Curriculum+Framing+Questions

Module 2, Activity 2

=Brainstorming Essential, Unit, and Content Questions = ==== Curriculum Framing Questions (CFQs) tie the content of your class to other disciplines and events outside your classroom. They help students focus on the important ideas and develop a deeper understanding of the content material. ====


 * ====**Essential** questions are broad, open-ended questions that address big ideas and enduring concepts. They often cross disciplines and help students see how subjects are related. ====
 * ====**Unit** questions are tied directly to a project and support investigation into the essential question. Unit questions are open-ended and help students demonstrate how well they understand the core concepts of a project. ====
 * =====**Content** questions are fact-based, concrete questions that have a narrow set of correct answers. Often content question relate to definitions, identifications, and general recall of information-similar to the types of questions you would typically find on a test. Content questions support both unit and essential questions. (Unit 2, p2.05) =====

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Look at the following examples: =====


 * ====**Essential:** What is essential for life? ====
 * ====**Unit:** Am I really growing like a weed? How would you grow a big, strong beanstalk to reach the giant’s house? ====
 * ====**Content**: What are the basic requirements for life? ====

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For each of the following sets of CFQs write examples for the missing questions (red categories). Choose the **Edit tab** and then type in your examples beneath the category or the previous addition. It is ok to take another's idea and rework it. We're brainstorming. Essential questions are the hardest to write and content are the easiest. Which type do you use most frequently with your students or you've been asked by your teachers/professors? The type of questions we ask determines the depth of a student's learning .=====

**Proofread and do not delete others work!**

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**Essential:** What does it take to change the world?=====

**Unit:**
How did the Irish potato famine effect life in the US?

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**Content:** =====

What cause the Irish potato famine?


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**Essential:** =====

How can the world improve the green house effect?

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Are rain forests worth saving? =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What is a rain forest? =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What lives in a rain forest? =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Where are rain forests located? =====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Essential:** =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks? =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">How are rocks formed? =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What is the rock cycle? =====

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Essential:** Is math more than numbers? =====

**Unit:**
How is math used everyday?

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Content :** What is a budget? <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **5.** =====

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<span style="color: #ff0600; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Essential:** ===== Can music be a tool in education?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Unit:**
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What can music teach us about history? How does music inspire people today?

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Content:** =====

What is folk music? What are spirituals?

____________________________________________________________________________________ How can being in shape and physically fit help shape America?
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What are the health and skill related components to finess?
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What does it mean to be physically fit?
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