I Belong: Identity & Community
Who am I, how do I communicate, and how do I contribute to a community?
An accessible learner profile and an Our Community exhibition or map.
My Journey CurriculumEnquire or purchase Thirty-six-week scope & sequence
Daily literacy, communication, and mathematics continue through explicit progressions while science, social studies, health, arts, design, physical learning, and transition connect through authentic outcomes.
Six interdisciplinary units
Who am I, how do I communicate, and how do I contribute to a community?
An accessible learner profile and an Our Community exhibition or map.
How do I care for my body, make safe choices, and get help?
A personal health and safety plan and a class wellness event or demonstration.
How do people use maps, time, money, and transportation to move through their world?
Plan and complete or simulate an accessible local journey.
How are living things, environments, resources, and people connected?
A growing or care project and an environmental action showcase.
How can design, science, art, music, drama, and technology solve a problem or tell a story?
A design-and-make challenge with an accessible presentation or performance.
What matters to me, what can I do, and what support helps me move toward adult life?
A student-led My Journey portfolio, enterprise or work task, and transition presentation.
Curriculum at a glance
The Learning Journey Poster brings the six interdisciplinary units, their focus areas, and the three Fluid Journey Routes together on one page. Use it for planning conversations with educators, school leaders, families, and learners.
Accessible PDF · 1 page · Letter size
Open full-size poster ↗Learning beyond the worksheet
Health, community, navigation, communication, and decision-making come together in authentic situations learners can recognize and use.




Curriculum domains
Every route protects the essential concept. Access changes; expectations for meaningful participation and growth do not.
Build a reliable communication system and use language, symbols, text, and media to understand, connect, create, and advocate.
Understand quantities, relationships, patterns, space, measure, and data—then use mathematics to make decisions in daily and adult life.
Investigate living and physical systems, use evidence, and apply scientific knowledge to health, safety, environment, and design.
Develop place, time, evidence, culture, economics, civic identity, and practical community participation.
Learn body autonomy, health, emotional capacity, respectful relationships, safety, and informed decision-making.
Develop technique, imagination, cultural participation, expression, collaboration, critique, and public contribution.
Use tools, movement, practical routines, and outdoor environments to build competence, safety, teamwork, and independence.
Build self-determination and coordinated experience in education, employment, independent living, and community participation.
Six ready-to-teach models
Recognize and use numbers that help me act in school or the community.
number · means · find · checkUse a map, schedule, and safety information to plan how to reach a destination.
route · depart · arrive · accessibleIdentify what a plant needs and use evidence from a growing investigation.
need · condition · observe · evidenceCommunicate permission or refusal, recognize a boundary, and identify a safe help-seeking action.
consent · boundary · stop · reportChoose materials, follow a safe design process, and improve a product for a real user.
user · material · criteria · improveUse money, communication, and checking strategies in a buying or selling task.
price · total · change · receiptInside the materials
Every activity protects the learning goal while offering multiple ways to notice, communicate, decide, and act.
See what is included
Observe, ask, communicate, and choose a safe next step.

Apply health and food-safety learning in an authentic setting.

Practice communication, urgency, and asking for the right support.
Selected previews from the Unit 2 Visual Activity Pack. Complete editable resources are included with the curriculum license.
Complete curriculum license
Choose an individual, school, or district license for access to the complete 30-page U.S. framework, unit maps, route outcomes, sample lessons, evidence tools, and implementation templates.
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