UbD Template
Directives
Understanding by Design – Planning Template
(Directive Questions)
Desired Outcomes
Established Goals:
What relevant specific learning outcomes (program of study outcomes, content
standards, program objectives, KSAs, etc) will be addressed?
Enduring Understandings:
Essential Questions:
“Students will understand that ….”
What provocative, open-ended,
What will students understand about this
questions will stimulate and frame the
topic, years from now?
teaching-learning activities
Knowledge:
Skills:
“Students will know …”
“Students will be able to …”
What specific knowledge (nouns) do
What specifically do students need to be
students need now in order to create and able to do (verbs) in order to adequately
communicate their understanding?
create and communicate their
understanding?
Assessment
Performance Tasks:
Other Evidence:
What product/process will the students
What other assessments will students
create/complete to demonstrate
complete? Test? Quiz? Presentations?
understanding?
Learning Plan
Teaching/Learning Activities:
Where is the course/unit going? What is expected of the students? What will you
do to direct/facilitate learning? How can you “hook” the students, hold their interest
and focus their learning activities? What specific teaching/learning activities will be
engaged. Materials? Timeline? Introduction? Body? Closure? Other Resources?