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UNIT CONCEPTS

UNIT CONCEPTS. Enduring Understandings (McTighe & Wiggins). Unit Concepts: A Summary. Based on standards that typically require 2-4 weeks to accomplish Each is the basis for a Unit Goal that articulates the level of critical thinking students will engage with the Unit Concept

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UNIT CONCEPTS

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  1. UNIT CONCEPTS Enduring Understandings (McTighe & Wiggins)

  2. Unit Concepts: A Summary • Based on standards that typically require 2-4 weeks to accomplish • Each is the basis for a Unit Goal that articulates the level of critical thinking students will engage with the Unit Concept • “Chunk” information in useful ways • Identify the core concepts for a subject/course that will lead to “enduring understandings” • Sequenced in order to form a “story” or course narrative • Opening Unit ought to be engaging

  3. Unit Concepts:“Enduring Understanding”

  4. Unit Concepts:The Big Picture

  5. Unit Concepts: Components • 8-10 Unit Concepts for each course/subject • Elementary subjects with less academic time (e.g. science, social studies) or electives may only have 4-6 for the year • Not in SWBAT form • Wind, Water, and Shape of the Land NGSS 2-ESS1-1, 2-ESS2-1 • River Valley Societies: Harnessing Nature (6th Grade Soc. Stud.) • Systems of Linear Equations (HS Algebra) • May be phrased in terms of an essential question • The American Revolution: What were the reasons for and against the colonists’revolt from England? (7th Grade Soc. Stud.) • Sequenced in order to form a course narrative

  6. Unit Concept: Examples 5th Grade Language Arts • Historical Fiction • Nonfiction • Autobiographies • Drama • Tall Tales • Short Stories • Mythology

  7. Unit Concept: Examples 7th Grade Language Arts • Genre: Reading Strategies • Genre: Poetry • Genre: Short Story • Genre: The Novel (The Outsiders by SE Hinton) • Theme: Coming of Age Literature • Genre: Drama (The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich) • Theme: Coming of Age Novel (Annie Between the State by LM Elliott)

  8. Unit Concepts: Examples 11th Grade American Literature • The Child’s Voice: How can poetry condense the American experience into so few words? (Poetry) • The Ambitious Young Writer: What role does short fiction play in a country historically dominated by novels? (Short Stories) • The Adolescent Entering a Diverse World: Why are stories about race so essential to the American Experience? (Huck Finn) • The Working Woman: How have Americans transformed gender roles in narrative? (O Pioneers!) • The Modern American Dreamer: How does the American Dream influence America today? (The Great Gatsby) • The Angsty Teenager: What happens to an American who doesn’t want to live the American Dream? (The Catcher in the Rye) • The Soldier Returning Home, Searching for Meaning: What can war teach us about the meaning of life? (Slaughterhouse Five) • The Father Lighting the Way for his Son: How can we make America better for future generations? (The Road)

  9. Unit Concepts:Your Turn 6th Grade Reading • Biographies • The Short Story • Novel (Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi) • Novel (Holes by Louis Sachar) • Reading Strategies • Drama (The Miracle Worker by William Gibson) • Informational Media

  10. Unit Concepts:Examples 3rd Grade Science Good Better Organisms and Habitats NGSS 3-LS4-3,3-LS2-1 Origin and Influences on Traits NGSS 3-LS3-1,2 Weather Seasons and Minimizing Hazards NGSS 3-ESS2-1, 3-ESS3-1 Effect of Forces on Motion NGSS 3-PS2-2 Effect of Electric and Magnetic Forces NGSS 3-PS2-3, 3-PS2-4 • Living Organisms • Organism Traits • Weather • Forces • Magnets

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