ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

EQs are

• provocative
• transferable
• answers can change as learners learn

WHEN? EARLY.

WHY? to guide me, and to guide the students.

EQs are about the thinking that happens beyond my classroom.

2 Examples from real life:

• Interdisciplinary unit (Biology, Music, History, English, History): "How do WALLS function in our lives?"
• Harlem Renaissance unit: "What does it mean to be fully human? Who gets to decide?"

1. Read/skim, p 1-9 (pdf 25 - 34)
2. Dip in anywhere else you like.
3. Check out p 13 (pdf p14) .

TIME TO TRY IT FOR YOUR UNIT!

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