What’s on the Backward Design poster?

5 numbered steps. Wiggins and McTighe, in three stages. The order is the whole point. Identify desired results — What should pupils know and be able to do at the end? Be s…; Decide the evidence — What performance would show it? Write the assessment now, not l…; Plan the learning — Only now choose activities, texts and sequence.; Check alignment — Every activity should serve stage one. Cut what does not.; Name what it prevents — Activity-led planning and coverage-led planning both hide the…. The discipline is writing the assessment before the lessons. Doing it in the usual order quietly changes the goal to fit the activity.

Who is the Backward Design poster for?

Backward Design belongs to the Education section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning curriculum & planning can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Backward Design poster?

Use it whenever planning starts from an activity you like rather than an outcome you want. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Backward Design belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Backward Design?

Bloom's Taxonomy, Cultural Capital and The Hidden Curriculum sit alongside Backward Design in the Education section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.

Is the Backward Design poster free to download and print?

Yes. Backward Design downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Education section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.

What size does the Backward Design poster print at?

Backward Design is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Backward Design loses nothing.

Backward Design — free printable poster

Backward Design — printable humanities wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Backward Design, step by step

Wiggins and McTighe, in three stages. The order is the whole point.

Identify desired resultsWhat should pupils know and be able to do at the end? Be specific.
Decide the evidenceWhat performance would show it? Write the assessment now, not later.
Plan the learningOnly now choose activities, texts and sequence.
Check alignmentEvery activity should serve stage one. Cut what does not.
Name what it preventsActivity-led planning and coverage-led planning both hide the goal.

The discipline is writing the assessment before the lessons. Doing it in the usual order quietly changes the goal to fit the activity.

Questions about the Backward Design poster

What’s on the Backward Design poster?: 5 numbered steps. Wiggins and McTighe, in three stages. The order is the whole point. Identify desired results — What should pupils know and be able to do at the end? Be s…; Decide the evidence — What performance would show it? Write the assessment now, not l…; Plan the learning — Only now choose activities, texts and sequence.; Check alignment — Every activity should serve stage one. Cut what does not.; Name what it prevents — Activity-led planning and coverage-led planning both hide the…. The discipline is writing the assessment before the lessons. Doing it in the usual order quietly changes the goal to fit the activity.
Who is the Backward Design poster for?: Backward Design belongs to the Education section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning curriculum & planning can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Backward Design poster?: Use it whenever planning starts from an activity you like rather than an outcome you want. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Backward Design belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Backward Design?: Bloom's Taxonomy, Cultural Capital and The Hidden Curriculum sit alongside Backward Design in the Education section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Bloom's Taxonomy Cultural Capital The Hidden Curriculum
Is the Backward Design poster free to download and print?: Yes. Backward Design downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Education section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Backward Design poster print at?: Backward Design is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Backward Design loses nothing.Printing guide

Backward Design, step by step

Questions about the Backward Design poster

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