Planning and PreparationIn order to engage all students in meaningful learning, lessons must be successfully implemented by the teacher, and this can not happen without careful planning and preparation. And while planning and preparation are important, it will not benefit student learning if we do not collect student data, study the results and then change our plans to better meet student needs.
The chart to the right helps to demonstrate how I view successful planning and preparation. After a lesson has been carried out, we (the subject level or grade level teams) analyze and study the student data. Once we find out what students learned and what students did not learn, we can plan for remediation and enrichment. However this opportunity for reflection also allows us to decide what changes need to be made to improve student learning. Once the plan is revised, the cycle begins again. It is a never-ending cycle of improvement with student learning as the objective. In World History class, through a careful study of our implementation and student data we concluded that a serious curriculum overhaul was necessary. I created a proposal that demonstrated the findings and we were eventually successful in gaining administrative approval. The course has now been divided into two separate courses, 'World History and Geography I' and 'World History and Geography II.' This also helps with vertical alignment within the Department, as I found through analysis of the vertical alignment of our curriculum and discussions with our 11th Grade teachers. You can view the proposal and read more about it here. You can view the curriculum map as well as Unit Plans and Sample Lesson Plans below.
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World History Unit Plan: Unit 1.doc | |
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World History Unit Plan: Unit 2.docx | |
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World History Unit Plan: Unit 3.docx | |
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World History Unit Plan: Unit 4.docx | |
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