Our standards-driven, backward design curricula engages teachers and students in an authentic disciplinary literacy experience. With our LDC assignments (called modules) and shorter LDC lessons (called Mini-Tasks), you can:
Build a full course curriculum
Strengthen an existing curriculum investment
Embed formative assessment into units
Using the LDC CoreTools Library, you can find and teach hundreds of nationally vetted, teacher-created assignments. You can also tweak, adapt, or design standards-driven assignments in the online design space. Our double-blind review process, developed in partnership with the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE) at Stanford University, ensures that our vetted assignments meet national demands for rigor, disciplinary content, and intellectual engagement.
Explore our collections
LDC and Battelle Education teamed up to create a free collection of STEM modules for middle and high school students.
Social studies Mini-Tasks adapted from strategies and lessons created by LDC partner Facing History and Ourselves
A collection of the best middle and high school literacy-rich, standards-aligned ELA content for your classroom
A collection of the best middle and high school literacy-rich, standards-aligned content for your CTE classroom and beyond
This collection features modules for a range of disciplines and grade levels, all authored by National Board Certified Teachers.
Teacher-created, SCALE-vetted, and classroom-tested instructional resources shared by teachers
Teacher-created, classroom-tested instructional resources created in Rankin County, MS
A wide variety of Mini-Tasks adapted from lessons created by National Writing Project teachers
These tasks take the hit musical Hamilton as their inspiration for engaging students in the study of significant U.S. History topics.
These 19 modules were designed with the National Literacy Project to engage K–6 students with reading, writing, and thinking about important civics content and issues. Use them individually or in sequence.
This collection includes LDC Modules and Mini-Tasks that have emerged from work managed by Student Achievement Partners (SAP)
UDL supports have been layered into LDC Mini-Tasks in this collection to enhance instructional design to ensure that a wide range of students receive the support they need to complete these Mini-Tasks.