Backward Lesson Planning

TCH 347 Social Studies in the Elementary School

Department of Education

Shippensburg University

Han Liu, Ph. D.

Sequence of Backward Planning

1. A picture excited my mind2. Think about what makes me interested in it3. Make connections between the picture and the

social studies contents4. Adapt content to appropriate grade level(S)5. Relate to pedagogical theories and methods6. Initiate class activities7. Prepare materials8. Identify objectives based on content9. Align objectives with state standards10. Match topics with NCSS Themes11. Adjust instructional strategies12. Modify class activities13. Develop assessment

Her is the Picture

Why Doesn’t She Use the Calculator?

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

Related Topics

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

Grade Levels

• 4-6 Graders

Pedagogy

• Visual literacy education• Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS)• Visual Understanding in Education

(VUE)• www.vue.org

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)

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?

Make Connections with Content Areas

• Organize questions and answers by 5-Ws

WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy

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

Map of the Worldhttp://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx

Map of the World

• http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx

Map of Chinahttp://www.chinapage.com/map/map.html

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 worldLocate Shanghai in a map of China by

identifying its relevant location to Beijing, Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Pacific Ocean.

State Standards

• Technology

• 3.7.4. GRADE 4

• Group tools and machines by their function.

• Explain appropriate instrument selection for specific tasks.

State Standards

• Geography

• 7.1.6. GRADE 6• B. Describe and locate places and regions.

Coordinate systems (e.g., latitude and longitude, time zones)

NCSS Themes

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

Assessment

• Give 3 examples on technology development over time

• Give 3 examples showing that people of different culture do things differently

Sequence of Backward Planning1. A picture boggled my mind2. Think about what makes me interested in it3. Make connections between the picture and

the social studies topics4. Adapt content to appropriate grade level(S)5. Relate to pedagogical theories and methods6. Initiate class activities7. Prepare materials8. Identify objectives based on content9. Align objectives with state standards10. Match topics with NCSS Themes11. Adjust instructional strategies12. Modify class activities13. Develop assessment

Resources of Backward Lesson Planning

• http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/backward_mapping.phtml