(Adapted from Carla Mathison and Cheryl Mason, College of Education, San Diego State University, Planning Interdisciplinary Curriculum: A Systematic and Cooperative Approach; presentation to: ASCD Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, 1989)
The guidelines below can help us as we develop interdisciplinary lessons.
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Editor's Note: Lesson outlines in A Living Laboratory typically show a list of content areas to which the lesson may pertain. It is our hope that teachers will be inspired by this curriculum to team across the content areas, giving students increased opportunity to establish meaningful connections between learnings in one subject and learnings in another.