Components of Integrated Curriculum
• Focuses on basic skills, content and higher level thinking
• Encourages lifelong learning
• Structures learning around themes, big ideas and meaningful concepts
• Provides connections among various curricular disciplines
• Provides learners opportunities to apply skills they have learned
• Encourages active participation in relevant real-life experiences
• Captivates, motivates, and challenges learners
• Provides a deeper understanding of content
• Offers opportunities for more small group and industrialized instruction
• Accommodates a variety of learning styles/theories (i.e., social learning theory, cooperative learning, intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy) and multiple intelligences