U & D

a space for the exploration of LD291 and its implementation

Entries Tagged as 'Big Ideas'

A great picture book

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

We will be looking at this road sign after our week at Camp Kieve. It is a powerful reminder that bias and stereotyping are alive and well in Maine. It’s not funny.
But there are puns and irony in the sign as well - it is a Literacy lesson. Tradin’ is one. Trade was the [...]

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Tags: Big Ideas · How-to · Pedagogy

Essential Essentials

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

You will find a new tab in the header of this page: Essentials: Short Version. I have removed the outdated Maine Learning Results from the full document and formatted the important Essential Understandings and Essential Questions so that they can easily be copied & used in lesson planning, grant requests, classroom posters, argument and [...]

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Tags: Big Ideas