In this video, we'll use Universal Theme and Generalizations to organize your instruction at the lesson, unit, or even subject level.
In this video, we'll take students from a very abstract Universal Theme to practical statements known as Generalizations. These are a tool to unlock connections across subjects.
Universal Themes, part of the Depth and Complexity framework, give you an easy way to take your lessons across all content areas. In this video, we'll introduce the Themes and start an opening activity.
In this series, we'll be climbing Bloom's Taxonomy to help all students reach the highest levels.
After climbing all the way up Bloom's Taxonomy, students will now realistically change existing ideas to create something new.
Build on the "analyze" level of Bloom's to take students up the "evaluate," where they'll form a strong opinion backed up with evidence collected earlier in their climb.
Let's explore practical ways to take students to the Apply level of Bloom's Taxonomy while integrating depth and complexity at a high level.
To differentiate for gifted students, we can carefully climb Bloom's taxonomy and combine those thinking skills with the prompts of depth and complexity. Let's look at the Analyze thinking skill.
Let's explore the content imperative "Paradox." This tool helps students focus on ideas that are both positive and negative.
Ask students to think across subjects by using a generalization, such as "Causes Can Lead To Unexpected Effects."
In this video, you'll learn about "Convergence," a content imperative tool for looking at how things come together.
Parallel is another tool to take students even deeper into any content area. Parallel asks students to consider other topics that are similar to their topic of study and combines perfectly with the tools of depth and complexity. .
Contribution is another tool to take students even deeper into any content area. It combines perfectly with the tools of depth and complexity.
Origins gives you a way to prompt students to consider the beginning of an idea, but it also combines beautifully with the depth and complexity prompts to push them even further.
In this video, we'll look into the depth and complexity prompt of "trends."
In this video, we'll learn about two more tools of depth and complexity: language of the discipline and across the disciplines.
In this video, we'll tackle the next prompt of Depth and Complexity: Unanswered Questions.
In this video, we continue to look at the prompts of Depth and Complexity, this time examining Rules and Patterns.
In this video, we'll introduce The Big Idea and Details, two prompts of depth and complexity.
In this video, we’ll introduce three thinking tools: ethics, multiple perspectives, and change over time.
