Let's start with a Slides presentation that shares the facts noting the evolution of our old, state standards, through the Common Core Learning Standards, and now to our NextGen learning standards. Demonstrating that you can recall and recreate the knowledge of that evolution will be the first step on your journey to understanding. Don't worry. From here, we'll climb ever higher.

Moving on up! Let's develop some skills to ensure we understand the concepts of the NextGen learning standards. At this point, we'll create a mind map of all the NextGen learning standards. I've added images to make the recall and reproduction more fluid. 

After looking at ALL the NextGen standards for a single grade level, it only makes sense to look at a single standard longitudinally from grades 7-12. You'll discuss together, and utilize a strategy called "Dialectic Annotations" to capture your learning on the GoogleDoc itself.

It's time for some strategic thinking! Let's apply these standards to a real-life learning scenario. How would you create a lesson to teach and assess these standards. Please realize that teaching and assessing are two vastly different, but collectively important teaching skills to think about simultaneously.