Prompt #11: How can curriculum mapping assist you? Do you have one? Does your school\district map? Where would\will you start creating useful curriculum maps for your classroom?

Because my school is an alternative learning school, we do not have a mapped curriculum. The district has adopted a plan that seems to be somewhat in tune with what curriculum mapping has been described. They have timelines for a certain major essay but not for the core concepts departments are teaching. All the schools follow some universal project for the first month and have strict guidelines, framework for how to do it, and has been related to historical areas around. We do not have to follow that month long "mapping" and instead have been given the option to create a similar project. I do not follow it since the project is a lengthy essay that just showcases that a student can write. I would rather have them learn fundamental economic concepts from the start of class.

As for me, I have a nothing that would represent what the lecture shows as curriculum mapping written on paper. I do have a "map" in the form of a binder that shows me where I should be every week for 6 weeks because that is how long our terms are in school. That helps identify if the pace is out of sync and whether I must adjust. I would start creating a curriculum map before the class begins to follow along where you intend to be, but I am fully aware lessons may change if subjects take longer than expected.