Depth and Complexity PD

An introduction to the Depth and Complexity framework for teachers.

For Teachers

Depth and Complexity – An Introduction for Teachers

Depth and Complexity is a powerful, but often misunderstood, framework for teaching students to think more like experts.

For Teachers

My Top 5 Depth and Complexity Mistakes

I spent about a decade making some pretty major mistakes in my use of depth and complexity.

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Misconceptions About 🏛️ Big Idea

For too long, I let my students turn in blah Big Ideas. Here's how I fixed it.

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Depth and Complexity and Graphic Organizers

Let's see a few examples of how Depth and Complexity slides nicely into any graphic organizer.

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Think Like a Disciplinarian (or an Expert!)

Here's how I got better at using the Think Like An Expert technique.

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Content Imperatives

Learn to use the Content Imperatives, a set of five additional tools that work with Depth and Complexity.

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Universal Themes

Universal Themes are an easy way to connect lessons, units, and content areas, even going across grade levels, and into students' personal interests.

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Climbing Blooms with Depth and Complexity

Combine higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy with the prompts of Depth and Complexity!

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Analyzing Conflict with the Content Imperatives

How to go deep into conflict using the Content Imperatives.

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Making Depth and Complexity Posters

Why buy premade posters when you can show off your students' thinking about Depth and Complexity?

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Depth and Complexity: Patterns and Quadrilaterals

Why just "identifying patterns" isn't deep enough.