1. Now &Then
Curriculum in the 21st
Century
To understand our present, we need to understand the past

2. What if……
….students were assessed
by projects THEY created
versus exams created by
OTHERS?

4. 20 Instructional Strategies
To Engage the LearnerGraphic Organizers
Writing and Reflection
Brainstorming
Field Trips
Debates
Visuals
Movement
Humor and Celebration
Music, Rhythm, Rhyme & Rap
Cooperative Learning
Problem Based Learning
Role play/Drama/Charades
Summarizing and Notemaking
Technology
Visualization
Games
Storytelling
Manipulatives/Models
Mnemonic Devices
Drawing and Artwork
By Marcia Tate

5. High
Yield
Strategies

6. “Those who Fail to Plan
…..Should Plan to Fail.”
Purposeful Planning for Learning:
How do WE plan for Quality Instructional
Design that will improve student learning
AND keep the students engaged?
PURPOSE IS EVERYTHING!

8. BRAINSTORM LOGISTICS:
1. Pick your grade, subjects, topics/strands
2. Choose a “student centered” theme of interest
3. Look for curricular connections through learning
outcomes
4. Create an “engaging, interesting” title for your
integrated unit: see www.rogertaylor.com
5. Create a driving question designed around both
your curricular areas and your theme
6. Look for resources

10. STAGE 1: Logistics:
EDES 340 Learner Expectation

11. EDES 340 Learner Expectation
EDPY 303 Learner Expectation
EDPY 303 Learner Expectation

12. EDPY 303 Learner Expectation
EDPY 303 Learner Expectation
EDES 340 Learner Expectation

13. Think
Big Rocks
Sand
Water

14. Learning Plan: EDES 340 Learner Expectation
Learning Plan: EDES 340 Learner Expectation
-identify the learning activities for a 3 to 4 week unit
-identify the instructional strategies used to design these activities
(e.g. Think Marcia Tate’s Top 20, or Marzano’s 9 High Yield
Strategies)
-identify the learning outcomes which are being met through these
activities (approximately 8 to 10 essential learning outcomes/topic or
strand for core subjects, additional outcomes for other subjects)
-provide approximate timelines (e.g. minutes/learning activity)
-this will take ½ page to a full page of the integrated unit plan
template
-check criteria marksheet before submitting plan

15. Wise Words of the
Week