Interdisciplinary units and projects for thematic instruction

Major interdisciplinary thematic units: A picture is worth a thousand words

Unplugging the television set

Writing about me, myself, and I

Survival of the fittest

Numbers in the news

The community as a school for learning

Color my world

The talents, traditions, and trademarks of Americana over time

What insects can teach us about life

Math is a ball when done at the mall

Voting: the rewards and responsibilities of citizenship

Ways to make every day Earth Day.

Mini interdisciplinary thematic units: Say what you mean and mean what you say

Write your way out

A body speaks louder than words

Kids and gangs

Moods and masks

Ready for information

Magazines as springboards for personal writing

Impromptu speaking

Poetry figures

Play it safe!

The transition gap

What makes you tick?

Alternative ways to measure school pride, spirit, or culture

Tangrams

The round world of circles

Organize a visitor's bureau for your school

Attending to business

Designing the perfect parent/teacher conference

We're all in this together

Parents as people

As time goes by

Teamwork is no mystery to the science world

A career as a scientist.

Enjoying my social self through science

Kids can do their share

It's all in the cards

Learning to be peacemakers

Crack the code

What can the comics teach us about individual choices and group membership?

The nutritious orange

Ads add up when it comes to health and hygiene

Let's get physical

Group choices and their effects on individuals

The world of advertising and its impact on you

What does work mean to a scientist?

Bubble mania

Learning centers: Making school history

The rewards of personal listening

Creative dramas that teach

What tickles your funny bone? Mathematical connections

Math and the imagination

How's your IQ (innovation quotient)?

Investigate a road map

Investigate a baseball card collection

Investigating Rubik's cube

Be a junior economist

What makes a leader?

Read/relate: The sound of the telephone

Let's be testy

Highlights of radio history

Laws, lawbreakers, and law trials to argue about

Without the love of books, the richest man is poor

Language lingo

Sports, games, and clubs

Dealing with natural disasters

Record breakers and shakers

Famous performances by famous people

Technological worders [sic] that entertain

The great brain

Featuring your physical self

Your rights, needs, and the law

Scientific beliefs about the future

Animal stereotypes that just aren't true

Language and word origins

Exploring social customs through celebrations

The calendar: responsibility for time

Zest for computers

Risk-taking myths and mysteries

Working with chocolate

V is for virus

Sex, suicide, and substance abuse.

Appendix : Ready-to-use thematic activities to accommodate differing learning styles: Independent study format

Structured learning center format

Mini unit format

Free choice learning center

Organizational chart for multi-grade grouping

Other incentive publications materials related to interdisciplinary instruction: an annotated bibliography.