1. Teach the Children Well
Total Curriculum
Teach the Children Well

2. Top Ten Reasons to Teach an Integrated Curriculum
10. Unless you have 50 hours a day to teach, you will never teach it all.
9. Science and social studies frame your reading, writing, and math.
8. The brain thrives on connections.

3. Top Ten Reasons to Teach an Integrated Curriculum
7. Life is not divided into neat little blocks called subjects.
6. Problem solving skills soar.
5. Real literature in real books provides great authentic ideas.

4. Top Ten Reasons to Teach an Integrated Curriculum
4. School's got it backwards! In real life you are tested with a problem.
3. Working in groups allow all students to make a contribution.
2. Your standardized test scores will hit the top!

5. Top Ten Reasons to Teach an Integrated Curriculum
And the Number One Reason
Students LOVE an integrated curriculum and thrive on its challenges!
- The Little Red Schoolhouse, 2002

6. Table of Content Background Common Traits Top Tens Benefits
Considerations
Examples
See In Action
Getting Started

7. Background
On a superficial level it is the two or more subjects being combined into one lesson.
On a deeper level the two or more subjects are so completely combined that it is impossible for the student to know where one leaves off and another begins.

8. Current Approach Each student is taught one subject at a time.
No direct connection is made between subjects
School Life, not real life
4 Separate Lesson

9. Many Subjects – One Lesson
Total Curriculum
Teachers collaborate to create lessons that integrates various subjects
Each subject supports and reinforces every other subject.
Many Subjects – One Lesson

10. Common Traits
A variety of subjects and skills are carefully combined around an authentic project
Acquisition of information extends beyond the textbook
An emphasis on higher level thinking skills is required

11. Common Traits Students work in cooperative groups
Relationships and connections are established between subjects and skills

12. Example: English & Government
An English teacher and a Government teacher develop a single lesson plan around the book The Lord of the Flies. The students analyze the plot, character develop of the story and at the same time analyze why the boys needed to develop a government, the tasks their government undertook, the types of governments the boys formed, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Oster, L. "Sub-Saharan Africa: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Unit."
English Journal 82/4 (1993):
“I'm learning more in this course, and I'm doing better than I used to do when
social studies and English were taught separately.”
- Student, quoted in Oster 1993, p. 28

13. Example: Science & Math
A Science and Math teacher combine efforts to teach the students about calculating insect populations over a large area. Area is divided into smaller sections. Students investigate and catalogue the number and type of insects they discover. Students hypothesize and predict the total number of each type of insect in the entire large area.

14. Learning More
The following websites offer resources for teaching across the curriculum  and integrating technology in the classroom.  Seeing how science and art can work to enhance student's learning can be found through Rensselaer Institute
Download this PDF brochure and share it with your friends. Advocacy Guide.pdf
Chicago schools reference -chicagoinnercityschool.pdf
Student inclusion -includestudents.pdf
Integrating Curriculum

15. Watch Integrating Curriculum In Action
Picturing the Possibilities - Integrated Curriculum 
Integrated Learning
ARTSplash!

16. Learning More: Web, Wikis & Blogs
Interdisciplinary teaching
 Classroom Teacher/Integrated Lesson Ideas
NCTE Inbox Blog

17. Designing & Implementing an Integrated Curriculum: A Student-Centered Approach
Edward T. Clark, Jr. (1997)
Holistic Education Press

18. Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction Teaching Beyond the Facts
H Lynn Erickson, Gonzaga University (2002)
Corwin Press

19. It’s up to us to work together.