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Design a Cross-Curricular Project
David Cole, Pearson FoundationNancy Chou, Pearson FoundationJennifer Dick, Balboa High School
Overview
• Welcome & introduction: Who we are and where we come from.
• Why Bother? Student testimony & research.
• How: Thoughts, approaches, and tools.
• Design Time: Start to make it happen.
• Group Report Out: Harness the power of the network!
• Q & A + Online Resources: Your questions get answers.
Welcome & Introductions
Who we are:• Nancy Chou, Pearson Foundation.• David Cole, Pearson Foundation.• Jennifer Dick, English, AOIT.
Balboa High School, San Francisco, CA
• Located in the Excelsior/Outer Mission.
Why It’s Good For Teachers
• Can be used as a supplemental instructional tool or a culminating project
• Is a best practice• This approach to teaching and learning
supports instructors:– Meet traditional learning objectives– Provide a rich, relevant experience for their
classes
Why It’s Good For Students
• The project-based focus of these activities affords an opportunity to explore:
– New modes of expression
– New ways of working independently and with
peers
– New ways of seeing their own relationship to their
academic goals and objectives.
How?
• Apex High School, North Carolina– Design Studio Case Study
Integration Activity: Example
English
Travel & Hospitality
History
Power Standard
Related Standard
Theme/ Topic Related
Standard
Related Standard
Power Standard
Power Standard
Integration Activity: Example
English
Hospitality & Travel
History
Archetypes:The Quest
The Journey
Human toll of Dust Bowl; historical
context of literature
Etiquette, table settings, meal service, and food-related
customs
How Great Depression changed US federal gov’t
Grapes of Wrath
Regional pop culture
Hospitality in GOW
Work Time• Find Integration Diagram worksheet &
standards cheat sheets in materials.• If you are with a member of your
academy team, work together.– If you are the only representative, you can
either work alone or partner up with teachers from a different school.
• Use the standards cheat sheets to look for possible connections.
Work Time• Once you have found your connections, write up
a project description that would use most of these overlaps.– Use your academy theme to help you come up with
the project’s focus.
• Determine content non-negotiables for each subject.
• Extra time? Incorporate work readiness skills and a Habit of Mind!
Report Out
• Share your project:– Overview.– Challenges.– Exciting opportunities.
Q & A
…Questions, anyone?
Online Resources
www.pearsonfoundation-naf.org
• Project overviews with student examples.
• Planning resources.• Project guides.• Student materials.
