{"id":316,"date":"2016-12-09T19:53:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T19:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:17:59","slug":"thematic-instruction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/teaching-with-themes-philosophy\/thematic-instruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Thematic Instruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thematic teaching <\/strong>or<strong> thematic instruction <\/strong>highlights a theme through a thematic unit, or a course, or a series of courses within the social studies, or across disciplinary lines to make connections to other courses.<\/p>\n<p>When teaching with themes, choose a theme that reoccurs throughout human history and is present in modern life. It can be a topic, such as vacation, quacks, cemeteries, utopias, or etiquette. Or themes can be overarching questions (essential questions or compelling questions).<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1702 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Quacks_utopias_cemeteries.jpg?resize=216%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cover of Discovering Quacks, Utopias, and Cemeteries: Modern Lessons from Historical Themes\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Quacks_utopias_cemeteries.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Quacks_utopias_cemeteries.jpg?resize=768%2C1068&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Quacks_utopias_cemeteries.jpg?resize=736%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Quacks_utopias_cemeteries.jpg?w=1741&amp;ssl=1 1741w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 216px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 216\/300;\" \/>Why teach with themes?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Students learn better when experiencing knowledge in a larger context. They begin to see relationships and connections across time and disciplines.<\/li>\n<li>Learning about wider themes and related facts and skills more closely resembles how we experience life outside of the school and classroom<\/li>\n<li>Themes can be chosen that are current student-centered, incorporating the needs, interests and perspectives of the students.<\/li>\n<li>Carefully selecting topics and information related to a theme helps teachers narrow the overwhelming amount of knowledge in any discipline &#8211; <a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\"><\/a>so much history, so little time to teach it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Interdisciplinary topics for thematic instruction<\/h4>\n<p>Daily life themes &#8211; food, family, housing, travel, manners, quacks, cemeteries, or utopias &#8211; can be used across the curriculum to make academic subjects relevant.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the history of daily life themes, thematic units, and how to use themes in the elementary, middle, secondary, or college classroom . . . .<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/book-1-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cemeteries<\/a><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/07\/egyptomania-reviving-ancient-symbols-in-19th-century-cemeteries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Egyptomania: Reviving Ancient Symbols in 19th Century Cemeteries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/book-1-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quack Cures &amp; Snake oil<\/a><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/14\/almanacs-information-before-the-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Almanacs: Information before the Internet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/02\/cure-flu-dont-fall-quack-cures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cure for the Flu!? Don\u2019t fall for quack cures<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Guest Blog Post &#8211; Teach Students Media Literacy with Historical Sources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/book-1-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manners and Etiquette\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.socialstudies.com\/how-to-use-essential-questions-to-focus-instruction-in-social-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guest Blog Post &#8211; How to Use Essential Questions to Focus Instruction in Social Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/22\/classroom-manners-analyzing-behavior-primary-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Classroom Manners: Analyzing Behavior with Primary sources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/relationship-etiquette-classroom-activity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relationship Etiquette: Classroom Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/06\/eighteenth-century-date-bundling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Eighteenth Century \u201cDate\u201d- Bundling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/04\/what-has-replaced-19th-century-parlors-and-calling-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What has replaced 19th Century Parlors and Calling Cards?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.socialstudies.com\/using-etiquette-lessons-to-discuss-culture-and-primary-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guest Blog Post &#8211; Using Etiquette Lessons to Discuss Culture and Analyze Primary Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/book-2-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-852 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CW_Resor_Cover_Family_Food_Housing.jpg?resize=220%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cover of Investigating Family, Food, and Housing Themes in Social Studies\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CW_Resor_Cover_Family_Food_Housing.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CW_Resor_Cover_Family_Food_Housing.jpg?w=703&amp;ssl=1 703w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 220px; 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How the things we buy define social class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/book-1-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travel and vacation themes<\/a><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Blog Post &#8211;\u00a05 Primary Sources to Make Students Think about Their Town in New Ways<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/24\/medieval-vacations-pilgrimage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pilgrimage as a Medieval \u201cVacation\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/18\/problem-asking-students-summer-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The problem with asking students \u201cWhat did you do on your summer vacation?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/30\/camping-a-night-under-the-stars-is-not-always-a-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Camping: A Night Under the Stars is Not Always a Vacation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/24\/post-cards-as-primary-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Old Postcards: Messages about the Past<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/15\/what-amazing-egyptian-chicken-hatcheries-can-tell-us-about-perceptions-of-other-places\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Amazing Egyptian Chicken Hatcheries Can Tell Us about Perceptions of Other Places<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/about-the-cover\/cover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-511\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-511 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cover.png?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exploring Vacation and Etiquette Themes in Social Studies: Primary Source Inquiry for Middle and High School\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cover.png?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingwiththemes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/cover.png?w=452&amp;ssl=1 452w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 198px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 198\/300;\" \/><\/a>Thematic teaching on this website aligns with:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Common Core Standards for English\/Language Arts <\/em>and for<em> Literacy in History\/Social Studies<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards: Guidance for Enhancing the Rigor of K-12 Civics, Economics, Geography, and History <\/em>by the National Council of Social Studies<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding<\/em> by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins<\/li>\n<li>Place-based Education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bie.org\/about\/what_pbl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project-based Education <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>About the header image:<\/em> Postcard of tobacco growers delivering their crop of cigar tobacco, Quincy, Florida.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/2013646914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Library of Congress. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thematic teaching or thematic instruction highlights a theme through a thematic unit, or a course, or a series of courses within the social studies, or across disciplinary lines to make connections to other courses. 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