Understanding by Design: An Overview

Setting the Stage: What prompted our curriculum overhaul?

Our curriculum revision began with the division's desire to provide a guaranteed and viable curriculum for all. View this presentation to learn more about the origins of and reasons for the system's curriculum transformation.

Watch the video that explains the impetus for the HCS curriculum overhaul.

UbD: What is it? Why do we use it?

The Understanding by Design Framework is a three-stage backward design process for curriculum planning (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005). View this presentation to learn more about the framework and why it was selected by the division.

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More Resources to Explore

Introduction to Understanding by Design VIDEO
Understanding by Design overview ARTICLE
UbD Planning for Learning Protocol for Planning DOCUMENT

Student-friendly Bloom's Taxonomy Posters and Chart
Understanding by Design Research: Why It Works ARTICLE

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