Creating Standards-Based Integrated Curriculum
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Translate the new standards into meaningful curriculum!
The Common Core State Standards offer a shared language that ensures consistency and accountability, while also giving you the flexibility to design a curriculum that's right for your students. Of course, knowing what you need to teach doesn't tell you how to teach it—and that's where curriculum integration expert Susan M. Drake comes in.
In this new edition of her classic text, Drake applies the essential principles of standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment to today's unique challenges. Focusing on multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches, she provides guidance on
- Unpacking the Common Core State Standards
- Planning assessment tasks
- Designing instructional strategies
- Developing daily activities
- Helping students connect essential questions to enduring understandings
Included are new examples of exemplary programs, discussion questions, a sample completed interdisciplinary curriculum, and activity suggestions for building your own standards-based integrated curriculum. This proven resource is the road map teachers and curriculum developers need to navigate the unfamiliar territory of the CCSS and to develop a curriculum that helps their students thrive.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Figures
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction: Personally Seeking Rigor and Relevance
- 1. What Is Interdisciplinary Curriculum?
- Why Integrate the Curriculum?
- Approaches to Integration
- Degrees of Integration
- A Summary of the Different Approaches to Integration
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 2. Accountability and Two-Dimensional Thinking
- What Is Accountability?
- What Is a Standards-Based Approach?
- Two-Dimensional Thinking
- The Know/Do/Be Umbrella
- Designing Down
- Designing Down and Interdisciplinary Work
- Unpacking the Standards
- Curriculum Mapping
- Benefits of Curriculum Mapping
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 3. Snapshots of Exemplary Integrated Programs
- Scofield Magnet Middle School, Stamford, Connecticut: The Stamford HP Catalyst Project
- Shelburne Community School, Shelburne, Vermont: The Alpha Program
- Miami Country Day School, Miami, Florida: Abess Center for Environmental Studies
- iEARN (International Education and Resource Network
- High Tech High, San Diego, California
- Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, Detroit, Michigan
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 4. Doing the Groundwork for Interdisciplinary Curriculum
- What Is Worth Knowing?
- What Is Worth Doing?
- How Do We Want Our Students to Be?
- The Scan and Cluster: Using the Zoom Lens to Identify the KDB
- Creating the KDB Umbrella
- Finding the Know
- Finding the Do
- Discovering the Be
- Creating an Exploratory Web
- Creating Essential Questions to Guide Curriculum Planning
- Creating Essential Questions Across the Curriculum
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 5. How Do Teachers Know When Students Have Met Expectations?
- Interdisciplinary Assessment
- A Sample of a Rich Culminating Assessment Task
- Planning Rich Culminating Assessment Tasks
- Assessing the Development of Big Ideas and Enduring Understandings: An Example From a Fifth-Grade Unit
- Planning for the Rich Culminating Assessment Task: An Example From a Fourth-Grade Unit
- Discussion Question and Suggested Activities
- 6. Putting the Pieces Together
- Designing Daily Activities and Assessments
- Creating the Daily Activities/Assessments
- The Seamless Integration of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
Epilogue: Curriculum Integration in the 21st Century
Epilogue: Curriculum Integration in the 21st Century
Appendix A. A Completed Unit: Conservation Clubhouse by Cathy Griffin
Appendix A. A Completed Unit: Conservation Clubhouse by Cathy Griffin
Appendix B. A Standards-Based Grade 10 Curriculum Unit: Saga of Survival
Appendix B. A Standards-Based Grade 10 Curriculum Unit: Saga of Survival
Appendix C. A Rubric and Reflection Tool to Use as a Guide for Creating Your Own Standards-Based Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Appendix C. A Rubric and Reflection Tool to Use as a Guide for Creating Your Own Standards-Based Interdisciplinary Curriculum
References
References
Index
Index
Description
Translate the new standards into meaningful curriculum!
The Common Core State Standards offer a shared language that ensures consistency and accountability, while also giving you the flexibility to design a curriculum that's right for your students. Of course, knowing what you need to teach doesn't tell you how to teach it—and that's where curriculum integration expert Susan M. Drake comes in.
In this new edition of her classic text, Drake applies the essential principles of standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment to today's unique challenges. Focusing on multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches, she provides guidance on
- Unpacking the Common Core State Standards
- Planning assessment tasks
- Designing instructional strategies
- Developing daily activities
- Helping students connect essential questions to enduring understandings
Included are new examples of exemplary programs, discussion questions, a sample completed interdisciplinary curriculum, and activity suggestions for building your own standards-based integrated curriculum. This proven resource is the road map teachers and curriculum developers need to navigate the unfamiliar territory of the CCSS and to develop a curriculum that helps their students thrive.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Figures
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction: Personally Seeking Rigor and Relevance
- 1. What Is Interdisciplinary Curriculum?
- Why Integrate the Curriculum?
- Approaches to Integration
- Degrees of Integration
- A Summary of the Different Approaches to Integration
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 2. Accountability and Two-Dimensional Thinking
- What Is Accountability?
- What Is a Standards-Based Approach?
- Two-Dimensional Thinking
- The Know/Do/Be Umbrella
- Designing Down
- Designing Down and Interdisciplinary Work
- Unpacking the Standards
- Curriculum Mapping
- Benefits of Curriculum Mapping
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 3. Snapshots of Exemplary Integrated Programs
- Scofield Magnet Middle School, Stamford, Connecticut: The Stamford HP Catalyst Project
- Shelburne Community School, Shelburne, Vermont: The Alpha Program
- Miami Country Day School, Miami, Florida: Abess Center for Environmental Studies
- iEARN (International Education and Resource Network
- High Tech High, San Diego, California
- Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, Detroit, Michigan
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 4. Doing the Groundwork for Interdisciplinary Curriculum
- What Is Worth Knowing?
- What Is Worth Doing?
- How Do We Want Our Students to Be?
- The Scan and Cluster: Using the Zoom Lens to Identify the KDB
- Creating the KDB Umbrella
- Finding the Know
- Finding the Do
- Discovering the Be
- Creating an Exploratory Web
- Creating Essential Questions to Guide Curriculum Planning
- Creating Essential Questions Across the Curriculum
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 5. How Do Teachers Know When Students Have Met Expectations?
- Interdisciplinary Assessment
- A Sample of a Rich Culminating Assessment Task
- Planning Rich Culminating Assessment Tasks
- Assessing the Development of Big Ideas and Enduring Understandings: An Example From a Fifth-Grade Unit
- Planning for the Rich Culminating Assessment Task: An Example From a Fourth-Grade Unit
- Discussion Question and Suggested Activities
- 6. Putting the Pieces Together
- Designing Daily Activities and Assessments
- Creating the Daily Activities/Assessments
- The Seamless Integration of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
Epilogue: Curriculum Integration in the 21st Century
Epilogue: Curriculum Integration in the 21st Century
Appendix A. A Completed Unit: Conservation Clubhouse by Cathy Griffin
Appendix A. A Completed Unit: Conservation Clubhouse by Cathy Griffin
Appendix B. A Standards-Based Grade 10 Curriculum Unit: Saga of Survival
Appendix B. A Standards-Based Grade 10 Curriculum Unit: Saga of Survival
Appendix C. A Rubric and Reflection Tool to Use as a Guide for Creating Your Own Standards-Based Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Appendix C. A Rubric and Reflection Tool to Use as a Guide for Creating Your Own Standards-Based Interdisciplinary Curriculum
References
References
Index
Index
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Creating Standards-Based Integrated Curriculum
The Common Core State Standards Edition
May 2012 | 232 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781452218809 | $40.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781452284187 | $37.00 |
Translate the new standards into meaningful curriculum!
The Common Core State Standards offer a shared language that ensures consistency and accountability, while also giving you the flexibility to design a curriculum that's right for your students. Of course, knowing what you need to teach doesn't tell you how to teach it—and that's where curriculum integration expert Susan M. Drake comes in.
In this new edition of her classic text, Drake applies the essential principles of standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment to today's unique challenges. Focusing on multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches, she provides guidance on
- Unpacking the Common Core State Standards
- Planning assessment tasks
- Designing instructional strategies
- Developing daily activities
- Helping students connect essential questions to enduring understandings
Included are new examples of exemplary programs, discussion questions, a sample completed interdisciplinary curriculum, and activity suggestions for building your own standards-based integrated curriculum. This proven resource is the road map teachers and curriculum developers need to navigate the unfamiliar territory of the CCSS and to develop a curriculum that helps their students thrive.
Table Of Contents:
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction: Personally Seeking Rigor and Relevance
- 1. What Is Interdisciplinary Curriculum?
- Why Integrate the Curriculum?
- Approaches to Integration
- Degrees of Integration
- A Summary of the Different Approaches to Integration
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 2. Accountability and Two-Dimensional Thinking
- What Is Accountability?
- What Is a Standards-Based Approach?
- Two-Dimensional Thinking
- The Know/Do/Be Umbrella
- Designing Down
- Designing Down and Interdisciplinary Work
- Unpacking the Standards
- Curriculum Mapping
- Benefits of Curriculum Mapping
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 3. Snapshots of Exemplary Integrated Programs
- Scofield Magnet Middle School, Stamford, Connecticut: The Stamford HP Catalyst Project
- Shelburne Community School, Shelburne, Vermont: The Alpha Program
- Miami Country Day School, Miami, Florida: Abess Center for Environmental Studies
- iEARN (International Education and Resource Network
- High Tech High, San Diego, California
- Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, Detroit, Michigan
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 4. Doing the Groundwork for Interdisciplinary Curriculum
- What Is Worth Knowing?
- What Is Worth Doing?
- How Do We Want Our Students to Be?
- The Scan and Cluster: Using the Zoom Lens to Identify the KDB
- Creating the KDB Umbrella
- Finding the Know
- Finding the Do
- Discovering the Be
- Creating an Exploratory Web
- Creating Essential Questions to Guide Curriculum Planning
- Creating Essential Questions Across the Curriculum
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- 5. How Do Teachers Know When Students Have Met Expectations?
- Interdisciplinary Assessment
- A Sample of a Rich Culminating Assessment Task
- Planning Rich Culminating Assessment Tasks
- Assessing the Development of Big Ideas and Enduring Understandings: An Example From a Fifth-Grade Unit
- Planning for the Rich Culminating Assessment Task: An Example From a Fourth-Grade Unit
- Discussion Question and Suggested Activities
- 6. Putting the Pieces Together
- Designing Daily Activities and Assessments
- Creating the Daily Activities/Assessments
- The Seamless Integration of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities
- Epilogue: Curriculum Integration in the 21st Century
- Appendix A. A Completed Unit: Conservation Clubhouse by Cathy Griffin
- Appendix B. A Standards-Based Grade 10 Curriculum Unit: Saga of Survival
- Appendix C. A Rubric and Reflection Tool to Use as a Guide for Creating Your Own Standards-Based Interdisciplinary Curriculum
- References
- Index