1. What is the difference between Big Ideas and Enduring Understandings?
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2. Simple Answer
Big Ideas are the magnets that hold content together. They TRANSFER while CONTENT does not. THEY NEED TO BE UNCOVERED.
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS are what you want kids to understand ABOUT THE BIG IDEA. They contain the powerful generalization about the BIG IDEA.

3. How do you write a GENERALIZATION or UNDERSTANDING
Characteristics
Attributes
Connections
To the Big Idea
CONCEPT OR BIG IDEA
Real world Examples
UNDERSTANDING
Generalizations

4. Rules for writing Generalizations
Use the CONCEPT word in your sentence.
Select an ACTIVE VERB.
Choose at least TWO CHARACTERISTICS from your graphic organizer.
Keep your sentence UNIVERSAL. Avoid saying YOU or YOUR try using ONE or PEOPLE.