Throughout a school year, students can build on their life's experience and progess towards deeper understandings and better thinking skills. In this section of ALPS, we explore four of Mr. Bill McWeeny's units in great detail. Click on each unit's title to explore his assignments, student reactions (when available), and student work.

Get to know Bill Teacher biography Most influential books Teaching philosophy An interview with Bill The Environment The classroom Setting Up the Year Throughlines Notebook The Units Culturing/Ecology Unit The Genetics/Family Tree Unit The Cell Unit The Body Systems Unit

Teaching for Understanding Quick Menu - select a destination - INFORMATION   What's Understanding?     - An Interactive Look at Understanding   What's Teaching for Understanding?     - A Performance Criterion   What's the TfU Framework     - Throughlines     - Generative Topics     - Understanding Goals     - Performances of Understanding     - Ongoing Assessment PICTURES OF PRACTICE   The Colonial Biography Unit (7th Grade History)   A Year of Seventh Grade English   A Year of Eighth Grade Science   The Jazz Unit Snapshot   Using the CCDT to Develop Generative Topics COMMUNICATION CURRICULUM DESIGN TOOLS   Planners   Tip Sheets   On-line Tools