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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.

Thank You

• Jennifer Dick– jdick17@gmail.com

• David Cole– david.cole@pearsonfoundation.org