TEACHER’S PLANNING TEMPLATE FOR UbD
ARCHDIOCESAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Name of Teacher:
School:
Course:
Name of Unit: Ceramics
Anticipated Length of Unit:
Which 21st Century Skills are woven into this unit?
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
What levels of rigor and relevance are found in this unit?
STANDARDS: (Stage 1)
List all of the standards that are addressed in this
unit.
Application (Stage 1)
What should I be able to do (in another settingtransfer goal) with what I have learned in this unit?
Essential Questions (Stage 1)
What questions focus and guide my thinking?
Assessment (Stage 2)
What will I be expected to do in order to demonstrate
my learning?
Skills (Stage 1)
What skills do I need to have in order to address the
essential questions and apply my learning?
Content (Stage 1)
What content do I need to know in order to address
the essential questions and apply my learning?
Period:
Quadrant A
Collaboration
Quadrant B
Creativity/Innovation
Quadrant C
Communications
Quadrant D
Using knowledge of structures and functions.
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas.
Construction, 3-D modeling, recycling and reusability of product.
Chemistry – oxidation, firing of clay & glass, temperature, etc.
Hand tool use.
How do people express themselves through art today and how has that changed throughout
time?
What choices must an artist make before beginning a work?
What separates craft from art and who decides?
Understand the difference between 2-D and 3-D.
Know how ceramics developed throughout history and how this changed the way people live and
create art.
Understand the properties of clay and glaze.
Understand basic hand building techniques.
Translate a 2-D design into a 3-D model.
Create a form using ceramic hand building techniques.
Recognize that a craft must serve a purpose as well as being visually appealing.
Ceramics hand-building techniques: pinch slab construction, drape mold and appliques.
Vocabulary: slip, score, plastic, greenware, bisqueware, glaze, Kiln.
Artists: Mesopotamian, Etruscan, Greek pottery.
Integration of Learning (Stage 3)
How does this learning connect to my other areas
(subjects) of learning?
History – archeological remnants of pottery teach us how the people of the people of the time
lived.
Tools for Learning (Stage 3)
Which tools will I use that will assist me in my
learning?
Examples of pottery from historical works.
Demonstration of hand building techniques.
Clay, canvas sheets, slip, clay, glaze, brushes, kiln.
Learning Plan (Stage 3)
What will my teacher prepare for me to do each day
in this unit?
Each teacher will design an individualized plan showing the sequence of events/activities.
Archdiocesan Secondary Schools Planning Template
School Year 2011-2012
Revised 11-11-11
Archdiocesan Secondary Schools Planning Template
School Year 2011-2012
Revised 11-11-11