Enabling Objectives Matrix

Title of the unit/module:

Sheltered Graduate History of Graphic Design, for Intermediate to High-intermediate
English Language Learners
Brief description of target audience:
Graduate ESL students at the intermediate to high-intermediate language level in
the MFA Graphic Design program.
Terminal objective:
Students are able to identify significant given artifacts of western graphic design
history, from 15,000 BCE to 2005, by circling the correct answer on a multiple
choice test and/or naming individual artifacts as examples in written assignments.
List pre-instructional strategy:
Behavioral Objectives

Enabling Objective
Given a list of significant
graphic design artifacts for
each historical module,
including the artifacts
style/historical periods,
designers and specific page
numbers from the textbook
Meggs History of Graphic
Design, students are able to
identify all listed artifact
images from the materials.

Level on
Blooms
Taxonomy
comprehensi
on

Learner Activity

Delivery
Method

Learners would master this

objective by employing a
group of possible selfdirected study strategies
including:

Group
presentation/
online module
presentation &
self- study.

Individual study.

For each
module, in
addition to the
presented
material,
students are
also provided a
list of
significant
graphic design
artifact titles
for that
historical
context,
including
designers and
page numbers
within the
course
textbook,
Meggs History
of Graphic
Design.

Discussion with other

students, either one on
one or in groups to clarify
questions about artifact
information.
Bringing clarification
questions to the support
instructor and/or the
course instructor.

Given the textbook Meggs

History of Graphic Design,
students are able to read
and relate extended
information about the given
artifacts historical context,
description and production.

comprehensi
on

Learners would master this

objective by employing a
group of possible selfdirected study activities
including:

Self-study &
small group
study.

Individual reading and

study.
Accessing outside
resources as dictionaries,
English corpora, and
research via the Internet
for additional help with
unfamiliar vocabulary
and/or concepts.
Employing reading
strategies introduced in
the first module of
course instruction.
Discussing with other
students, either one on
one or in groups, to
clarify questions about
artifact information, and
relating its importance to
historical context,
technology or other
surrounding factors.
Bringing clarification
questions to the support
instructor and/or the
course instructor.

Given lists of significant

graphic design artifacts for
each historical module,
students are able to recall
the title, designer and style
of all the referenced artifact
images from the lists for
multiple choice
assessments.

comprehensi
on

Learners would master this

objective by:
Successfully matching
artifact images with
titles, designers and
style/historical contexts
on course quizzes, in
multiple choice
questions.

Self-study &
small group
study.
(Quizzes and
midterm and
final exams
presented
through online
module.)

Successfully matching
artifact images with
titles, designers and
style/historical contexts
on course assessments,
midterm and final exams,
in multiple choice
questions.

Given lists of significant

graphic design artifacts for
each historical module,
students are able to recall
the title, designer and style
of all the artifact images to
use as supporting
information for topic
analysis, in class discussion
and written assignments.

analysis

Learners would master this

objective by:
Successfully noting
artifact images with
relevant information,
such as titles, designers
and style/historical
contexts, to support
personal analysis on a
given topic for a written
journal assignment.

Self-study &
small group
study.
(Module
quizzes
presented
through online
module.)

Successfully noting
artifact images with
relevant information,
such as titles, designers
and style/historical
contexts, to support
group discussion analysis
on a given topic.
Given lists of significant
graphic design artifacts for
each historical module,
students are able to recall
the title, designer and style
of all the referenced images
from the lists to use as
supporting information to
question prompts in class
assessments.

application

Learners would master this

objective by:

Successfully recalling
knowledge about given
artifact images with
relevant information.

Successfully relating
and explaining
knowledge about the
given artifact images,
with relevant
information, to their
historical contexts in
written responses to
given topics in
midterm and final
examsfive to eight
sentences per topic.

Self-study &
small group
study.
(Module
quizzes
presented
through online
module.)