Backward Lesson Planning

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Backward Lesson Planning

• TCH 347
• Social Studies in the Elementary School
• Department of Education
• Shippensburg University
• Han Liu, Ph. D.

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Sequence of Backward Planning

• A picture excited my mind
• Think about what makes me interested in it
• Make connections between the picture and the
  social studies contents
• Adapt content to appropriate grade level(S)
• Relate to pedagogical theories and methods
• Initiate class activities
• Prepare materials
• Identify objectives based on content
• Align objectives with state standards
• Match topics with NCSS Themes
• Adjust instructional strategies
• Modify class activities
• Develop assessment

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Her is the Picture
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Why Doesnt She Use the Calculator?

• Selling modern calculators while using a thousand
  years old calculating antique

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Related Topics

• Technology
• Culture
• History
• Geography
• Math
• Globalization

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Grade Levels

• 4-6 Graders

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Pedagogy

• Visual literacy education
• Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS)
• Visual Understanding in Education (VUE)
• www.vue.org

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Class Activity

• Students will be pondering on the picture and
  make guesses on the meaning of the picture
• Teacher Elicit students responses and guide the
  students to organize their thoughts by topic
  categories (technology,culture, history,
  geography, math, globalization)

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VTS Questions

1. What is going on in the picture?
2. What do you see that makes you say that?
3. What more can you find?

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Make Connections with Content Areas

• Organize questions and answers by 5-Ws
• Who
• What
• When
• Where
• Why

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Materials

• Get the Abacus-Calculator picture readily
  available
• Prepare the Internet connection to
• Google Pictures of Abacus
• Google Pictures of Calculators
• Computer is a calculator
• Calculator
• Google.com

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Map of the Worldhttp//encarta.msn.com/encnet/fea
tures/mapcenter/map.aspx
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Map of the World

• http//encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/m
  ap.aspx

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Map of Chinahttp//www.chinapage.com/map/map.html
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Identify Objectives

• After this unit, students will be able to
• Know that abacus is an old fashioned calculator
• Understand that calculating technology advanced
  over a long period time
• Understand the relationship between calculator
  and computer
• Understand people in different culture do things
  differently
• Locate Shanghai in a map of the world
• Locate Shanghai in a map of China by identifying
  its relevant location to Beijing, Hong Kong,
  Tibet, and the Pacific Ocean.

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State Standards

• Technology
• 3.7.4. GRADE 4
• Group tools and machines by their function.
• Explain appropriate instrument selection for
  specific tasks.

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State Standards

• Geography
• 7.1.6. GRADE 6
• B. Describe and locate places and regions.
• Coordinate systems (e.g., latitude and longitude,
  time zones)

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NCSS Themes

• Culture
• Time, Continuity, and Change
• People, Places, and Environment
• Science, technology, and Society
• Globalization

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Assessment

• Give 3 examples on technology development over
  time
• Give 3 examples showing that people of different
  culture do things differently

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Sequence of Backward Planning

• A picture boggled my mind
• Think about what makes me interested in it
• Make connections between the picture and the
  social studies topics
• Adapt content to appropriate grade level(S)
• Relate to pedagogical theories and methods
• Initiate class activities
• Prepare materials
• Identify objectives based on content
• Align objectives with state standards
• Match topics with NCSS Themes
• Adjust instructional strategies
• Modify class activities
• Develop assessment

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Resources of Backward Lesson Planning

• http//www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/b
  ackward_mapping.phtml