Outside Project - Curriculum Unit

Students will be required to develop an entire unit for a course in which they will teach in the future, preferably during the next school year between September 1 and October 28, 2005. This assignment will be assigned during the break between the summer and follow-up sessions for the course. It will be due during the first Saturday session held in September.

The unit should consist of an overview, individual lesson plans for each concept or activity introduced, as well as assessment. An overview, which provides a description where the unit can be inserted into the current curriculum, timeline for the unit, foundational and detailed learning objective, as well as a listing of possible additional resources that can be used. The lesson plans should contain specific learning objectives, listing of prerequisite knowledge, a description of the instructional methods or activities, suggested adaptations for the lesson, and methods of assessment. Finally, a variety of evaluation strategies should be employed so that all aspects of learning can be assessed. We will address student outcomes as indicated by the assessments of these projects.