Tag You’re it! Creating Cross Curricular Teams from Scratch

Tag You’re It!

WHAT!!

Why are cross curricular pathways important?

• Brain based research has proven that students retain what they learn when the material is relevant, interesting, and CONNECTED to prior knowledge.

Act 1-Principal’s Office

Activity 1: Identifying Concerns

Act 2 -Teacher Meeting

Activity 2: Roadblocks and Detours

Lack of common prep

• Setting up Google groups to collaborate with other teachers

Sign up for Gmail

Go to www.gmail.com, click the Sign up for Gmail link and follow the simple account set-up steps. If you already have a Gmail account, you can use your existing account to sign up for all Google services.

Create a group

Google Groups can be used by co-teachers to collaborate, share and discuss. Simply go to www.groups.google.com and click, create a group. When you belong to a group, you can send emails, post discussion questions, upload documents, pictures, PowerPoints, webpages, etc. You can choose to have alerts sent to your Gmail account or you can view all activity in the group by logging in at www.groups.google.com.

Act 3- Back to the Principal’s Office

Activity 3: Creating an Action Plan

Creating Cross Curricular Projects

How do projects differ from activities?

Step 1: Select a Theme

• What’s a theme? How does it differ from a topic?

• What determines a good theme?

INTERESTING RELEVANT

REAL

TO YOUR STUDENTS!OVERARCHING

Step 2: Select a Theme

Energy Technology Globalization Money Environment Communication Conflict Beliefs

• Communication• Conflict• Accomplishments• Exploration• Health Care• Tools

Theme = InnovationTransportation

Energy

Theater Arts

Agriculture mechanics

Construction

Health

Standards to Projects

• Identify academic and CTE standards that relate to the theme.

• Consider possible connections and outcomes or products that content areas might share.

• Decide on project that would assess student learning in all content areas.

• Decide on evidence/assessment used to determine student learning.

Collaborate together to create a cross curricular project

Great Ideas!!!