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American Odyssey Poetry Unit
Description: This high school English teacher's class Web site offers a very complete unit on studying American poetry using transfer in the most dynamic way: by taking a virtual trip across the country. Mrs. Adams gives a detailed breakdown of the project, the rubric she uses to evaluate her students, and how the project's components connect to the state standards. An inspirational site and unit for teachers of all genres who will surely get ideas for their own subjects and courses.
Categories: UbD Stage 2:  Assessment ; UbD Stage 1:  Understandings ; UbD Stage 3:  Learning Activities ; UbD Stage 2:  Tasks and Transfer -   Rubrics
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Detectives in the Class Room
Description: Based on on pedagogical principles suggested in Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe's text, Understanding by Design, the Detectives in the Classroom lessons develop students' abilities to answer essential questions and develop the enduring understandings.
Categories: UbD Stage 1:  Essential Questions -   Understandings ; UbD Stage 2:  Tasks and Transfer ; Grading and Reporting:  Essential Questions -   Teaching for Understanding -   Transfer
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Answering Your Questions About Teaching Writing: A Talk with Donald H. Graves
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Categories: UbD Stage 1:  Understandings ; Subject:  English / Language Arts
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Detectives in the Class Room
Description: Based on on pedagogical principles suggested in Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe's text, Understanding by Design, the Detectives in the Classroom lessons develop students' abilities to answer essential questions and develop the enduring understandings.
Categories: UbD Stage 1:  Essential Questions -   Understandings ; UbD Stage 2:  Tasks and Transfer ; Grading and Reporting:  Essential Questions -   Teaching for Understanding -   Transfer
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Teaching Tolerance
Description: Fight Hate and Promote Tolerance
Categories: UbD Stage 1:  Understandings ; Grade Level:  Adult -   Elementary -   High School ; Grading and Reporting:  Curriculum -   Professional Development -   Teaching for Understanding
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Selecting Tasks for Performance Assessments
Description: A brief, accessible checklist for teachers seeking ideas for authentic assessment that assists transfer of knowledge. Appropriate for all educators of all grades and subjects.
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How People Learn
Description: This is the executive summary from "How People Learn"...a good overview of the research
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