Integrated Unit Planning
Planning Integrated Units
Integration is easy to argue for but harder to plan. Teachers need both the reasons that justify the effort and the procedure that turns ideas into a unit.
The first six reasons for integrated teaching: time scarcity, content for skills, brain connections, real life is integrated, problem-solving, real literature
The remaining four reasons: schools got it backwards, team building is built in, test scores improve, and students love integrated learning
From identifying learning goals through generative themes, essential questions, project planning, and assessment design
A real integrated unit with 51 students, ten forces of the 20th century, cooperative and jigsaw groupings, and authentic assessment
The two methods most suited to integrated teaching, with practical guidance for both
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