Using Backwards Design
Planning Effective Unit & Lesson Plans
Begin with the end in mind
- What are the big ideas students should understand at the end of the unit?
- Big picture "snapshot"... at the end of the 9 weeks (or unit) students should be able to...
- Separate the "what is nice to know" from "what is needed to know"
Backward Design: Links to my Presentation, Examples of authentic tasks, & unit template
What We've Always Done
Textbook is Plan
- Begin at "Chapter 1"
- Taught the material in the book
Graded Assignments & Tests
- Activities we "like"
- Tests designed by textbook maker
Frustrated by the Results
- Mixed results
- Little application
Grant Wiggins - Understanding by Design (1 of 2)
Grant Wiggins - Understanding by Design (2 of 2)