students understand the theme from a variety of perspectives.”
Kettel and Douglas (2003) also encourage the use of other print materials, such as textbooks, magazines, newspapers, and the Internet.
TTU is framework for organizing content and learning experiences around topics or themes that cross curricular boundaries (Cooper, 1997; Shanahan, 2000)
Since they generally cross curricular areas during a large portion of the school day, thematic units differ from topical units (Sawyer & Sawyer, 1993)
Ms. Judd did one experiment in 2005. She chose Lynne Cherry's A River Ran Wild as the focus of the thematic unit on the environment. Ms. Judd helped the students see the relevance of the story to their own environment. She tried to show how a book can be the hub of TTU.
Origin of TTU