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Name Columbus’ 3 ships
Test questions from a real 6th grade test
Nina Pinta Santa Maria
Which of the 3 ships sank? Santa Maria
Captain of the Pinta? Martin Pizon
Ponce De Leon
Explorer seeking the Fountain of Youth?
Test questions from a real 6th grade test
Name Columbus’ 3 ships
Nina Pinta Santa Maria
Which of the 3 ships sank? Santa Maria
Captain of the Pinta? Martin Pizon
Explorer seeking the Fountain of Youth?
Ponce De Leon
De SotoExplorer who discovered the Mississippi River?
Test questions from a real 6th grade test
Name Columbus’ 3 ships
Nina Pinta Santa Maria
Which of the 3 ships sank? Santa Maria
Captain of the Pinta? Martin Pizon
Explorer seeking the Fountain of Youth?
Ponce Deleon
DesotoExplorer who discovered the Mississippi River?
CortezConquered the Aztecs?
Test questions from a real 6th grade test
Name Columbus’ 3 ships
Nina Pinta Santa Maria
Which of the 3 ships sank? Santa Maria
Captain of the Pinta? Martin Pizon
Explorer seeking the Fountain of Youth?
Ponce Deleon
DesotoExplorer who discovered the Mississippi River?
CortezConquered the Aztecs?
Montezuma IILeader of the Aztecs?
Test questions from a real 6th grade test
Name Columbus’ 3 ships
Nina Pinta Santa Maria
Which of the 3 ships sank? Santa Maria
Captain of the Pinta? Martin Pizon
Explorer seeking the Fountain of Youth?
Ponce Deleon
DesotoExplorer who discovered the Mississippi River?
CortezConquered the Aztecs?
Montezuma IILeader of the Aztecs ?
BalboaDiscovered the Pacific Ocean ?
Test questions from a real 6th grade test
Name Columbus’ 3 ships
Nina Pinta Santa Maria
Which of the 3 ships sank? Santa Maria
Captain of the Pinta? Martin Pizon
Explorer seeking the Fountain of Youth?
Ponce Deleon
DesotoExplorer who discovered the Mississippi River?
CortezConquered the Aztecs?
Montezuma IILeader of the Aztecs
BalboaDiscovered the Pacific Ocean
WHO CARES?Why do we spend so much time &
energy teaching stuff that well-educated people don’t know the
answer to?
Somebody seems to because high-stakes tests often reflect extensive
amounts of trivia
By the way, did you know that the natives Columbus brought back to Spain were taken to demonstrate their potential as SLAVES?
Did you know Columbus ordered the natives’ hands, noses, & other body parts CUT OFF if they did not produce a weight in gold each month!
SO WHY DO WE CELEBRATE THIS GUY?
Did you know Columbus was such a murderous leader that someone was sent from Spain to arrest him and that he was shipped home in chains?
Did you know that Ponce De Leon NEVER searched for the Fountain of Youth!
It’s a “urban legend” promoted by the tourist industry that’s now treated as an historical truth that students are expected to memorize
WHY DO WE CELEBRATE THIS GUY?
The reality is De Leon was searching for Native Americans to capture and to be shipped to Hispaniola as SLAVES!
IMPLICATIONS …
Not only are we expecting our kids to memorize a bunch of trivia …
A LOT of it is erroneous information that’s been re-cast as something we should value and even celebrate.
Meanwhile, students totally miss the bigger picture
If a “lost continent” was suddenly discovered today, would the people and resources there be treated the same way as in the Age of Exploration? Why or why not?
Do you think religion was intentionally used by countries as a way to build wealth during the Age of Exploration? Why or why not?
Competition for resources often causes powerful countries to manipulate and exploit weaker countries. Explain how this idea showed up during this age.
BONUS QUESTIONS (bigger picture)
BONUS QUESTIONS
If a “lost continent” was suddenly discovered today, would the people and resources there be treated the same way as in the Age of Exploration? Why or why not?
Do you think religion was intentionally used on by countries way a way to build wealth during the Age of Exploration? Why or why not?
Competition for resources often causes powerful countries to manipulate and exploit weaker countries. Explain how this idea showed up during this age.
Problem … “Big Ideas” or “generative ideas” are typically treated as incidental, BONUS learning rather than as essential-for-ALL-to-understand
..or only the really “bright” students are expected to understand the big idea
… everybody else is expected to memorize the trivia
So what? What is important to understand about this?
is about …Titanic lessons from a disasterhow a great ship sinking led to important lessons that changed society
Putting profit over safety = great loss of life
Are wealthy people more valuable?
When a myth is treated as a truth, people fool selves
Newspaper:” Titanic largest & fastest, so it’s probably unsinkable”
Owners liked “unsinkable” idea, so they encouraged people to believe it
Builders began to believe the myth; took short-cuts
Lesson: Don’t believe it because somebody said it
Used cheaper steel (thin & brittle, 1 hull) so ship would not cost as much
Fewer lifeboats = more attractive ship = more people buying tickets
Fastest ship = more tickets sold = taking great risks in ice berg zoneLesson: Safety always produces greatest profit in the long run
Cabins closest to deck = most expensive = rich reach lifeboats 1st
Rich were given priority over poor for spaces on lifeboats
Many of the poorer people were locked below so they couldn’t escapeLesson: All human life is equally valuable, regardless of wealth
A great disaster can cause society to examine its values and practices so improvements can be made to save future lives
Examples of generative ideas
So what? What is important to understand about this?
is about …Titanic lessons from a disasterhow a great ship sinking led to important lessons that changed society
Putting profit over safety = great loss of life
Are wealthy people more valuable?
When a myth is treated as a truth, people fool selves
Newspaper:” Titanic largest & fastest, so it’s probably unsinkable”
Owners liked “unsinkable” idea, so they encouraged people to believe it
Builders began to believe the myth; took short-cuts
Lesson: Don’t believe it because somebody said it
Used cheaper steel (thin & brittle, 1 hull) so ship would not cost as much
Fewer lifeboats = more attractive ship = more people buying tickets
Fastest ship = more tickets sold = taking great risks in ice berg zoneLesson: Safety always produces greatest profit in the long run
Cabins closest to deck = most expensive = rich reach lifeboats 1st
Rich were given priority over poor for spaces on lifeboats
Many of the poorer people were locked below so they couldn’t escapeLesson: All human life is equally valuable, regardless of wealth
A great disaster can cause society to examine its values and practices so improvements can be made to save future lives
Examples of generative ideas
So what? What is important to understand about this?
is about …Titanic lessons from a disasterhow a great ship sinking led to important lessons that changed society
Putting profit over safety = great loss of life
Are wealthy people more valuable?
When a myth is treated as a truth, people fool selves
Newspaper:” Titanic largest & fastest, so it’s probably unsinkable”
Owners liked “unsinkable” idea, so they encouraged people to believe it
Builders began to believe the myth; took short-cuts
Lesson: Don’t believe it because somebody said it
Used cheaper steel (thin & brittle, 1 hull) so ship would not cost as much
Fewer lifeboats = more attractive ship = more people buying tickets
Fastest ship = more tickets sold = taking great risks in ice berg zoneLesson: Safety always produces greatest profit in the long run
Cabins closest to deck = most expensive = rich reach lifeboats 1st
Rich were given priority over poor for spaces on lifeboats
Many of the poorer people were locked below so they couldn’t escapeLesson: All human life is equally valuable, regardless of wealth
A great disaster can cause society to examine its values and practices so improvements can be made to save future lives
Examples of generative ideas
So what? What is important to understand about this?
is about …Titanic lessons from a disasterhow a great ship sinking led to important lessons that changed society
Putting profit over safety = great loss of life
Are wealthy people more valuable?
When a myth is treated as a truth, people fool selves
Newspaper” Titanic largest & fastest, so it’s probably unsinkable”
Owners liked “unsinkable” idea, so they encouraged people to believe it
Builders began to believe the myth; took short-cuts
Lesson: Don’t believe it because somebody said it
Used cheaper steel (thin & brittle, 1 hull) so ship would not cost as much
Fewer lifeboats = more attractive ship = more people buying tickets
Fastest ship = more tickets sold = taking great risks in ice burg zoneLesson: Safety always produces greatest profit in the long run
Cabins closest to deck = most expensive = rich reach lifeboats 1st
Rich were given priority over poor for spaces on lifeboats
Many of the poorer people were locked below so they couldn’t escapeLesson: All human life is equally valuable, regardless of wealth
A great disaster can cause society to examine its values and practices so improvements can be made to save future lives
Examples of generative idea
Generative patterns are featured so that students develop an ability to …
… to organize information themselves
… to organize the same information in different ways (cognitive flexibility)
…recognize how information has been organized
These patterns all represent the same information hierarchy
Each depicts a 3 main-idea & details pattern
Generative Patterns of Phenomena = common patterns in the way life unfolds
There are predictable patterns to …
* How all wars begin* How war are always fought* What always happens
following a war
* Conditions that result in new inventions* Features that all inventions share* Impact of inventions
* Relationship between chaos & attempts to control things
* Data-spinning
* How elections are always won or lost
* What happens when people take risks, and when they don’t
* Rise & fall of economies
* Rise & fall of persons or groups with power
* Tension / Reaction Relationships
* Patterns that appear in nature
* Geography of a land and the culture that lives there
* Maintenance of double-standards
* Why people settle & abandon places
* How technology & new ideas spread
* Co-dependency
Generative Patterns of Phenomena = common patterns in the way life unfolds
* Conditions that result in new inventions* Impact of inventions
There are predictable patterns to …
* How all wars begin* How all are always faught* What always happens
following a war
* Features that all inventions share
* Relationship between chaos & attempts to control things
* Data-spinning
* How elections are always won or lost
* What happens when people take risks, and when they don’t
* Rise & fall of economies
* Rise & fall of persons or groups with power
* Tension / Reaction Relationships
* Patterns that appear in nature
* Geography of a land and the culture that lives there
* Maintenance of double-standards
* Why people settle & abandon places
* How technology & new ideas spread
Generative Patterns of Phenomena = common patterns in the way life unfolds
Makes Sense Strategies focuses on what the abstract phenomenon patterns are and how they can be visually represented in concrete ways
The visual patterns then serve as a “lens” for clarifying and understanding complex phenomena
BIG IDEA: Every place has features that PULL (attract) people to move there, and factors that PUSH them out (make them want to leave)© 2002 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com
Features of this place that ATTRACT people to move here
Features of this place that make people want to LEAVE here
So What? What can you conclude about this place at this point in time?
Place Point in time
ECONOMIC FACTORS POLITICAL FACTORS LIFESTYLE FACTORS
ECONOMIC FACTORS POLITICAL FACTORS LIFESTYLE FACTORS
Example of
Geography phenomena map
WHAT is being controlled?
WHO is attempting to control it? HOW is control being attempted?
WHY is control being attempted?
What happens if there is
TOO LITTLE attempt to control this?What happens if there is an IDEAL level of control?
What happens if there is TOO MUCH attempt to control this?
Mark on the continuum above the level of control you think is being attempted. Explain below how well you think it is working.
Control*Chaos© 2004 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com
Example of
Control * Chaos phenomena map
Ways to “spin” information …
Why was the new information “spun” ? What was the goal of the spinner?
Data Spinning© 2004 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com
Is about …
Existing Belief(or belief that is being promoted) Invent information
that does fitIgnore the parts that
don’t fitDiscount conflicting
data
New data should cause the belief to change to …
New information encountered about this topic…
How was the new information “spun”?
… to fit existing belief or promote something or someone?
Example of
Data Spin phenomena map