Big Idea
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.