The Big Idea icon requires students to make generalizations and develop overarching ideas around a topic. Learners construct a key principle or theory that can be supported with evidence.
Curricular Examples:
Examine the characters, setting, and conflict to determine the theme of a story.
Design a lesson showing how the universal concept of “power” can be applied to plate tectonics.
Formulate a big idea statement showcasing your understanding of prime numbers.
Relate the information gathered from the study of colonization to the theme of “systems.”
Question Stems:
How does a video game designer incorporate the evidence needed to support the overarching statement of a game?
How would a physicist appraise the theories that have been proposed to explain the law of gravity?
What generalization be made regarding the facts and patterns evident in the study of monarch migration?
Task Statement:
Students will prove with evidence the big idea of word origins using a dictionary and create an informative video lesson for a group of younger students.
