Dear Havers of Big Ideas,

We learn facts, names, and dates so it’s easier for us to understand the big ideas of how the world works. In order to understand what makes people move (or migrate) around the world to make a better life for themselves, it helps to learn facts about what life was like for the 59ers who searched for gold in the Pikes Peak area. In order to understand how the number system works and reveals patterns about the real world, it helps to know our multiplication and division facts.

Today we’ll practice these skills and learn these facts, but it’s always in the quest to wrestle with the big ideas of what it means to be human beings on this little speck of dust in the vast universe.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck