Have your students begin their next long-term paper with the Big6 Research Paper Organizer! Watch your students’ confidence and work improve with organization and planning!

Big6 games can be used as part of a lesson to teach the Big6 to students. Students use the Big6 process to complete the lesson and learn using electronic puzzles and a quiz.

Inspiration will now include a full set of Big6 icons. Here’s an introduction to the Inspiration and Big6 connection. - M.E.

“Currently, the Web is estimated at 6 billion pages and the Google search engine indexes more than 3 billion Web pages.With this many Web pages, and more developed every day, the choices for finding information are almost unlimited. With so many choices, how can one be certain the information from a particular web site is correct and will meet the needs of the user? One word will answer that question, one word that is an essential component of every stage of the Big6—EVALUATION.”

Read how Jeanita builds upon Barbara Jansen’s “Trash and Treasure” method of note-taking to invent a system for “concrete” concepts the students can actually feel.

NewsBank-Big6ers often compare these two contrasting ways of teaching/learning history. Note that the characteristics of “Doing History” are much closer to what actual historians do.

“Make it real. Make it relevant.” As educators, we know that this is a key factor in helping students to make the connections needed to learn. A few years ago, I had an experience that helped me understand just how important those connections to something real and relevant are—and from that experience, the Web site “Big 6—Dig It!”

Children with special needs often have difficulty completing class work and school assignments, particularly complex assignments such as book reports, science projects and end of the unit projects. These tasks that may appear “easy” for some students can be overwhelming and challenging for special needs children.

This stirring article and Big6 lesson by Jami Jones tells how information may help students develop life skills they need to overcome adversity. “The purpose of this lesson is to teach middle and high school students to apply the Big6 information problem solving process to the real-life issues, problems, and challenges facing them. The power of information literacy is not limited to academic pursuits, but extends to personal decision making and improved quality of life.”