, and Accountability Three More Roadblocks to Connections?

   Best Practice Profile: Making Connections -- An Exercise in Interrelationships and Inference

   
   
6. Making Connections through Technology

   Technology and Its Different Uses

   Best Practice Profile: WebQuest

   
   
7. Making Connections through the Arts
   
   
8. Making Connections through Writing

   The Journey In

   New Roles
   

   Best Practice Profile: Kids Writing for Kids

   
   
9. Making Connections across Science, Technology, and Society

   Science, Technology, Society, and the State Standards

   The STS Model and Connected Learning

   Curriculum Case Studies and Connections between the Disciplines

   
   
10. Making Connections through Curriculum Design and Assessment for

    Meaningful Instruction

    A Model for Connected Learning -- Selecting Themes, Conceptual Lenses, and Guiding

    Questions

    Summary

    Curriculum Mapping

    Sample K-5 Social Studies Curriculum Maps

    The Assessment Connection

    Sample Thematic Unit Planning Template

    Best Practice Profile: Classroom Connection -- Discovery Lab

    
    
11. Making Connections Through Expeditionary Learning
    
    
12. Making Connections through Assessment

    Making Connections through Arts Propel

    
    
13. Marching to a Different Drummer?
    
    
14. Practical Suggestions on Using This Guide

    Additional Assistance

    Connecting the Curriculum Web Site

    Concluding Notes

    References

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