Curriculum+Mapping

Curriculum Mapping

// Beginning with the end in mind &

charting a course for the year //

Curriculum maps are valuable planning tools for teachers, helping them to begin with the end in mind and chart a course for the year. Typically, annual curriculum maps are organized by month or marking period and provide an overview of:  Unit curriculum maps include all of the above with the following additions: 
 * the enduring understandings and overarching goals
 * the standards-based essential skills and concepts
 * the methods of assessment that the teacher and students will be working on throughout the year (e.g., major writing assignments, projects, performances)
 * the major content resources
 * the unit’s theme, essential question(s), and enduring understandings
 * more detailed notes on the formative and summative assessments to be used throughout the unit
 * the strategies and best practices used to explicitly teach the standards-based essential skills and concepts
 * a list of the multi-genre resources that will be used throughout the unit.

The curriculum map templates provided are a product of a combination of two concepts: Heidi Hayes Jacobs’ concept of curriculum mapping from her book, //Mapping the Big Picture//: //Integrating Curriculum & Assessment// (1997) and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe’s backward design model from //Understanding by Design// (1998). Curriculum Mapping Resources:
 * [|Education World Article]
 * [[file:Curriculum Mapping Template.doc]]