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UNDERSTANDING BACKWARD DESIGN WORKSHOP UBD 101. AGENDA. 8:30-9ish: Housekeeping – sign in; voucher; agenda 9:00-9:15: Anticipatory Set 9:15-9:30: Big Ideas – independent look @ your course 9:30-9:45: Look @ template for Unit Plan Design 9:45-10:00: Break (Healthy Snacks)
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AGENDA 8:30-9ish: Housekeeping – sign in; voucher; agenda 9:00-9:15: Anticipatory Set 9:15-9:30: Big Ideas – independent look @ your course 9:30-9:45: Look @ template for Unit Plan Design 9:45-10:00: Break (Healthy Snacks) 10:00-11:00: Essential Questions and Enduring Understanding 11:00-11:15: Pair share 11:15-11:45: Break (Food for Thought) 11:45-12:00: Unit Plan Design 12:00-1:00: Independent work on Unit Plans 1:00-1:30: It’s a Rap; Closure; Critiques 1:30: Dismiss
What is your perception of UBD? • Keep in mind: • 1. You are a work in progress. Be patient it takes time to master. • 2. Creativity is untidy and unnerving. • 3. The ability to stay focused in the midst of change is a hallmark of maturity.
The Big Ideas • Defined: Refers to transferable concepts, principles, and theories that should serve as the focal point or heart of the curricula, instruction, assessment. There is an interrelationship among the Enduring Understanding and the Essential Questions.
Senior Health1 marking period Big Ideas:1. Assessing Personal Wellness2. Healthy vs Dysfunctional Families3. Building Healthy and Friendships and Dating Relationships4. Marriage and Parenting5. Family Planning6. Disease Prevention and Control
Examples of Essential Questions • World Language: • What are the major cultural differences between Americans and Latin Americans in terms of hospitality and acceptance?
Examples of Essential Questions • Health: Why are there so many health problems caused by poor nutrition despite all of the available information about healthful eating?
Examples of Essential Questions • History: • When was the Magna Carta signed?
Examples of Essential Questions • Language Arts: How does literature reveal the values of a given culture or time period?
Examples of Essential Questions • Math: • By what axioms are we able to prove the Pythagorean theorem?
Examples of Essential Questions • Art:Why has nature inspired so many artists over time?
It’s a Rap • Questions? Concerns? Critiques