Performance-objective-driven curriculum pattern pairing each stated objective with matched student activities

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Description

The guide states six lettered performance objectives (A through F) and then organizes its entire activity section objective by objective, so each activity serves a stated objective. Objectives move from examining cultural movements given theoretical background, through identifying movement characteristics in literature, art, and music, to drawing inferences about influences on contemporary American culture and predicting future developments. For example, objective B reads: "Given selected definitions of Realism and Naturalism, the student will investigate characteristics of thesedefinitions in literature, art, and music."

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Each activity must be traceable to one of the stated performance objectives

Constraints

• Objectives are phrased as student performances given specified background input such as definitions or theories

Target Learners

• secondary school students

Target Goals

• identifying characteristics of artistic and literary movements
• drawing inferences about cultural influences
• predicting future developments in literature, art, and music

Claims

Related Patterns

• Six-part section structure for FEA-based experiential learning modules

Examples

• Quinmester humanities course 'Ideas of Western Man: Expressionism and Realism' integrating literature, philosophy, art, and music
• Brief lectures on intellectual history illustrated with films, records, and print excerpts
• Small-group student-constructed reference products such as a Philosophy Dictionary

Key Sources

• Hall, Peggy; Knappe, Shirley. (1971). Ideas of Western Man: Expressionism and Realism. Dade County Public Schools. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED064728

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id	objective-activity-matched-curriculum-guide-pattern
title	Performance-objective-driven curriculum pattern pairing each stated objective with matched student activities
description	The guide states six lettered performance objectives (A through F) and then organizes its entire activity section objective by objective, so each activity serves a stated objective.
status	review
generated	by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-09-27
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sources	1 — hall-1971

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