Summary
So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Conflict? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.
- Students simply brainstorm as many examples of the theme as they can think of onto a circle map. Encourage dozens of ideas. This is best done with a large group.
- Next, individually or in small groups, students start to group those examples into 3 - 5 categories.
- Now, students move their categories into a new graphic organizer and label the categories with 1 - 3 word labels.
- Then, they create a big idea statement about the universal theme using at least some of their labels.
- Finally, students can look for examples across different areas or subjects that support this new big idea they created.
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