After analysing the curriculum for an interdisciplinary lesson, which sequence…

Concept

Sound lesson design uses constructive alignment: curriculum requirements are converted into measurable learning objectives; instructional strategies are then chosen to help learners reach those objectives; assessment evidence is finally aligned with the same objectives. In interdisciplinary planning, the objectives also make the intended links among subjects explicit.

Application

1. Identify objectives: convert the curriculum analysis into specific interdisciplinary learning outcomes.

2. Select strategies: choose teaching activities and methods according to those outcomes.

3. Align assessments: use tasks and criteria that measure whether the stated outcomes were achieved.

Cross-check and contrast

• Choosing assessments before developing content or reviewing standards leaves no prior objectives against which the assessment can be aligned.

• Gathering resources before identifying content makes materials drive the plan rather than learning goals; it also omits assessment alignment.

• Planning content delivery before setting objectives reverses the goal-to-method relationship and does not include assessment alignment.

Therefore, the logically aligned sequence is: identifying learning objectives, selecting teaching strategies, and aligning assessments.