Prepared by :

Jane Marie Calibat

Hannah Faura
BEED-III
 The four major
sources of
Curriculum Planning
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1.Curriculum Guide
• Prepared by local school districts for the
purpose of describing the objectives, content,
materials, and activities expected to be offered
at any particular grade level.
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2. Textbooks

• Social studies textbooks are graded sets of

reading materials traditionally used by teachers as
a source of planning and instruction.
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2. Textbooks

a. Student’s Book
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2. Textbooks

b. Teachers Manual
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2. Textbooks

c. Study Guides
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2. Textbooks
d. Study Prints
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2. Textbooks

e. Tests
Advantages of textbooks
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2. Textbooks
Criticism of Textbooks
According to Gilbert Sewall there are four general
conclusions that are summarized as follows:

The Physical size and weight of textbooks

discourage enthusiasms for their contents.
The prose style of most textbooks is bland and
voiceless.
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2. Textbooks
Criticism of Textbooks
According to Gilbert Sewall there are four general
conclusions that are summarized as follows:

Excessive coverage makes textbooks boring.

Textbooks format and graphics diminish style
and coherence of the running text.
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2. Textbooks
Creative Teaching
Textbook publishers encourage teachers to
supplement and enrich their materials with auxiliary
maps, literature sources, resource books, videos,
computer programs and other resources.
Bradley Commission, recommended textbook usage
be minimized and that teachers use a rich infusion of
literature and primary documents to bring life to social
studies instruction
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2. Textbooks
Creative Teaching
Solomon emphasizes that creative teachers are those
who can make connections between ideas from the
social studies and the experiences of students to
“humanize knowledge”.
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2. Textbooks
Moving From the Exclusive Use of Textbooks
Lilian G. Katz describes this professional evolution as
a four-stage process:
Stage 1: You are preoccupied with survival.
Stage 2: You decide you can survive.
Stage 3: You begin to tire of doing the same things
with the children.
Stage 4: The stage of maturity.
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2. Textbooks
Moving From the Exclusive Use of Textbooks
Harriet Paul Jonquiere, former New York Teacher of
the Year emphasized the need for every teacher to
grow beyond the textbook and mandated curriculum by
creating a richer personalized curriculum replete with
meaningful and purposeful experiences for the children.
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3. Spontaneous Happenings

Is the type of experience resulting from the

children’s initiative for learning.
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4. Thematic Units

Are extended designs of instruction created by

teachers around a central idea; they contain an
orderly sequence of lessons that provide a sense of
cohesiveness, or unity to classroom instruction.
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4. Thematic Units

Kenneth Goodman describes this as a system by

which teachers unite the processes of reading,
writing, speaking and listening a multimodal language
event.
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4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
Whole language approach is basic to the thematic unit
philosophy because it extends the concept of keeping
things integrated and natural throughout the entire
curriculum.
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4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
A five step format provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
1. Select a theme for study
2. Formulate multiple objectives
3. Organize the content
4. Choose variety of learning activities
5. Determine methods to assess learner growth.
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4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
A five step format provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
1. Select a theme for study
 Consider the following sources as you review
theme for your social studies program:
 Curriculum Guides
 Textbooks
 Colleagues
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4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon
which thematic units are built:
1. Select a theme for study
 Consider the following sources as you review
theme for your social studies program:
 Children’s Interest
 Your Interest
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4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
 General Unit Objectives
• Three categories of social studies objectives:
1. Concept Development
2. Skills Acquisition and Refinement
3. Affective Outcomes
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4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
 General Unit Objectives
 The important information that is considered
in selection of objectives:
1. Children
2. Nature of Subject
3. Previous Experiences
 Four Major Sources of Curriculum Planning

4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
 General Unit Objectives
 Three considerations in making statements of
intended learning outcome:
1. State what you want the children to
accomplish.
 Four Major Sources of Curriculum Planning

4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
 General Unit Objectives
 Three considerations in making statements of
intended learning outcome:
2. State the intended outcome, not the
activity in which the children will be engaged.
 Four Major Sources of Curriculum Planning

4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
 General Unit Objectives
 Three considerations in making statements of
intended learning outcome:
3. Limit the number of objectives
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4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
 Behavioral Objectives
 It specify the precise behaviors children will
demonstrate as they progress through the
learning activities.
 Four Major Sources of Curriculum Planning

4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
 Behavioral Objectives
 Behavioral objectives are comprised of three
parts:
1. Identifying the input process
2. Describing what the students is to do
 Four Major Sources of Curriculum Planning

4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
 Behavioral Objectives
 Behavioral objectives are comprised of three
parts:
3. Stating the minimum acceptable level of
performance
 Four Major Sources of Curriculum Planning

4. Thematic Units
Thematic Unit and Whole Language
The five step format that provides the structure upon which
thematic units are built:
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
 Behavioral Objectives
Example:
General unit objectives:
“The children will know where to locate
Japan on map and on a globe.”
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4. Thematic Units
2. Formulating Multiple Objectives
Example:
General unit objectives:
The children will know where to locate Japan
on map and on a globe.
Behavioral objectives:
After locating Japan on the globe(input), the
children shall be able to state(what they are to do)
that there are four main islands and many smaller
ones(level of performance).
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Instruction: Find a partner and

after choose a topic /theme and
organize your own thematic web
or Factstorming web.
 Phase of Planning Activities and
Experiences

There are many ways to structure the activities

chosen for the thematic units; the organized outline that
follows is only a rough guide. It should be adapted or
restyled to suit your personal preferences and the
needs of your student.
 Phase of Planning Activities and Experiences

 Phase 1: Introductory Activities

Establishing classroom conditions that enhance
motivation to learn is the major enterprise during this
portion of the unit.

Usually encompassing the first day or two of

instruction, the process of kicking the flow of a thematic
unit can be effected in a number of ways:
 Phase of Planning Activities and Experiences

The process of kicking the flow of a thematic

unit can be effected:

 Discussion
 The Arts
 Audiovisual Resources
 Creative Dramatics
 Arrange Environment
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 Phase 2: Literature Launchers

One of the most important ingredients of a good
theme is that it is rich in associated literature, both
fiction and nonfiction. Whenever teachers plan a
theme, their chosen resources inevitably include good
books.
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 Phase 3: Developmental Experiences

The introductory activities and literature launcher, you
enter into what is often described as the “brass tacks”
of the unit. Activities may be done independently in
small groups, or by the whole class, but the
consideration that really matters is that you stay within
the periphery of the children’s interest.
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What learning experiences will most effectively help me
achieve this objective? “Your choice could come from among
the following possibilities:
Community Resources
Instructional Media
Language Involvement
The Arts
Social Relationship
Commitment to Evidence
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 Phase 4: Culminating Activity

While the preceding phases of the unit were content
or process specific, the culminating activity allows
students to review, summarize, or bring closure to the
topic.
 Thematic Blueprint

A thematic blueprint contains brief descriptions of all the daily activities you intend to offer throughout the unit.
 Lesson Plan

A lesson plans are much more detailed:

they elaborate on the blueprint’s descriptions
and specify the chosen methods and
materials involved in each day’s learning
experience.