Ohio's Integrated Model Curriculum

Overview

Governor DeWine played a pivotal role in initiating Ohio’s Integrated Model Curriculum by championing the opportunity in the 2025 State of the State address aligning with broader literacy initiatives under ReadOhio. House Bill 96 of the 136^th Ohio General Assembly also included appropriated funding to support the development and implementation of an integrated model curriculum that includes English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Civics.

Ohio’s Integrated Model Curriculum is designed to blend English language arts, social studies, and civics instruction alongside purposeful technology and life skills integration and to create cohesive, high-quality learning experiences that build academic achievement, responsible citizenship, and real-world readiness for students.

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Ohio's Integrated Model Curriculum Resources

Ohio’s Integrated Model Curriculum materials and resources are designed to complement the local ELA and social studies curricula materials by offering additional resources and strategies that enrich the core curriculum and increase student access to Ohio-specific content and connections. The resources are briefly described below.
 

• Ohio's Integrated Model Curriculum Overview​
  • A 1-page summary of the rationale, components, and impact of Ohio’s Integrated Model Curriculum
• Introduction to Ohio's Integrated Model Curriculum​
  • An in-depth explanation of the purpose, foundations, and components of Ohio’s Integrated Model Curriculum to help schools and districts explore how it connects to local curricula.
• Integrated Model Curriculum Instructional Practice Guide
  • A reflective tool for educator use to support implementing integrated instruction.
• Integrated Model Curriculum Appendix​
  • The Integrated Model Curriculum appendix highlights cross-grade instructional strategies, comprehension and writing supports, and assessment opportunities for educators to evaluate student content knowledge and skill development.

Ohio's Integrated Model Curriculum will be finalized and fully released in summer 2026. The draft materials will be available for schools and districts to explore how Ohio's Integrated Model Curriculum can be used alongside local curricula.

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Ohio-Specific Source Sets

Ohio’s Integrated Model Curriculum incorporates curated high-quality resources that highlight various aspects of Ohio’s history and Ohio’s stories and offers resources and strategies that complement approved English language arts core curriculum and instructional materials and social studies instructional materials. The Ohio-specific source sets include collections of primary and secondary resources and key vocabulary, and life skill connections to help educators connect Ohio-specific content to their local curricula.

Each source set helps expand student access to Ohio's stories, landscapes, and peoples while aligning to Ohio’s Learning Standards for Social Studies and English Language Arts. Source sets also incorporate the professional skills identified in the OhioMeansJobsReadiness Seal and technology skills included in Ohio’s Learning Standards for Technology to elevate how Ohio's Integrated Model Curriculum prepares students for success.

• Farming in the Heart of it All
• It All STEMS from Ohio
• Ohio's Economy
• Ohio's Ecosystems
• Ohio's First Peoples
• Ohio's Government and its Citizens
• Ohio's Icons and the American Story
• Ohio's Landscapes
• Ohio's Innovators
• Ohio's Local Communities
• Ohio's Weather and Climate

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Additional Resources

• High-Quality Instructional Materials in English Language Arts
• Ohio’s Learning Standards for English Language Arts
• Ohio’s Learning Standards for Social Studies
• Ohio’s Learning Standards for Technology
• OhioMeansJobs‑Readiness Seal
• AI in Ohio's Education | School and District Supports
• Ohio's Integrated Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)

Last Modified: 5/13/2026 2:48:08 PM

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