Humanities Homework Help

Often curriculum is outlined by someone outside of the classroom, possibly someone at the district level. Understanding the reason behind their design of curriculum can assist the instructor in successfully implementing instruction.

Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.

For this assignment, contact the director of curriculum at your field experience school or district. Interview your mentor teacher and the director regarding the process of creating an aligned curriculum.

Your interviews should include the following:

What considerations do you make when choosing or creating curriculum?

What current research do you use when choosing or creating curriculum?

• Who is involved in choosing or creating curriculum? How is this decided?
• How does your school/district use a pacing guide? Curriculum map?
• What are the teacher expectations for using the chosen/created curriculum?
• Two additional questions related to curriculum alignment and mapping for each interview.
• Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the mentor teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.