Week 8 - Social Studies' Signature Assignment Unit - Formulating Essential and Supporting Questions by sherry mohazab https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo Made with wonder en-us 2018-12-18 00:49:48 UTC 2025-10-10 13:41:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Objective sherry_mohazab https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo/wish/315388220 Students will be able to create a standards based relevant and rigorous compelling question for their social studies’ unit that will generate meaningful exploration of an idea. Students will further generate 3 supporting questions  which will result in students being able to generate a summative argument to answer the compelling question.
Source: 3 Dimensional Bloom's Taxonomy by Krathwohl & Anderson https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/3-dimensional-model-blooms-taxonomy/


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  • Is the question relevant and rigorous?  Intellectually meaty and kid- friendly?
  • Is the question closely connected to the standard or objective?
  • Will the question allow for meaningful exploration of an idea?  (Remember: Inquiries are smaller than a Unit/Module; bigger than a lesson plan)
  • Will the question result in students building a summative argument? (Remember: a compelling question can be answered with “yes” or “no” but elaborated upon by the student)

    • ]]>     2018-12-18 00:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo/wish/315388375     Procedure of Formulating Compelling Question sherry_mohazab https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo/wish/315388621
  • students explore compelling questions
  • students evaluate questions as to whether they are compelling or not
  • Students look at compelling questions in social studies' units
  • Step One: Produce your own questions.
  • Step Two:  Improve your questions.
  • Step Three:  Prioritize your questions.
    • http://rightquestion.org/ 
    • categorize into open or close ended questions
    • improve questions
    • compare against checklist again
    • prioritize questions and pick top 3
    • Pick one question from your list or priority questions as your compelling question.
    • Consider 2-3 ways a student would answer this question. 
    ]]>     2018-12-18 00:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo/wish/315388621     Post your compelling question and 3 supporting questions sherry_mohazab https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo/wish/315389522
  • Write your Social Studies standard, Compelling and focus questions on legal-sized paper
  • Use the Critical Friends' Protocol to evaluate classmates' questions
  • Review feedback and revise questions 
    based on feedback 

    • ]]>     2018-12-18 01:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo/wish/315389522     Critical Friends' Protocol sherry_mohazab https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo/wish/315389685
  • Light Blue Post-It: “I like…”                         List strengths of the question (refer to checklist)
  • Yellow Post-It: “I wonder…”                    List potential areas for growth for the questions            Potential areas for concern for the entire IDM
  • Pink Post-It: “I suggest…”                Ideas you have to enhance your peers’ work

    • ]]>     2018-12-18 01:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo/wish/315389685     Formulating 3 Supporting Questions sherry_mohazab https://padlet.com/sherry_mohazab/6l8e5907r8oo/wish/315390116 Students explore supporting questions and examples in units. They:
    • Contribute to understanding of compelling question
    • Focus on descriptions, definitions, and processes
    • Require students to construct and explanation
    • Grounded in curriculum and content
    • Explanations

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