Curriculum Guides

Publications produced by school districts, state education departments, special curriculum project groups, and education publishers.

Curriculum guides often include objectives, activities, lessons, units, materials lists, and evaluation methods. A guide provides a general overview of what to teach for a certain subject (e.g., health) at a certain grade level (e.g., 4th-6th) in a certain place (e.g., California).

Content Standards for California Public Schools are grade and subject specific listings of the minimum competencies that K-12 California students should be able to demonstrate. Frameworks for California Public Schools, based on Content Standards, provide a curriculum overview, a suggested methodology, and sample lesson plans. Frameworks may also include information covering assessment, evaluation of instructional resources, and cross-curricular instruction.