Constructing Powerful and meaningful Social Studies Units

We were told to read chapter 8 in our textbook, "How Are Powerful and Meaningful Social Studies units Constructed?" and create a visual map based off of it for homework. After reading this chapter, I learned that there are many different parts to making a unit plan. I made my visual map according to what I learned from the chapter. I started with the title of the chapter in the middle. from it, I had 5 different branches. the first branch is Focus. Coming from focus, I have the three different focuses when designing a unit, descriptive-focused units, thinking skills-focused units, and conceptual and thinking skills-focused units. The next branch was Units. Fro units, I had the two types of units to pick from, Theme units and Issues and problem solving units. Theme units may include topics associated with other subject areas, and issue and problem solving units attempt to solve a problem that is relevant to somebody. The third branch was Planning. The two different types of planning a unit is by using a wheel design or using a column design. The fourth branch I made was Integrated Units. From this branch, I listed the 16 steps to developing integrated units:

1. generating ideas for the topic

2. Rresearch the topic

3. Develop focus or guiding questions

4. Identify and accommodate special needs of students

5. Develop intended learning outcomes

6. Develop inteded learning outcomes as knowledge, skills and attitudes

7. Create a web

8. Develop a rationale and goals

9. Begin the KWL charts

10. Develop learning objectives

11. Develop an assessment plan

12. Develop lesson plans

13. Develop accommodations for technology

14. Implement the unit

15. Evaluate student learning

16. Reflect on the unit

My last branch was Conceptualizing. Coming from this branch i wrote "Find several different topics across subjects" and underneath that i said that this was Inquiry and problem solving.