Unit Plan Overview
Unit: Diverse Families
Connections to Context:
Because of the direct impact that
extended family has on Buchanan
students, this unit is important because
it will help them understand how their
own family history and culture has
shaped their identity.
(How does this fit with students’ experiences,
the school goals, and the larger societal issues?
How does this fit with the broader curriculum-
what has come before and what will come
after?)
Established Goals
H2 .0 .3
● Use historical sources to draw
possible conclusions about
family or school life in the past.
(What content standards and program- or
mission-related goal(s) will the unit address?
What habits of mind and cross-disciplinary
goal(s)- for example 21st century skills, core
competencies- will this unit address?
Include source and identifying number)
Based on Wiggins and McTighe (2011) The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Units and Van Brummelen (2002) Steppingstones to Curriculum
Teacher: Angelica, Jenn, Shin
Stage 1- Desired Results
Transfer
Students will be able to independently use their learning to…
● Share their family stories and explain the value of the family.
● Recognize family differences and reflect on their individuality.
● Understand their own family culture.
(What kinds of long-term independent accomplishments are desired?)
Meaning(Cognitive)
UNDERSTANDINGS ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Students will understand that… Students will keep considering…
● Events in the past have shaped family ● What sort of problems do families face/have
structures and culture today. families faced in the past?
● A family’s traditions can be shaped by their ● What is diversity?
heritage. ● What are ways some families are different than
● Not all families have the same traditions. others?
(What specifically do you want students to understand? ● What past events have shaped my specific
What inferences should they make?) culture?
(What thought-provoking questions will foster inquiry, meaning-
making and transfer?)
Acquisition of Knowledge, Skill and Values/Commitments/Dispositions(Behavioral)
Knowledge Objective Physical Development Objectives Socio-emotional Objectives
The students will be able to… The students will be able to… The students will be able to…
● Explain varying ● Describe key components ● Understand the values of
characteristics of different of their family. culture and heritage.
families. ● Tell the story of a ● Comprehend the different
● Identify the different cultures and value them
significant event or person.
historical characteristics of equally as their own story.
families.
(What facts and basic concepts should (What discrete skills and processes should (What values and commitments and
students know and be students be able to use?) attitudes should students acquire or
able to recall?) wrestle with?)