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STATE CONTENT STANDARDS
You may view of compendium of all state standards at
MCREL.org. This
is a convenient way to view all the content standards when designing a unit, and
checking for which standards may be incorporated within a particular theme.
Not ALL content standards are taught in EVERY UNIT. Some educators believe
that they must teach all the standards within every unit, but that is not a good
way to plan a unit. Some standards fit certain themes naturally.
Trying to place all the standards into every theme would require that you
stretch the theme beyond feasibility, and would eventually eradicate the purpose
of teaching through a theme, anyway. Just know that if you teach several
thematic units over the course of a school year, you will have an opportunity to
present a variety of themes, and that if a particular group of standards does
not fit one theme, it will fit another. In some cases, you may need to
simply teach some content/skills separately. That's OK!
Some themes naturally lend themselves more to the math and science standards,
while others lean more toward the social studies. Some themes will be more
centered on one area of social studies than another. For example, on the
theme of Hurricane Katrina, a natural fit in social studies will be standards
related to local history, state history, U. S. History, European History, and
some areas of World History, as well as the areas of geography. However,
it may be a bit of a stretch to try to connect ancient Mongolian history, for
example. That is not taught at every grade level anyway.
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Links to state standard:
ENC -
links to science and math standards for almost every state, plus a few
links to other standards.
Michigan
State University has a nice list of links on standards. |
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