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Do you love to teach with themes? Are you looking for some new ideas and resources? This online course will provide you with new and exciting theme ideas. You will receive excellent activities and projects for the kids to do. You will also get new ideas to breathe life into the themes you have been teaching for years. Suggestions for integrating technology and literature into themes will also be offered.

"The course was very interesting with excellent resources." - Patricia Sykes-Brown

Three Enrollment Options

Course Registration Only $124

Course plus graduate level credit from USD ($124 plus $200)

Course plus continuing education units from USC ($124 plus $200)

 

Topical Outline:

Unit One Introduction to Thematic Teaching Teaching Skills and Standards Assignment #1: Write an autobiography Assignment #2: Article reflection Test #1 Unit Two Skill-based Thematic Units Planning a Thematic Unit Home-School Connection Test #2 Unit Three Using the Internet Thematic Scavenger Hunts and WebQuests Assignment #3: Respond to a classmate Test #3

Unit Four Literature and Thematic Teaching Integrating Writing into Your Thematic Unit Test #4 Unit Five Portfolio Assessment Rubrics Test #5 Unit Six Writing Thematic Unit Lessons Implementing the Thematic Unit Assignment #4: Write lesson plans for a thematic unit

 

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