Sarah Vinluan

ED 420 Integrated Curriculum

October 11, 2016

Applying Backward Design

Modified version to fit unit plan -

Language Arts: Reading Social Studies Math

Learning Objective: Students will ask who, what, when, where, why, and how
questions to demonstrate learning goods, services, producers, consumers, and how
they help the community.
Assessment: Students will create a their own businesses in which they will act as
producers and consumer and sell a good or service.
Essential Question: How are goods and services produced, consumed, and
exchanged to satisfy the needs and wants of people?
Sub-questions: Who sells goods and services? What are goods and services? How
do the goods and services benefit the citizens? When does supply and demand affect
one another? Why are goods and services needed? Where can they bought?

RI.2.1 - Ask and answer
who, what, when, where,
why, and how questions to
demonstrate
understanding.
SS.2.8.5 - Economics: 2.NBT.7- Add and subtract
People in the Marketplace within 1000
- Explain the responsibility
of the government to
provide goods and
services

Original version
Language Arts: Reading Social Studies

Learning Objective: Students will ask who, what, when, where, why, and how
questions to demonstrate learning about a social studies reading regarding the
responsibility of the government and the goods and services they provide people.
Assessment: Students will individually create a poster that answer the 6 questions (5
Ws + how) regarding the responsibility of the government and what they provide for
people.
Essential Question: What is the governments job and how do they help people?
Sub-questions: Who are the people in the government? What are goods and
services? How do the goods and services benefit the citizens? When does the
government make decisions about creating goods or services? Why are goods and
services needed? Where are they distributed or placed?

RI.2.1 - Ask and answer who, what, SS.2.8.5 - Economics: People in the
when, where, why, and how questions to Marketplace - Explain the responsibility of
demonstrate understanding. the government to provide goods and
services

Rubric

Making A Poster : The Government, Goods, and Services

Category/Points 4 3 2 1

Required The poster The poster The poster The poster

Elements answers all of answers 5 out answers 4 out answers 3 or r
the 6 required of the 6 of the 6 of the 6
questions questions questions required
(who, what, about the topic. about the topic. questions
where, when, about the topic.
why, and how)
about the topic
of the
government,
goods, and
services.

Content & All of the One fact 2 facts 3 or more facts

Accuracy information displayed on displayed on displayed on
displayed on the poster is the poster are the poster are
the poster inaccurate or inaccurate or inaccurate or
about the topic irrelevant. irrelevant. irrelevant.
are accurate
and relevant.

Attractiveness The poster is The poster is The poster is The poster is

exceptionally attractive in acceptably distractingly
attractive in terms of attractive messy or very
terms of design, layout though it may poorly
design, layout, and neatness. be a bit messy. designed. It is
and neatness. not attractive.