Educators, as they teach to an increasingly diverse population, need a guide to designing and implementing responsive curricula. This book is built around the lessons of classroom teachers and provides the how of instruction design. The first section identifies the most important components of design: addressing standards, designing multiple assessments, identifying richly detailed source materials, and creating interrelated lessons and culminating activities. Section two expands on the needs of diverse learners, and the concluding section contains a completed instructional plan, adaptable to...