Use the Curriculum Map Chart and Timeline

The curriculum map chart and timeline is a tool to view, edit, and add to curriculum maps. There are several ways to move around and use the page.

The Chart page contains two views of the map:

• At the top of the page, a timeline represents the unit topics and their start dates and duration. It shows the days on which topics are covered and lessons are taught.
  

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• The bottom of the page displays the topic you select on the timeline and any topics or lesson plans within it in a grid format.

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The grid format displays the elements defined within the document structures assigned to this map.

Note: Teachers view only the timeline in the Staff view; they do not see the grid format.

To use the curriculum map timeline and grid:

1. Use the buttons at the top of the Chart page to do the following:
• Click Add to add a new map topic or a lesson plan. To create a secondary map topic (a topic nested within a primary topic), click the topic you want to create the secondary topic for before you click Add. For example, within the Cells Chemistry unit, you might include a smaller Using a Microscope unit to be covered.
• Click View to view the entire curriculum map or the specific map topic or lesson plan you select in a printable format. This format is a view teachers have to use the map. Print if desired:



2. Hover over the blue bars (map topics) and the light blue bars (secondary map topics) to view the start day and duration information for a map topic.

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3. Drag and drop the bars to change the start and end days for the map topic.
4. Click a map topic name to display the information for that map topic in the grid below the timeline.

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5. Select the Show Lesson Plans checkbox to show lesson plans associated with map topics. For each lesson plan, the timeline displays a green bar. Hover over each green bar to view the lesson plan's start date and duration.

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6. Select the Show Content checkbox above the map topics to display any resources (document files, web searches, etc.) associated with a map topic.

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7. To continue to develop a curriculum map using the chart, do the following:
•   Add content to the elements of the map topic header.
•   Add a map topic.
•   Add a lesson plan to the map.
•   Align map topics and lesson plans to standards.
•   Initialize lesson plans.