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Active Literacy

Highly acclaimed author Heidi Hayes Jacobs shows teachers - at every grade level and in every subject area -- how to integrate the teaching of literacy skills into their daily curriculum. With an emphasis on school wide collaborative planning, she shows how curriculum mapping sustains literacy between grade levels and subjects.



Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping

Whether you're deep into curriculum mapping or just starting out, you need this helpful resource to speed your mapping effort along and apply curriculum mapping to special situations. Following the processes outlined in the ASCD best-seller Mapping the Big Picture, teachers and administrators offer concrete advice on how to get the most out of curriculum mapping in districts and schools.



Mapping the Big Picture

Teachers have always used the school calendar to plan instruction. Using a standard word-processing program, they can now collect real-time information about what is actually taught to create "curriculum maps." These maps provide a clear picture of what is happening in their classes at specific points during the school year.



Interdisciplinary Curriculum

Here's a good introduction to why and how an interdisciplinary approach can work in your school. Explore the two important criteria to which every interdisciplinary program must adhere. Read about six design options for an interdisciplinary curriculum and a useful process for integrating the teaching of science, math, language arts, social studies, and the arts.



Interdisciplinary Education in K-12 and College

This volume is the first full-length collection of essays on integrative and interdisciplinary education that bridges the K-16 continuum. Dr. Klein and the other distinguished experts provide basic definitions and terminology and examine guiding principles and current models and practices.


Articles

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes and Borland, James H. "The Interdisciplinary Concept Model: Theory and Practice" Gifted Child Quarterly, Fall 1986, pp. 159-163.

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. "Planning for Curriculum Integration", Educational Leadership, Vol. 49 #2; Oct. l99l.

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes."A Case for Multiple Configurations", Educational Horizons, October, l988.

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. "Redefining Assessment", Social Studies handbook on Alternative Assessment, Prentice hall, Boston, MA 1997

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. "Designing With Rigor: Crafting Interdisciplinary High School Curricula." The High School Magazine, Vol. 4 #3, March/April, 1997.

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. "Connections, Mapping, and Structures for Learning." NAIS Academic Forum, Spring 1998.

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. "Integration Brings Rigor to Service and Realism to the Classroom." National Helpers Network Inc. Youth Roles, Vol. 4 #3, Fall 1998.

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. "The Teacher as Designer: Integrating the Curriculum." ECIS International Schools Journal. Vol. 18, No. 1. November, 1998. pp. 22-33.

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes.  "Focus on Curriculum Mapping."  ASCD Curriculum Handbook. Summer, 2000.  pp.a-d.

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. "Upgrading the K-12 Journey through Curriculum Mapping: A Technology Tool for Classroom Teachers, Media Specialists, and Administrators". Knowledge Quest. November/December 2000. 29 (2): 25, 28-29.

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