Activity 13 Revising the Curriculum Framing Questions
Activity 13: Revising the Curriculum Framing Questions Step 1: Identifying Essential, Unit, and Content Questions The questions in the Column 1 are a mix of Essential, Unit, and Content questions. Identify each and re-write them in the correct spot in Column 2.
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Column 2
Where did these explorers Essential: go? How did early explorers Unit: change the world? Who are some of the early explorers? What does it take to change the world? Content: What impact do explorers have on their home country?
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Essential: How can statistics lie? What are different methods of showing statistics? Unit: Who decides for us? What is mean, median, mode? What forms public opinion?
Content:
Step 2: Revising Questions The questions below show Content Questions being grouped in with Unit Questions. Participants must be able to identify which questions belong where. Not all questions within each set below are necessarily poor. Some are a mixture of good and poor questions, which is typical. Choose 1 set of questions. Revise these questions as needed so you have Essential, Unit, and Content Questions.
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Unit and Essential
Revised Essential, Unit, and Content Questions
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Essential Questions How are the seasons different?
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Unit Questions How do the seasons affect our lives? What’s it like right now in other parts of the world? How can we tell the seasons are changing?
Essential Questions What is the price of life?
Unit Questions What are the characteristics of African animals? 4-5
How do animals in Africa adapt to their environment?
Essential: How does my environment affect me? Unit: How do our lives change with the seasons? What’s it like right now in other parts of the world? Content: What are the names of the seasons? How can we tell the seasons are changing? How are the seasons different? What causes the seasons? Essential:
Unit:
Content:
If you were an African animal, which one would you most like to be and why? Are all animals worth protecting?
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Essential Questions Is it possible to live in the twenty-first century and not contribute in some way to the destruction of the planet?
Essential:
Unit:
Unit Questions 6-8 What recommendations would you make for conserving and maintaining a planet’s natural resources?
Content:
What is ozone? What is causing the destruction of the Earth’s ozone layer? Why is it important to learn from our past?
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Essential Questions Why should students study Shakespeare's time, writings and theatre?
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Unit Questions What makes Shakespeare unique among the vast numbers of playwrights who came before and after him?
Essential:
Unit:
Did Shakespeare really write Shakespeare? What was drama in Shakespeare’s Elizabethan Era like?
Content:
How did the historical context of Elizabethan England affect Shakespeare’s plays?
Step 3: Share with larger group
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