Unit+Plan

Integrated Unit Assignment: This may be put into a binder, folder or other appropriate structure to contain your goodies. // Lesson Plans // || Three lesson plans included per person. Clearly identifies and implements at least three different methods (inquiry, cooperative learning, role play/simulation, guided discovery and/or casestudy) and two different materials/approaches (map & globe activities, games, etc.). Plans follow a common format as outlined in the department lesson plan. Please do not put each lesson plan in plastic covers. **Include your name and method (as listed above)** on the lesson plans! || 60 points (20 points each) || // Resources // || Each member of your group is expected to gather at least 20 resources for your unit from a plethora of sources – check rubric for ideas. Each entry must be annotated. This portion is graded individually! || 10 points || Unit Rationale: The key processes, skills, and content that your students are going to learn are briefly introduced and justified. (e.g. you answer the question why are these skills and content important to your students’ lives?)
 * ** Unit Component ** || ** General Description ** || ** Points Possible ** ||
 * Unit Rationale || Content and value of unit is explained. Justification for real-world application identified. Connection to NCSS & Illinois Standards made. || 10 points ||
 * // Unit Web // || Overview of unit activities, concepts, and skills (consider using the freeware from inspiration.com) || 5 points ||
 * // Unit Objectives // || Goals of unit are identified and aligned with Illinois Learning Standards. Higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy predominate. Maximum of five unit objectives.Please list the Bloom level next to the objective || 10 points ||
 * **// Individual //**
 * // Culminating Assessment // || Developmentally appropriate summative unit assessment. Assessment has evidence of alignment with both unit objectives and Illinois Learning Standards. Rubrics for scoring included. || 15 points ||
 * **// Individual //**

Unit Web: Web of unit activities. Please include content areas, skills and activities (consider using the freeware from inspiration.com or [|www.bubbl.us])

Unit Objectives: Identify the goals for the unit. These should be more broadly stated than lesson plan objectives. You should have no more than 5 objectives. The focus should be on higher order thinking skills, based on chosen grade levels. Objectives must include the Blooms Taxonomy level (new version) at which you will be assessing the student on the culminating assessment.

Lesson Plans: Please follow the approved department format for your plans. Template available on the home page. You need to choose 3 different methods of teaching for your lesson plans from the 5 choices given on the Rubrics page. Follow the rubric for each lesson closely in order to score the points!

Culminating Assessment: In addition to assessments in the individual lesson plans, develop a culminating assessment for the unit. Be creative! Make sure your culminating assessment matches your __Unit Objectives__! Prepare all rubrics, instructions and other materials that students would need to complete this assignment and include these on the Culminating Assessment page in Livetext.

Resources: To receive the maximum points available, your resources should be drawn from five of the following categories: (1) magazine or journal articles; (2) web pages; (3) video or computer software; (4) children’s books; (5) books for adult level knowledge; (6) combination of kits, field trips, community resources (three separate examples of each not required); (7) teacher curriculum materials. In addition, you need to annotate the resources by including this information: what type of resource it is (magazine article, video etc.); identified as appropriate for children, teachers, or both; use proper APA reference format; describes content in 2-3 sentences; free from grammatical or typographic errors. This is addition to your 10 annotated resources from the casebook report.