Final Thematic Unit Project
[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]
Throughout this course, you have learned about many different aspects of curriculum planning and development to support the needs of diverse learners. In your summative assignment, you will bring this knowledge together by finalizing the three thematic unit lesson plans that you began and developed in previous weeks of the course.
Preparation:
Watch the video Modeling How to Complete a Lesson Plan.
Read Developmentally Appropriate Practiceposition statement.
Review the Early Childhood and Child Development: Lesson Plan Handbook.
Find and open your latest version of the “ECD315 Thematic Unit Assignment Template” on your computer. You will be adding on to this document.
For your final project,
Part 1: Thematic Unit Lesson Plans
Design three thematic unit lesson plans (on your Thematic Unit template).
Revise the social-emotional or literacy lesson plan you completed in your Week 3 Thematic Unit Part 2 assignment.
Finalize the physical development or creative arts lesson plan you began in your Week 2 Thematic Unit Part 1 assignment.
Finalize the math or science lesson plan you began in your Week 2 Thematic Unit Part 1 assignment.
Part 2: Curriculum Planning Reflection
Describe why this unit is developmentally appropriate and how it is supported by a curriculum approach, model, or theory.
Discuss how the unit is supported by standards.
Explain your role in bringing this thematic unit to life.
Analyze how your thematic unit is inclusive, culturally sensitive, and differentiated to meet the needs of diverse learners.
Provide two extension activities that you could provide families to complete at home to support the thematic units.
The Final Thematic Unit Project final project
Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word
The title page will be present from Week 2. It must contain the following:
Title of Thematic Unit in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
Student’s name
Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
Must use at least three credible sources, that have not been used in previous assignments, in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library Research tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
