Presented byRachelle Barkus

David DayNicole Evans

Grant Genasci

Tying it all Together; The Process of Integrating Curriculum

Nicole Evans: English Teacher, Academy Coordinator

David Day: Government, US History TeacherGrant Genasci: History TeacherRachelle Barkus: CTE teacher, Home Economics

California Partnership Lighthouse Academy; Education and Child Development Academy

Started in 1995

Who we are…….

What is it?Connecting the students’ school world to the students’

life worldWhy is it effective?

It’s good for the brainInstead of separating knowledge into discrete partitions, the

brain recognizes a web of patternsThe schema is built with both knowledge and application

What does it do?Promotes critical thinking, problem solving, analysis,

self realization, conceptual thinkingCreates a more meaningful educational experience

Integrated Curriculum

Types of Integration

Fragmented; separate

disciplines; common language

Sequenced: similar ideas are taught in

concert

Shared: team planning/teaching that focuses on two subjects

Webbed: thematic

building, using a theme as a

base

Threaded: certain skills are threaded throughout

the disciplines

Integrated: Priorities overlap

among the disciplines

Immersed: learning

integrates by learning

through one lens

Nested: Social,

thinking , and content

skills are targeted

within one area

Students organize their learning around their CTE focus and address the learning from a variety of disciplines

Start small: start with loose integration, ie: read Diary of Anne Frank in English while studying World War II in history

Communicate: find out what teachers are teaching and when they teach the subject matter

Time: Schedule a large block of time to start the planning process

Thematic Integration

PLANNING…..

We plan a summer retreat to iron out integrated curriculum and provide standards evidence for integrated projects. This helps create team cohesion for the year and we are able to establish goals and create our lesson calendars for the year.

Curriculum Integration ChartStandards

Post it note methodMake a connection

What do _______ and _______ have in common?Keep the topics relevant to the students’ world

Create lessons that show the connections between the subjects and the relevance of life.

Why do I have to learn this???Create projects that use an assignment from all

integrated subject matters

Planning Model

English, World History, Child Development, Biology

Units: What is the Essential Question?Goal Setting/Multiple Intelligences: Lifeline

postersSocial Activist: Research Paper, Lesson Plan,

Current EventsMoral Development: Holocaust, Memory Box,

NightField trip: Museum of Tolerance

Sophomore Level

ExampleLifeline Board

CD: Career Goals, Multiple Intelligences

Biology: nature vs. nurture

English: Year long goals, I am poem, favorite children’s book

History: timeline

English, US History, Child Development, Anatomy and Physiology

Units: Common LanguageGame unit: Motor Skills, Historical EventPersonal History: Me BookControversial Issues: Families, Civil Rights,

Scientific Ethics; Civil DisobedienceDiscipline and Punishment: Positive Discipline,

Bill of RightsField trip to Alcatraz

Junior Level

Social Science: religious freedom essay, places I have been, philosopher essay

Child Development: character analysis, multiple intelligence, ages and stages, personal history, left brain/right brain

English: Poem, myths, Full process essayAnatomy and physiology: first science

experiment, measurements of self, if I were an element

Me Book

Student Created Games

English, Government, Teacher Cadet/ROP

Units: Career/College ReadyNewspaper ProjectSenior Project: Community service project

Field trips: colleges

Senior Level

Teacher CadetAges and stagesAdvice column

EnglishNovel AnalysisFull process essayConventions

Government: Current EventsPolitical CartoonPolitical philosophy

Seniors: Newspaper Standards

Senior Project Event

Seniors

Field trips to colleges

Opportunities for Developing Integrated Curriculum

Colleagues Academies Small Learning Communities

UCCIucop.edu/ucci

CIP grantucop.edu/ucci/resources.html

Thank you!!Contact info

Rachelle Barkus; barkus.r@monet.k12.ca.usNicole Evans; evans.n@monet.k12.ca.us