This article explains the importance and reasoning behind developing “Big Ideas” and implementing them in the art classroom. Big ideas are what sustain the classroom’s attention over a long period of time. By developing a Big Idea for the lesson your students are working on in the classroom they are able to gain the opportunities needed to “learn about an idea, build an adequate knowledge base for working with it, examine the idea in the work of other artists and find personal connections to the idea.”
Students who are given a big idea along with the lesson experience deeper levels of thinking. I believe it is necessary that a big idea, essential questions framing that idea, an artist or body of work, and an activity tie together in order to create a successful unit plan. Within the article they explain the many differences between Big Ideas, themes, and subject matter. Big ideas are more like the concept of the piece, rather than the topic or matter.
These are some sites that can help with developing a Big Idea:
- What are some Big Ideas that can be used in the classroom?
- Based on the answers to question 1, what are some Essential Questions one can use?
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