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Objectives Focus on Major Ideas and/or Skills
______2Between 3-5 objectives presented that focus on key ideas or major skills to be mastered by students across the unit to be developed.
______1More than 5 unit objectives or fewer than 3 unit objectives generally-appropriate objectives.
______0More than 5 unit objectives or fewer than 3 unit objectives that are either too specific (more like lesson objectives) or too general.
Alignment with Illinois Learning Standards and National Council for the Social Studies Standards
______4All of the following criteria are met in an exemplary manner for every objective: 1) NCSS standard & Illinois Standard written out next to each unit objective; 2) Alignment between Illinois standard and unit objective clear;3) Alignment between NCSS standard and unit objective clear.
______3All of the following criteria are met in an exemplary manner for most objectives: 1) NCSS standard & Illinois Standard written out next to each unit objective; 2) Alignment between Illinois standard and unit objective clear; 3) Alignment between NCSS standard and unit objective clear.
______2All of the following criteria are met for some objectives: 1) NCSS standard & Illinois Standard written out next to each unit objective; 2) Alignment between Illinois standard and unit objective clear; 3) Alignment between NCSS standard and unit objective clear.
______1Most of the following criteria are not met for every objective: 1) NCSS standard & Illinois Standard written out next to each unit objective; 2) Alignment between Illinois standard and unit objective clear; 3) Alignment between NCSS standard and unit objective clear.
______0There does not appear to be an attempt to align all unit objectives with both state and national standards, or the attempt is very unclear to the reader.
Measurable & Descriptive
______2All objectives are measurable (can be observed or assessed)and describe student learning (not what the teacher will do)
______1The majority of objectives are measurable (can be observed or tested) and describe student learning (not what the teacher will do)
______0Less than half of theobjectives are measurable (can be observed or tested) and describe student learning (not what the teacher will do)
Bloom’s Taxonomy Applied
______2Every objective is correctly labeled according to Bloom’s taxonomy and higher levels of Blooms taxonomy predominateamong your unit objectives.
______1The majority of objectives are correctly labeled OR higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy do not predominate.
______0Most objectives are not correctly labeled AND higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy do not predominate.
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