New and Improved UbD Curriculum Unit Template

Created on 6/27/2011 1:57:00 PM

Step I The Big Picture

Hook- This is your universal generalization. Examples: Where people live effects how they live. Groups of people can achieve great things when pursuing goals they think are important. Do we bring our culture with us as we move about the country, continent, world?

• Can be written as a statement or a question • Will be used by students before, during and at the conclusion of a lesson • Can be used by all grade levels • You may have more than one statement or question • Refer to Alief ISD for ideas, here is the link- Alief ISD Pacing Guide

Topics/ Content: This is a summary of the unit or unit topic.

Step II Desired Results Enduring Understandings:

Essential Questions…

Students will understand that…

MISD Department of History and

Social Sciences

Grade Level/Course

Social Studies Pacing Guide

Unit # _ Developed 2011 Revision Date

Timeframe:

Spain was motivated by gold, God and glory to colonize the new world. Early Spanish colonization influenced the architecture, food, clothing and other cultural aspects of life in Texas. You may want to refer to your hook statement or questions to help you get started.

Example: Why did European countries begin exploring the new world? (7.2B) To what extent were the French responsible for renewing Spain’s interest in Texas? (7.2B) What impact did geography have on the settlement patterns of European colonies?

It can be written as a statement of summary. Example- Spain established colonies in the Southwest in search of wealth, to spread Christianity, and to compete for power with France and England. Or you may want to list out the major concepts presented in the unit. Example-

• European Colonization of the Americas, • Religion, • Search for Wealth, • Competition between France, England and Spain

New and Improved UbD Curriculum Unit Template

Created on 6/27/2011 1:57:00 PM

Step III Student Understanding

Student will be able to:

This is where you are going to write out the most important student actions or skills a student needs to accomplish in order to demonstrate understanding of the “desired results” for a unit. While most of your statements will be directly from the TEKS, some will be based on your professional judgment. For those statements that are from the TEKS, insert the TEKS number at the end of the statement. Using a map, locate the areas claimed by European countries in Texas.(7.2B) Explain why Spain designed communities that included missions, presidios and townships. This is a concept that I think is an important part of student understanding that is not covered by the TEKS. Explain the significance of 1519 and 1718. (7.2B)

New and Improved UbD Curriculum Unit Template

Created on 6/27/2011 1:57:00 PM

Step III Student Understanding

The student will know:

Unit Vocabulary

Dates/Places Historical Figures Documents Significant Events/Ideas

Additional Vocabulary for ELL Students

Look over the TEKS and pull out the important vocabulary, dates, places, people, documents

and events. List the information in the appropriate column. Using your own professional

knowledge, you may want to add information that is not included in the TEKS.

Please feel free to change the headings of any of these columns to match the needs of your

content.

List words your feel may be difficult for English language learners. Sometimes we

take for granted that language is part of our cultures.

Example- Independence – most children growing up in the United States are familiar

with this word because they celebrate The Fourth of July. Not all cultures see the

word independence the way we do.

New and Improved UbD Curriculum Unit Template

Created on 6/27/2011 1:57:00 PM

Step IV Teacher Resources

Suggested Activities

Resources

If you have any ideas or suggestions on activities teachers may want to use, then put those here.

You are not required to complete this box. We will be adding to the box throughout the year.

Examples of suggested activities-

Design a Spanish colony including a mission, presidio and town. Label your design with the

purpose of each of the areas. (7.2F)

Complete a compare contrast chart of reasons for European colonization of Texas. (7.2A)

New and Improved UbD Curriculum Unit Template

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Unit TEKS

TEKS Common to ALL UNITS