As the start of school rapidly approaches—as well as the faculty’s summer assignment to create a unit using Essential Questions—a perspective on Essential Questions seems to be appropriate.
This spring, my classes took on challenging assignments requiring the "Big 3" of project-based learning: communication, collaboration and compromise. Eighth-graders had to analyze the changes over time of America at war, as seventh-graders researched American expansion. Documentaries were then created to share what they learned.
On Tuesday, Mr. Yarborough’s seventh-grade History classes visited the Upper School history department to present to my tenth-grade history class of ESL (English as a Second Language) students. The seventh-graders had a tough job ahead of them–to teach the United States Constitution to a group of students from China, Korea, Japan, Germany, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
As the start of school rapidly approaches—as well as the faculty’s summer assignment to create a unit using Essential Questions—a perspective on Essential Questions seems to be appropriate.
This spring, my classes took on challenging assignments requiring the "Big 3" of project-based learning: communication, collaboration and compromise. Eighth-graders had to analyze the changes over time of America at war, as seventh-graders researched American expansion. Documentaries were then created to share what they learned.
On Tuesday, Mr. Yarborough’s seventh-grade History classes visited the Upper School history department to present to my tenth-grade history class of ESL (English as a Second Language) students. The seventh-graders had a tough job ahead of them–to teach the United States Constitution to a group of students from China, Korea, Japan, Germany, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
