Curriculum

The International School of Beijing has committed itself to a ‘standards’ based curriculum.

Based upon extensive research we have identified the best standards available for each subject area K-12. These standards and their accompanying benchmarks form the essential structure of the academic curriculum of the school.

Once completed the academic curriculum for each subject will be documented in the form of:

Unit plans will then be developed using the structure and format of ‘Understanding by Design’.

Once the new website is in place a more comprehensive outline of the Standards and Benchmarks will be made available. In the meantime, you are invited to examine the standards via the following websites:

Subject
 ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
Standards and Benchmarks
 National Center of Education and the Economy
URL
 http://www.ncee.org/
Subject
 VISUAL ARTS
Standards and Benchmarks
 Consortium of National Arts Education Associations
URL
 http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/standards.cmf
Subject
 MATHEMATICS
Standards and Benchmarks
 National Council of the Teachers of Mathematics
URL

URL 1 / URL 2
Subject
 SCIENCE
Standards and Benchmarks
 USA National Science Standards

New Mexico Science Content Standards, Benchmarks, and Performance Standards
URL
 URL 1 / URL 2
Subject
 SOCIAL STUDIES
Standards and Benchmarks
 National Council for Social Studies
URL
 http://osx.latech.edu/currstands/cstands-ss_i.html
Subject
 PHYSICAL EDUCATION / HEALTH
Standards and Benchmarks
 UNESCO International Standards for Physical Education and Sport for School Children
URL
 http://www.ichpersd.org/i/children.html
Subject
 PERFORMING ARTS
Standards and Benchmarks
 New Zealand
URL
 URL 1
Subject
WORLD LANGUAGES
Standards and Benchmarks
 National Standards in Foreign Language Education
URL
 URL 1
Subject
 COMPUTING
Standards and Benchmarks
 ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Students
URL
 http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.html

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