Social studies skills
3.14(E)Finding the Big Idea
Identify the central claim in a primary or secondary source.
Part of The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology
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Finding the Big Idea
Today you will learn to find the central claim in a primary or secondary source. A central claim is the big idea a writer most wants you to believe. Most sources have one big idea. Other sentences are details, which are small facts that help prove the big idea.
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