Standards-Aligned Unit Planner with Backward Design Templates

This Excel unit planner uses backward design to help teachers plan curriculum units aligned to standards. Start with desired results (standards and enduring understandings), define acceptable evidence (assessments and rubrics) and plan learning experiences that scaffold knowledge and skills. The workbook templates weekly lesson placeholders, resource lists, differentiation notes and formative checks. It can output printable pacing guides and a standards alignment matrix. Teachers can adapt the template for interdisciplinary units and insert linkage to digital resources (LTI links) if needed. Use it as a collaborative planning tool with colleagues and curriculum leads.