youTHink’s Classroom Lessons are most successful when teachers integrate them into their classroom curriculum. Examples of curriculum integration include:
introducing a new literature unit with related themes/ ideas, Examples include:
Exploring poverty and labor rights with The Grapes of Wrath
Exploring racism with To Kill a Mockingbird, or as part of African American History Month
Exploring social responsibility with Antigone
learning about the concept of metaphors through art;
framing a service learning project;
helping students generate ideas and focus for individual research projects or persuasive writing project;
exploring current events, or media literacy;
understanding the legislative process at the state and federal levels;
creating art projects that explore students’ cultural heritages as part of a school multicultural month;
examining environmental issues;
using the postcard-writing process as a vehicle for exploring how to shape succinct and effective messages;
creating art projects that synthesize and articulate students’ understanding of key concepts explored in a particular lesson module.