Unit Planning Template

KUD – Know, Understand, Do

When creating your KUD objectives, consider what your students will KNOW, UNDERSTAND, and be able to DO after you have taught your lesson or unit. Below is an example of lesson objectives for each KUD category.

KNOW - K Example lesson objectives of what learners should KNOW

Facts, names, dates, places, information, vocabulary

The learner will know:

• The original inhabitants of the Americas migrated from Asia into North America over the Bering land bridge

• Multiplication tables

• Ecosystem

• Elements of culture (customs, values, shelter, geography)

UNDERSTAND - U Example lesson objectives of what learners should UNDERSTAND

Big ideas, generalizations, principles, ideas that transfer across situations (“Students should understand that...”)

The learner will understand:

• Migration enables organisms to meet basic needs

• Multiplication is repeated addition

• All parts of an ecosystem affect all others parts.

• Culture shapes people and people shape culture.

DO - D Example lesson objectives of what learners should be able to DO

Skills of the discipline, social skills, production skills, processes (usually verb phrases)

The learner will be able to:

• Trace and explain the migratory path of the original Americans

• Use multiplication to solve story problems

• Work collaboratively in a group to complete a assigned task

• Write a unified compare and contrast paragraph

• Examine varied perspectives; draw conclusions