{"id":5879,"date":"2025-07-14T13:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skilledprofessors.com\/?p=5879"},"modified":"2025-07-14T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:44:59","slug":"ubd-backwards-design-curriculum-unit-planning-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/ubd-backwards-design-curriculum-unit-planning-template\/","title":{"rendered":"UbD Backwards-Design Curriculum Unit Planning Template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Modified from Wiggins\/McTighe Understanding by Design<\/em> (2011, 2012) by Kim Marshall, November 2015 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Note: Please see pages 327-332)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unit Cover Page <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unit Title<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Teacher\/Grade Level<\/td>9TH OR 10TH GRADE<\/td><\/tr>
Length and Timing of the Unit<\/td>15 Lessons \/ 3-4 Weeks <\/td><\/tr>
Unit Essential Question<\/td>Question students should answer at the end of the unit<\/td><\/tr>
School<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brief Summary of the Unit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Stage #1: Identify Desired Results <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Established Goals<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    What is your desired goal(s)( for the unit? Teacher? Student? <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    What standards will be addressed? <\/strong>http:\/\/www.socialstudies.org\/standards\/strands<\/a>) 
    <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    2. Lesson Topics: (Only 5 for ESC 434\/ESC 534)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1.<\/strong>2.<\/strong>3.<\/strong>4.<\/strong>5.<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    3. Important vocabulary, facts, key concepts, key people students will learn \u2013 <\/strong>Students will know\u2026 (Each Key concept should be defined.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Key Terms<\/strong><\/td>Key People<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    4. Likely misconceptions and misunderstandings \u2013 <\/strong>Students may think that\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      5. Learning Target(s)    <\/strong>I can\u2026.   (Should be a target for each lesson)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        6. Understandings \u2013 (HISTORY) <\/strong>Students will understand that\u2026<\/em><\/strong>
        <\/td>        		7. Essential Questions (student-friendly language) \u2013 <\/strong>Students will keep considering\u2026 (One Lesson EQ for each lesson topic) (Minimum of 10)<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        8. Transfer: long-term accomplishments \u2013 <\/strong>Students will be able to independently use their learning (college skills) to\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Stage #2: Determine Acceptable Evidence <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        Performance Task (Major Assessments)<\/strong><\/td>What understandings or goals will be assessed through this task? <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
        <\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        Other Assessments (Smaller Assessments)<\/strong><\/td>What understandings or goals will be assessed through this task? <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
        <\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        Student Self-Assessment and Reflections<\/strong><\/td>What understandings or goals will be assessed through this task? <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
        <\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        Stage #3: Planned Learning Experiences <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        Abbreviations <\/strong>LT:  Lesson TopicLEQ: Lesson Essential QuestionHook: Opening ActivityOne sentence summary, goal of the lesson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        Monday<\/strong><\/td>Tuesday<\/strong><\/td>Wednesday<\/strong><\/td>Thursday<\/strong><\/td>Friday<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
        LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
        LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
        LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td>LT:<\/strong>LEQ:<\/strong>Hook:<\/strong>Goal: <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Modified from Wiggins\/McTighe Understanding by Design (2011, 2012) by Kim Marshall, November 2015  (Note: Please see pages 327-332) Unit Cover Page  Unit Title Teacher\/Grade Level 9TH OR 10TH GRADE Length and Timing of the Unit 15 Lessons \/ 3-4 Weeks  Unit Essential Question Question students should answer at the end of the unit School Brief…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}