The document provides guidance on effective curriculum design. It defines key terms like generative topic, essential question, and assessment. It recommends designing curriculum backwards, starting with identifying the overall point and desired understandings, then determining acceptable evidence and assessments, and finally planning learning experiences and instructional tasks. It discusses assessing student learning and understanding rather than making evaluations. It also presents examples of essential questions and provides models for curriculum planning and unit design.

1. CURRICULUM DESIGN: What do you want your students to learn this year? And how are you going to know if they do? Peter Gow

8. STAGES OF UNIT DESIGN, BACKWARDS (Use “A First Draft of a Unit” here)

16. LET’S LOOK AT ANOTHER PLANNING MODEL (Use “Unit Design, Backwards” here)

17. QUESTIONS??