Curriculum Map Foundations

What's the Difference?

Curriculum Maps, Pacing Guides, and Lesson Plans

Curriculum Map

Lesson Plans

Pacing Guide

The purpose of the curriculum map is to review and reflect.

Record of curriculum (what actually occured) including files, sources and materials

Includes details, materials, supplies and activities.

Lesson plans address the daily or multi-day activities and goals.

It ensures that content is taught at the same time and assessed in the same way.

The pacing guide is indended to be an "intinerary" of the upcoming lessons.

Includes standards, skills and depth of knowledge (DOK).

It is a guide for teachers and stakeholders about what's happening in the lesson

Organizes what is being taught and why.

It is focused on the when and the how of instruction.