WorksheetsEssential Questions and Enduring Understandings
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Mark the characteristics of an essential question.
Have a specific answer.
Are meant to be explored, argued, and continually revisited.
Should spark thought and stimulate inquiry.
Are more likely to be asked by a teacher or textbook than a curious student or person in the world.
All of the above.
Is the following an essential question?
Who "wins" and who "loses" when technologies change?
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When was the Norman Conquest of England?
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Is the following an essential question?
How do strong writers hook and hold their readers?
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Is biology destiny?
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Is the following an essential question?
What are the limits of arithmatic?
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What are examples of animals adapting to their environment?
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No
Some of the questions below are essential and some are guiding. Mark only the essential questions.
What is a balanced diet?
Why would a composer use a major as opposed to a minor scale?
What "truths" can we learn from fiction?
Does the Second Amendment support "stand your ground" laws, according to the courts?
Why do people behave as they do?
What is true about overarching essential questions? Mark all that apply.
They are broad, taking us beyond any particular topic or skill, toward more general, transferable understandings
They are typically asked to help students come to particular understandings around specific knowledge and skills.
They require that learners recollect specific details
They can cross content areas.
They are valuable for framing entire courses and programs of study.
What is true about topical essential questions? Mark all that apply.
They help students come to particular understandings around specific content and skills.
They have a specific right answer.
They can fit under the broader overarching essential questions.
They are primarily used to capture student interest at the beginning of a unit.
Which question is an example of an overarching essential question?
How did Native Alaskans view the "settlement" of their land?
Whose "story" (perspective) is this?
In what year did Alaska become a state?
Have you ever been to Alaska? What do you know about it?
Mark the characteristics of enduring understandings.
They can be assessed using an objective test.
They are transferrable across situations, places, and times.
They reflect "big ideas" in the form of powerful generalizations.
They are best assessed through performance tasks.
They consist of facts and basic concepts.
Which of the following is an example of an effectively framed enduring understanding?
In a free market economy, price is a function of supply and demand.
The price of long-distance phone calls has declined over the past decade.
Both of the above.
Neither of the above.
Which of the following is an example of an effectively framed enduring understanding?
Mean, median, and mode are measures of central tendency.
Statistical analysis and data display often reveal patterns that may not be obvious.
Both of the above.
Neither of the above.
Which enduring understanding is stronger?
We should eat right and live healthy lives.
We are what we eat.
Which enduring understanding is stronger?
Cultures develop unique traditions and norms around universal human needs and experiences.
Different countries have different cultures.
Which enduring understanding is topical?
Gravity is not a physical thing but a term describing the constant rate of acceleration of all "falling" objects.
Vertical height, not the angle and distance of descent, determines the eventual speed of a falling object.
Which enduring understanding is overarching?
A muscle that contracts through its full range of motion will generate more force.
A full stroke with follow-through will increase the distance a golf ball travels.
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