The Understanding by Design Handbook
Author: Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins
MLA: McTighe, J., and G. Wiggins. The Understanding by Design Handbook. Alexandria: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1999.
This handbook is the companion book to Understanding by Design (ASCD, 1998). Understanding by Design provides the conceptual foundation for a theory of understanding that is based on six facets of understanding. The handbook offers the practical side: a unit planning template, worksheets, exercises, design tools, design standards and tests, and a peer review process for learning and applying the ideas in Understanding by Design.