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Nicholas McGuinn, Editor; Amanda Naylor, Editor – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024
This creative volume demonstrates the urgent importance of engaging students cognitively and affectively with the climate crisis and environmental education, underpinning the vital role the language arts play in expanding this engagement for a better future. Moving beyond the basic modalities of English, chapters written by an internationally…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Language Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach, Ecology
Philippakos, Zoi A., Ed.; Graham, Steve, Ed. – Guilford Press, 2022
Writing skills are essential for success in the 21st-century school and workplace, but most classrooms devote far more time to reading instruction, with writing often addressed in isolation or excluded. In this insightful professional development resource and text, leading researchers discuss why and how to integrate writing and reading…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Leppien, Jann H.; Purcell, Jeanne H. – Corwin, 2011
Based on the best-selling book "The Parallel Curriculum", this professional development resource gives multifaceted examples of rigorous learning opportunities for science students in Grades 6-12. The four sample units revolve around genetics, the convergence of science and society, the integration of language arts and biology, and the periodic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Secondary School Science, Science Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
Williamson, Joe – 2000
In this interdisciplinary curriculum unit for kindergarten, students gain an appreciation for the challenges facing the United States when the Declaration of Independence was written. Students work in groups to create their own pretend declaration of independence and develop a flag, national anthem, monuments, and plans for holidays. The student…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, History, Interdisciplinary Approach, Internet
Rabson, Barbara Burchuk, Ed.; Warshaw, Renata Karlin, Ed. – 1980
The book describes Learning to Read through the Arts (LTRTA), a curriculum combining art activities with writing and reading in small group workshops. The methodology of LTRTA has been applied and modified to work with different groups of students: perceptually impaired, reading disabled, and gifted students. Workshops are offered in mixed media,…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Creative Development, Creative Expression

Handley, Leslie Mills – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1993
Presents two classroom lessons designed to integrate language arts and art education into primary and intermediate grade social studies instruction. Provides step-by-step procedures and one student handout sheet. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Instructional Materials, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
Sammut-Tovar, Dorothy – 1983
Designed to sensitize primary grade students to the responsibilities of protecting wild animals, this teaching unit contains a variety of interdisciplinary worksheets and activities. Although focusing on wild animals indigenous to San Mateo County (California), materials are easily adaptable for use in other areas. Examples of activities are…
Descriptors: Animals, Child Responsibility, Health Education, Instructional Materials
Trede, Mildred – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1991
This article presents activities for helping gifted students learn about caring, sharing, and charity, with projects in the areas of language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics. Teachers' notes are also included. (PB)
Descriptors: Altruism, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Humanitarianism
Moore, Jeffrey S.; Zanetti, Dorothy – 1984
Instructions for completing a student research project are provided. The project consists of selecting an energy-related topic, preparing notecards (which contain important information, quotations, and bibliographic information obtained from libraries and other sources), preparing an outline, writing a report (a term paper), and constructing a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Energy, Energy Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Matheson, Cheryl A.; And Others – 1996
This collection of instructional materials and class activities emphasizes five different situations in which courage is a necessary quality. For each section, lessons are planned to extend the theme through a cross-curricular approach. The topics include: a definition of courage; the courage to resist in the context of the Holocaust; mythical…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
Stevens, Lawrence A. – 1984
Resources that will help secondary students become more effective problem solvers are provided. The book describes techniques or tools and an overall strategy for solving problems. Throughout the book there are exercises that enable the student to practice the techniques. The first chapter provides an overview of the problem solving process.…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts
Bartels, Dede – 1999
In this 10th grade social studies and language arts interdisciplinary unit, students research and report on historical figures from the turn of the 20th century. Students are required to work in pairs to learn about famous and common individuals, including Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Gompers, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt, Booker…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black History, Cooperative Learning, Grade 10
Hepworth, Maggie – 2002
This lesson uses an interdisciplinary approach to looking at the concept of "heroes." In a world with few heroes, students will recognize the positive character traits of heroes through the use of music, art, creative writing, and literature. The lesson offers an overview; suggests length and grade level; gives subjects and subtopics;…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Grade 5
Grubin, David – Humanities, 1997
Presents an insider's view of the process involved in creating award-winning historical, biographical documentaries. Argues that documentary filmmakers and historians share a common mission in presenting as complete and accurate a picture of the past as possible. Maintains that the central difference between the two is in the selection of…
Descriptors: Biographies, Credibility, Discourse Modes, Documentaries
Jackson, Edwin L. – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1989
Offers strategies for teaching eighth grade Georgia geography in accordance with the Georgia Quality Core Curriculum mandate of 1988. Describes the value of combining teachers from the earth sciences, mathematics, and language arts. Gives an example of team teaching at work, including student activities and answer key. (RW)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction, Grade 8