How to Integrate the Curricula

Foreword by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction What Is This Book All About? Why Bother? The Theorists: Research on the Brain and Learning The Practitioners: Abandonment of an Overloaded Curriculum and Adherence to Standards of Learning The Parents: What Will Our Children Need 25 Years From Now? The Students: Education Is a Vaccination How Can the Curriculum Be Integrated? 10 Models of Integrating the Curricula Agree/Disagree Introductory Activity Four-Fold Concept Development Activity Examples of the Four-Fold Concept Development Activity How Do Teachers Use This Book? 1. Model 1: Cellular What Is the Cellular Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Cellular Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 1: Cellular 2. Model 2: Connected What Is the Connected Model? What Does It look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Connected Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 2: Connected 3. Model 3: Nested What is the Nested Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Nested Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 3: Nested 4. Model 4: Sequenced What Is the Sequenced Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Sequenced Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 4: Sequenced 5. Model 5: Shared What Is the Shared Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Shared Model Useful? How to Integrated the Curricula Working With Model 5: Shared 6. Model 6: Webbed What Is the Webbed Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Webbed Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 6: Webbed 7. Model 7: Threaded What Is the Threaded Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Threaded Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 7: Threaded 8. Model 8: Integrated What Is the Integrated Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Integrated Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 8: Integrated 9. Model 9: Immersed What Is the Immersed Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Immersed Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 9: Immersed 10. Model 10: Networked What Is the Networked Model? What Does It Look Like? What Does It Sound Like? What Are the Advantages? What Are the Disadvantages? When Is This Networked Model Useful? How to Integrate the Curricula Working With Model 10: Networked Appendix A: Assessing Curriculum Integration: Units of Study Appraising Curriculum Integration Appraising the Integrity of the Breadth and Depth of the Curriculum Integration Unit Sample Rubric Assessing the Effectiveness of the Unit in Terms of Student Achievement General Rubric History Rubric Language Arts Rubric Conclusion References Index