Based on your understanding of the interrelationships between UbD and DI, and wi

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Based on your understanding of the interrelationships between UbD and DI, and with a specific unit in mind, complete the following steps for this week’s Assignment:

Choose one of the axioms that represent fundamental principles of UbD, presented in Chapter 1 of Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design.

Choose one or two related corollaries that demonstrate the rationale for using DI to support that axiom or fundamental principle of UbD.

Describe a specific example of a lesson or set of lessons from a unit that illustrates the logic of combining the axiom and corollary (UbD and DI frameworks) to support teaching and learning in your classroom.

By Day 7

Submit a description of a lesson or set of lessons, based on the above prompts and your selected axiom and corollary(or corollaries), that illustrates how you envision the integration of UbD and DI in your instructional planning. Be sure to include information from this week’s Learning Resources to support your ideas.

(Assignment length: 2–3 pages)

Explanation / Answer

Axiom
The main purpose of quality curriculum design is to develop and deepen understanding among the students.

Corollaries for Axiom

Scenario
Mr.X designed his curriculum including all the essential knowledge, understanding and skills which is similar to the standards that is being used in his district. Presently his students are studding the relationship between rights and responsibilities of the citizens under the U.S. constitution. He wants all of his students to explore and understand that democracies balance the right and responsibility of the citizen who live there. In his class there are 32 students all have different degree of understanding, three of them are affected by the disabilities in reading and writing, for of his students are having advanced knowledge of his subject. He also encounter numerous students have difficulties on staying on task, some of them have no formal label, some of the students have liked history and some have found dull and disconnected from their lives. So there is an great variation in the students interest and learning preferences in his class.
Mr. X begins teaching keeping two goals in mind, First, He deigned tasks and assessments such that all students can understand the topic and can apply it in their life. Secondly, he make instructional using different material, time frames, student groupings and modes of students expression to ensure each student have full support during their learning phase.

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