Big+Ideas-Understandings

=[| Resources to Introduce Big Ideas/Understandings]= ===. Cheryl Urow provides a very teacher-friendly explanation of big ideas with elementary examples. The following article by J Gordon provides explanations with older grade level examples.=== = = This PowerPoint, part of an online presentation about concept-based curriculum development includes explanations and examples of what students will Understand, Know, and be able to Do, lesson planning terms used by //Understanding by Design//. This PowerPoint includes activities to distinguish understand, know and do. It could be used in-class or as a resource for teachers. Note: The IRC is using the terms **big ideas** and **understandings** interchangeably. Understanding by Design, uses the term **understanding**. They use the term big idea in different ways.

=Big Idea Support Resources for Teachers= ===[|Big Ideas - Understandings] Online resources Jeanette Gordon has collected in her favorites. See the **MUST SEE** resources first, then look for those that most pertain to your grade or content. Be sure to see the Illinois example from School District 21.===

[[file:Examples of big ideas in preschool and K-2.doc]]This is J Gordon's reply to a teacher who was developing curriculum for her preschool class.
=Current Examples of Big Idea Assignment= These examples of an assignment to write big ideas in an ESL Methods course Fall 2010

= = =Examples of Big Idea Assignments from other courses= The examples are from the Innovative Methods Course where the students were asked to submit Theme, Topic, Understandings and Objectives.