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Norman\u003Cbr>Georgia Southern University, [tnorman@georgiasouthern.edu](tnorman@georgiasouthern.edu)\u003Cbr>Amanda Wall\u003Cbr>Georgia Southern University, [awall@georgiasouthern.edu](awall@georgiasouthern.edu)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle](https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle)\u003Cbr> Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons, and the Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nNorman, Taylor A. and Wall, Amanda (2020) \"Curriculum Integration: Walking the Walk,\" Current Issues in Middle Level Education: Vol. 25 : Iss. 1 , Article 6.  \nDOI: 10.20429/cimle.2020.250106  \nAvailable at: [https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle/vol25/iss1/6](https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle/vol25/iss1/6)  \n[This description is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Digital Commons@Georgia](This description is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Digital Commons@Georgia)[ ](This description is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Digital Commons@Georgia)[Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current Issues in Middle Level Education by an authorized](Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current Issues in Middle Level Education by an authorized)[ ](Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current Issues in Middle Level Education by an authorized)[administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information](administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information), please contact [digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu](digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu).  \nCurriculum Integration: Walking the Walk  \nTaylor A. Norman  \nGeorgia Southern University  \nAmanda Wall  \nGeorgia Southern University  \nAbstract  \nCurriculum integration is a hallmark of middle level education. This approach to education  \ninvolves blending topics across content areas as a way of studying topics and problems of  \ninterest to young adolescents. Approaches to curriculum integration and interdisciplinary  \ncurriculum overlap with concepts like democratic education, place-based learning, student  \nagency, and student-designed curriculum. Here, two teacher educators report on a recent  \ninitiative in which we co-designed integrated curriculum along with middle level teacher  \ncandidates. We drew on place-based instruction and models of collaboration to develop this  \nproject. Candidates then developed integrated units appropriate for middle school classrooms.  \nIntroduction  \nDiscovery can happen in the most ordinary moments. During a routine data day for our middle grades teacher preparation program, we found a hidden treasure that would prompt us to resurrect a project that had been a program staple. The high-stakes, high-stress pressure of edTPA had led to the project being buried; that is, until we found it in an old unlocked cabinet.  \nThe project stood out on the empty shelves of the dilapidated cabinet because it was a large stack of printed paper, which is a foreign object in our program today. Curious of the  \ncontents between the 2-inch binder clip, we flipped through the pages. It was obvious to  \neveryone in the room--including our associate dean, who had participated in the creation and  \nfacilitation of the project, and an alumna of the program who joined us that day as a community  \npartner--that we had found a forgotten project from the early 2000s. Through excited  \nexplanations, we learned about the field trips that had been conducted to provide the  \ncollaborative student groups inspiration for interdisciplinary unit plans.  \nThese reactions created our idea. We began to ask about this former project and found some resurrected interest. 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