Enduring Understandings are big ideas with essential and enduring value beyond the classroom.
Big ideas are important, enduring, and transferable beyond the scope of a particular unit.
Essential questions have no easy answers and can be examined from multiple perspectives. A content standard specifies what we want students to know and be able to do. Special thanks to Heidi Hayes Jacobs for her help in charting a course, shaping our curriculum, and providing valuable insights in the development of the World Wise Schools program. Her work with curriculum mapping and design, interdisciplinary learning and teaching have added depth to the WWS program and materials. The Understanding by Design Handbook .