Observe one social studies and one ELA lesson in your mentor teacher's classroom. If social studies is not being taught, collaborate with your mentor to locate another classroom to observe. During your observation, take note of how the teacher integrates other content areas and arts concepts into the lessons.

Following the observation, interview the teacher you observed. Ask the following questions:

• How do you plan your ELA and social studies lessons?
• Is there a social studies curriculum provided by the school or district that you use? If not, what types of social studies resources are provided/do you use?
• What ELA curriculum do you use? Are other content areas, including the arts, incorporated into this curriculum at all?
• How do you decide which language arts skills to integrate into social studies lessons?
• Do you incorporate arts concepts into your ELA or social studies lessons? If so, how do you decide which arts concepts to include?
• What best practices do you implement during cross-content integration to support diverse learners?

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