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Incorporate the Real Life Issues
Seamlessly Incorporating the Real Life Issue(s) into Classes Across the k-12 Curriculum Consistent with Class Objectives and State Learning Goals

There are many ways that real life issues can be readily incorporated into classes across the k-12 curriculum consistent with class learning objectives and state learning standards. For example:
  • Study of the biology and chemistry of drugs, the physiology of HIV/AIDS and physiological responses to environments with high levels of violence can be readily incorporated into high school and middle school science classes.
  • Learning about the destructive impact of HIV/AIDS, bullying, social ostracism, substance abuse and violence can be integrated into middle and high school social studies classes.
  • Work with survey data on violence, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS can be easily infused into the curriculum of middle and high school math courses.
  • Reading literature and writing reflection papers on social ostracism, bullying, violence, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS fits the curriculum of many middle and high school language arts and English classes.
  • Reading about and discussing the negative effects of substance abuse, violence, bullying and social ostracism, strengthening decision making skills in relation to these problems and role playing mediation, disengagement and resistance skills can be readily integrated into the curriculum of elementary and middle school reading, health and social studies classes.
Specific design of the real life issue curriculum is up to the creativity of each teacher. Examples of curricula will appear on the project website (www.neiu.edu/~k12pac).
 

Network for Dissemination of Curriculum Infusion
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis, Building C, 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
Telephone: 773-442-4908/ Fax: 773-442-4900/ email: b-joleaud@neiu.edu or bjoleaud@hotmail.com

“This project Real Life Issues Curriculum Infusion is sponsored in part by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.”