My Planning
Lesson planned
around topics
Assessment designed around what students have learned
Essential questions determined by topics
Activites designed to incorporate other forms
of instruction
UbD Planning
Lesson planned
around skills
Assessments designed in the beginning
Continued practice
Standards used as essential questions
Activites designed as an extension of lesson and that create
understanding
State Standards used to decide curriculum
Decisions based on what students will know
Current Approach vs. Instructional Design
(author: Michelle Tornblom)
