1. Connect the discussion with students to large scale themes that are central to the discipline being studied.
  2. Complete list of sample Understanding Goals and Big Ideas
  3. Discuss with students how the primary source used may have inspired new discoveries that challenge, confirm, and sometimes change our thinking.

Understanding GoalUnderstanding Goals

  • Patterns help us to understand our world.
  • Communities help people.
  • Communication is effective when the message is received clearly.
  • People work together to accomplish things that they could not do alone.
  • People explore for different reasons.
  • Systems come from routines and acting on what’s important.

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Big Ideas

  • Survival
  • Adaptation
  • Interaction
  • Identity
  • Community
  • Perspectives
  • Power

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