The document emphasizes the significance of cross-curricular pathways for enhancing student retention through relevant and engaging material. It outlines strategies for teachers to collaborate using Google Groups and provides steps to develop cross-curricular projects by selecting an overarching theme and identifying related academic standards. The aim is to create projects that assess student learning across multiple content areas.

1. Tag You’re It! WHAT!!

2. Why are cross curricular pathways important? Brain based research has proven that students retain what they learn when the material is relevant , interesting, and CONNECTED to prior knowledge.

3. Act 1-Principal’s Office

4. Activity 1: Identifying Concerns

5. Act 2 -Teacher Meeting

6. Activity 2: Roadblocks and Detours

7. Lack of common prep Setting up Google groups to collaborate with other teachers

8. Sign up for Gmail Go to www.gmail.com , click the Sign up for Gmail link and follow the simple account set-up steps. If you already have a Gmail account, you can use your existing account to sign up for all Google services.

9. Create a group Google Groups can be used by co-teachers to collaborate, share and discuss. Simply go to www.groups.google.com and click, create a group . When you belong to a group, you can send emails, post discussion questions, upload documents, pictures, PowerPoints, webpages, etc. You can choose to have alerts sent to your Gmail account or you can view all activity in the group by logging in at www.groups.google.com .

10. Act 3- Back to the Principal’s Office

11. Activity 3: Creating an Action Plan

12. Creating Cross Curricular Projects How do projects differ from activities?

13. Step 1: Select a Theme What’s a theme? How does it differ from a topic? What determines a good theme? INTERESTING RELEVANT REAL TO YOUR STUDENTS! OVERARCHING

14. Step 2: Select a Theme Energy Technology Globalization Money Environment Communication Conflict Beliefs Communication Conflict Accomplishments Exploration Health Care Tools

15. Theme = Innovation Transportation Energy Theater Arts Agriculture mechanics Construction Health

16. Standards to Projects Identify academic and CTE standards that relate to the theme. Consider possible connections and outcomes or products that content areas might share. Decide on project that would assess student learning in all content areas. Decide on evidence/assessment used to determine student learning.

17. Collaborate together to create a cross curricular project Great Ideas!!!