Help students analyze and synthesize information for a deeper understanding of big ideas!

This third edition of the classic bestseller on curriculum design provides practical structures, planning tools, and specific classroom examples of effective teaching strategies. The author focuses on the need for curriculum that takes students to a level of understanding where knowledge transfers readily to new situations and thinking becomes integrated. Updated throughout, the book's wide-ranging topics include:

• Aligning local curriculum with state and national content standards
• Using brain-based teaching methods
• Developing higher-order thinking skills
• Assessing and reporting student progress
• Creating a lifelong love of learning in students