Advanced Content Models for Differentiating Curriculum: Simple Tools for Complex Thinking provides teachers with models and strategies they can easily use to create appropriately complex differentiated lessons, questions, tasks, and projects. Developed by Vanderbilt University's Programs for Talented Youth, this must-have resource for both gifted and regular education teachers includes specific thinking models for teaching English language arts, social studies, science, and math. This book is ideal for teachers who are looking for ways to differentiate and design lessons for their highest achieving students, providing multiple examples of how to embed complexity within standards-based lessons. The models have been vetted by content experts in the relevant disciplines and were designed to guide students to develop expertise within a discipline. These easy-to-use models and strategies provide the necessary challenge for advanced learners to thrive.