More: SAMPLE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

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More SAMPLEESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
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BASKETBALL

• How can I improve my eye/hand coordination?
• What skills and techniques are used in
  basketball?
• Third and Fourth grade physical education unit on
  basketball

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BASKETBALL

• How can I be a successful team player?
• How can I control my body during games?
• Fifth and Sixth grade physical education unit on
  basketball

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SURVIVAL

• What skills are essential to survival?
• How does the physical environment shape our
  choices?
• Fifth grade unit on survival

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FRIENDS

• What qualities make for good friendship?
• How do friends solve problems?
• Second grade literacy unit on friends

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AESOPS FABLES

• What is the meaning of Folktale?
• What is the difference between folktales and
  fables?
• How do we learn lessons in life through
  understanding fables?
• Second grade unit on folktales

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TOMIE DE PAOLA

• How do we learn lessons in life through fables?
• What qualities of yourself would you like to
  share with others?
• Second grade unit on learning through life
  experiences

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MONEY

• What are the values of individual coins?
• How many do you need to buy an item?
• Second grade math unit

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FRACTIONS

• What are parts of wholes?
• How do we determine what a whole is?
• Second grade math unit on introduction to
  fractions

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FALL SEASON

• How does nature change and adapt to the fall
  season?
• How do people adapt to the fall season?
• Second grade science unit on the fall season

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WEATHER

• What are the different kinds of weather?
• What is the water cycle?
• What methods are used to study the weather?
• Second grade science unit on weather

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ANIMALS

• What are the different classes of animals?
• What are the characteristics of each class?
• Second grade science unit on animals

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Who was Christopher Columbus?
• Why is he so important?
• How do we use directionality, map keys, and
  symbols to identify information on a map or
  globe?
• Second grade science unit on map skills

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COMMUNITIES

• What is a community?
• What are the characteristics of a rural,
  suburban, and urban community?
• Second grade science unit on communities

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CONSUMER CULTURE

• What is a consumer culture?
• How does our economic system contribute to our
  consumer culture?
• What are some of the messages in our consumer
  culture?
• How am I affected by consumer culture?
• High School economics unit

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AMERICAN REVOLUTION

• Why did the American Revolution occur?
• How can we look at the Revolution from alternate
  points of view?
• How were Native Americans Involved in the
  American Revolution?
• Why is Paul Revere more famous than Sybil
  Ludington?
• Why did you do it George?
• Middle School unit on the American Revolution

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ESSENCE

• Where and Who am I in 1994?
• Where do I stand as a 7th grader?
• Personality
• With Family
• Community
• In Each Subject Area
• 7th Grade unit on essence The Fantastic,
  wonderful, irrepressible me