Refer to "Using UDL to Set Goals" to learn more about developing goals that support all learners.
Use the UDL Goal Setter to help you define clear goals for your class that represent the core instructional purpose of the learning activity and support multiple pathways for achieving the goal.
5-step guide to setting and communicating goals to students from NCLRC. While this site focuses on second language instruction, the sections 'Set Lesson Goals' and 'Structure the Lesson' are effective resources for setting goals and lesson structure.
Refer to Using UDL to Individualize Teaching Methods to learn more about specific methods that support the Principles of Universal Design for Learning i.e. "the what," "the how," and "the why" of learning.
The UDL Solutions Finder gives you practice in an online environment applying CAST's three UDL principles to derive alternative media, materials, and methods when planning a lesson or a unit of curriculum.
The University of Hawaii, Honolulu professional development site list of common teaching methods in higher education, with the strenghs and weaknesses listed for each.
Materials
When selecting lesson materials, think about potential barriers in the materials that affect all students' access to learning.
A variety of formats (for example, providing a reading assignment on paper, CD, audio tape, or with a text-to-speech reader; assigning a project as an interview, a library research project, or an Internet project) helps ensure access to learning for all students in your classroom.
The UDL Solutions Finder gives you practice in an online environment applying CAST's three UDL principles to derive alternative media, materials, and methods when planning a lesson or a unit of curriculum.
Read 'Authentic Assessment Overview' which includes descriptions and practical ideas for implementing alternate forms of assessment in your classroom.
English Language Arts
The Reading Matrix database of products and evidence select one of the six purposes of technology that support reading for students with reading disabilities.
Dade County Reciprocal Teaching Resources. These lesson plan resources from Project WebSIGHT in Dade County, Florida offer a variety of supports for implementing reciprocal teaching, including lesson plans at the elementary and middle school levels.
Strategy Instruction Assessments and Lesson Plans. These materials, from CAST's Strategic Learning Editions Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education, support teachers and students in using strategy instruction in the classroom.
ReadWriteThink website is a partnership of the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation to provide educators and students with access to free-of-charge content regarding best practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
The Poetry Archive has an extensive collection of poets reading their own work. You can enjoy listening to the voices of contemporary English-language poets and of poets from the past. There are activities and materials specifically designed for teachers and for children.
Electronic Books and Online Resources: Explore online reading including interactive stories, articles, and books. Involve readers in writing stories including adding to stories, writing new endings, creating illustrations, and facilitating discussions.
The SEECs Toolkit provides high-school educators with strategies, procedures, activities, and resources informed by UDL principles for increasing reading proficiency in subject area content. The toolkit guides teachers in the use of effective vocabulary instruction and reading comprehension strategies that promote access, participation, and progress in subject-area content for all students.
PBS Teachers Reading & Language Arts offers interactive online and offline lesson plans to engage students. Database is searchable by grade level and content.
Web-Based Resources for Mathematics: Articles Related to Mathematics Education doc | pdf These provide users with access to articles that are cataloged according to the type of research, content, and process standards developed by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
The Math Matrix is a searchable database that presents evidence and products for the use of technologies that support the instruction of mathematics for students with special needs.
On line math tools and software is an extensive math site that provides virtual tools and manipulatives to be used with students that have difficulty visualizing.
PBS Teachers Math offers interactive online and offline lesson plans to engage students. Database is searchable by grade level and content.
The Access Center provides varied resources to support science curriculum.
PBS Teachers Science/Technology offers interactive online and offline lesson plans to engage your students. Database is searchable by gradelevel and science content.
NASA's Imagine the Universe! Lesson Plans provide teachers with teacher-created lessons and units exploring the Universe. This site makes use of NASA imagery and lessons are linked to the math and science standards they support.
NASA Explores Express Lessons and Online Resources provides background articles for teachers and choices for related lessons for K-12. Lessons are linked to national educational standards in science, math, technology, and geography.
Explore Science Lessons and Quick Activities at reachoutmichigan.org. Lessons are grouped by subject and grade level and offer interactive science units, lessons or quick activities to use with students.
Social Studies
Editorial Cartoon Collection Project provides editorial cartoons and related lesson plans from the Dirksen Center that teach students how to identify issues, analyze symbols, acknowledge the need for background knowledge, recognize stereotypes and caricatures, think critically, and appreciate the role of irony and humor.
Teaching with Historic Places by the National Park Service provides lesson plans, tips and tools for using National Parks and Historic Places in k-12 curriculum.
History Matters: The US Survey Course on the Web is designed for high school and college students and teachers, providing a gateway to multimedia and interactive history resources on the web. This site includes the wwwHistory section which provides annotated links, organized by subject and time period, to useful sites for teaching American History.
PBS Teachers Social Studies offers interactive online and offline lesson plans to engage your students. Database is searchable by gradelevel and content.
Trackstar is a growing database of annotated link collections submitted by K–12 teachers for use in their own Internet-based lessons. It is a great place for browsing and borrowing when planning a lesson and is also a fast way to discover which web sites other teachers are using for a particular topic. (Hint: Start by going to "Find a Track" and using the "Keyword Search" tool.)
Search Thinkfinity is a comprehensive collection of lessons across content areas for all grades. "Our goal and our mission are to support the present and future needs of our global society, and, through Thinkfinity, deliver resources to advance the knowledge and skills that are required of citizens in the 21st century."
Rose, D. & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal Design for Learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/
Rose, David H., Meyer, Anne, and Hitchcock, Chuck (Eds.). (2005). The Universally Designed Classroom: Accessible Curriculum and Digital Technologies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. http://www.hepg.org/hep/book/51
Spooner, F., Baker, J. N., Ahlgrim-Delzell, L., Browder, D., & Harris, A. (2007). Effects of training in universal design for learning (UDL) on lesson plan development. Remedial and Special Education 28(2): 108-116(9).
