4MAT & Integrated Curriculum 
The two key elements of 4MAT instruction are:
- A commitment to a central concept
- A connection to learners based on the concept.
4MAT naturally lends itself to meaningful curriculum integration, because the approach is entirely learner centered.
For example, a teacher designing a unit on "Christopher Columbus" would:
- Define a central concept, possibly Exploration.
- Consider an Essential Question that would be answered in the unit, for example, "Why do humans have a basic to explore, to push boundaries?"
- Build a Connecting activity to open the unit with, for example, create an classroom experience in which learners can feel what it feels like to be confined, leading to a need to explore outside those confines.
The rest of the unit would unfold from that starting point, referring back to the central concept and essential question throughout.
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Entire courses of study can be defined based on central concepts and connections to learners. The result is an integrated curriculum that means something to learners.
A Concept-Based, Learner-Centered Biology Example
In the following example, an entire biology curriculum has been defined based on a conceptual framework. 4MAT designs accompany these theme, complete with the inherent connections to learners.
