Naperville Community Unit School
District 203

Organization of Knowledge

Description/Indicators/Questions

Lessons are organized to include critical thinking and metacognition.

What skills will students be asked to demonstrate during the course of their learning?
How does the lesson progress from concrete to abstract?

Resources are authentic and content rich.

What real life connections can students make?
How will students apply academic skills to real world situations?

Knowledge is organized in such a way so as to maximize interdisciplinary resources and materials.

How do you determine the resources students will use?
How does technology enhance the lesson?

Connections are made with other curricular areas as well as real world.

What are the connections between curricular areas?
What real life connections can students make?

Content is presented through multiple modalities, from multiple perspectives, and addressing different learning styles.

How will you organize knowledge to engage all learners?

A range of student interests and abilities are considered so that students are actively engaged.

How is knowledge organized to engage all learners?
How do you know that learners will value the product or outcome?

Material is delivered in a logical sequence, moving the students from knowledge to application and synthesis.

How does the lesson move the students along to the next concepts to be learned?
How does the lesson progress from concrete to abstract?