Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook

Implementing the popular Understanding by Design^® (UbD™) framework is much easier when you use this in-depth resource for workshops, curriculum teams, and teacher training. This collection of templates, design tools, examples, and exercises helps you give all staff members a firm grasp of key UbD principles, including

• How to use backward design to align curriculum with assessment and instruction.
• Why to focus curriculum on the "big ideas" in your content standards.
• Which learning activit...