Creating Standards-Based Integrated Curriculum

Susan M. Drake is a professor in the Graduate and Undergraduate Department of Brock University, St. Catharines, ON. She earned a PhD in curriculum from the University of Toronto. She has taught at all levels of education. She taught physical education and Health and English for 18 years at the high school level. She worked on school improvement teams at the elementary level and spent one year as an elementary teacher. As well, she was a partner in a private adult education company that provided organizational development, consulting and adult learning courses. Today, Susan teaches curriculum/assessment courses for Masters of Education and doctoral students and for undergraduate students who will soon be entering the teaching field. As a researcher, she seeks out educators who are involved in exemplary practices, as she believes that a good practice makes good theory. This is Susan’s seventh book on the topic of curriculum integration and she has published over 48 articles and 9 book chapters. She coauthored Meeting Standards Through Integrated Curriculum (2004) for ASCD with Rebecca Burns. As well, she authored Creating Integrated Curriculum (1998) for Corwin Press (1998) and Planning for Integrated Curriculum: The Call to Adventure (1993) for ASCD. She has lead interdisciplinary curriculum design teams from the school to the provincial level. Susan travels extensively and has done workshops/presentations across North America and in Europe, Asia and Africa.

"This book offers a fine text that applies the basics of standards-based curriculum and instruction to different approaches to implementation."

• List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction: Personally Seeking Rigor and Relevance1. What Is Interdisciplinary Curriculum?Why Integrate the Curriculum?Approaches to IntegrationDegrees of IntegrationA Summary of the Different Approaches to IntegrationDiscussion Questions and Suggested Activities2. Accountability and Two-Dimensional ThinkingWhat Is Accountability?What Is a Standards-Based Approach?Two-Dimensional ThinkingThe Know/Do/Be UmbrellaDesigning DownDesigning Down and Interdisciplinary WorkUnpacking the StandardsCurriculum MappingBenefits of Curriculum MappingDiscussion Questions and Suggested Activities3. Snapshots of Exemplary Integrated ProgramsScofield Magnet Middle School, Stamford, Connecticut: The Stamford HP Catalyst ProjectShelburne Community School, Shelburne, Vermont: The Alpha ProgramMiami Country Day School, Miami, Florida: Abess Center for Environmental StudiesiEARN (International Education and Resource NetworkHigh Tech High, San Diego, CaliforniaScience Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJalen Rose Leadership Academy, Detroit, MichiganDiscussion Questions and Suggested Activities4. Doing the Groundwork for Interdisciplinary CurriculumWhat 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 KDBCreating the KDB UmbrellaFinding the KnowFinding the DoDiscovering the BeCreating an Exploratory WebCreating Essential Questions to Guide Curriculum PlanningCreating Essential Questions Across the CurriculumDiscussion Questions and Suggested Activities5. How Do Teachers Know When Students Have Met Expectations?Interdisciplinary AssessmentA Sample of a Rich Culminating Assessment TaskPlanning Rich Culminating Assessment TasksAssessing the Development of Big Ideas and Enduring Understandings: An Example From a Fifth-Grade UnitPlanning for the Rich Culminating Assessment Task: An Example From a Fourth-Grade UnitDiscussion Question and Suggested Activities6. Putting the Pieces TogetherDesigning Daily Activities and AssessmentsCreating the Daily Activities/AssessmentsThe Seamless Integration of Curriculum, Instruction, and AssessmentDiscussion Questions and Suggested ActivitiesEpilogue: Curriculum Integration in the 21st CenturyAppendix A. A Completed Unit: Conservation Clubhouse by Cathy GriffinAppendix B. A Standards-Based Grade 10 Curriculum Unit: Saga of SurvivalAppendix C. A Rubric and Reflection Tool to Use as a Guide for Creating Your Own Standards-Based Interdisciplinary CurriculumReferencesIndex