At a recent staff meeting we were asked to brainstorm some of the elements that we are expected to embed in our lesson plans. We came up with the following:
Equity- Diversity
- Environmentalism
- Anti-homophobia
- Differentiated Instruction
- Multiple Intelligences
- Emotional Intelligences
- Critical-thinking / Metacognition
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Problem-solving
- Pathways / Careers
- Character Education
- Bullying Prevention
Though “curriculum expectations” wasn’t actually listed, I’m sure that it was implied that all of this is to be on top of our usual expectations. Obviously we’re not going to cover all of these points in every single 75-minute period, but I am thinking of expanding my lessons even more than I’ve already been practicing.
My units are usually 3-5 weeks in length and, on top of the curriculum expectations, I try to cover as much as possible from the above list. Currently, a “lesson” usually takes me two or three periods to complete. I’m considering expanding it to looking at each week as one “lesson”, to embed more of the above. Or, perhaps, my “lesson” plan could become synonymous with my “unit” plan.
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