ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book emerged from the authors work over the last ten years in looking for strategies teachers can use to improve the curriculum writing process. Overloaded with volumes of state curriculum guides, caught on a seesaw between the importance of authentic knowledge (content) and instructional techniques (process), and challenged to include activities from the latest educational bandwagon, the Herculean task of curriculum writing often falls to an intrepid committee relegated to work during summer vacation. The Multiple Menu Model is designed for individual or small groups of teachers who want to write comprehensive curricula and who understand that this endeavor is rewarding but time consuming. The book offers more suggestions and guidelines than any one teacher could possibly use.
