ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
- What constitutes healthy eating/diet?
STATE GOAL 22: Understand principles of health promotion and the prevention and treatment of illness and injury. B. Describe and explain the factors that influence health among individuals, groups and communities. - How can students be sure to stay healthy? 22
- What makes a good President?
STATE GOAL 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations. - Who was more effective as a president, Washington or Lincoln?
16 A.2b Compare different stories about a historical figure or event and analyze differences in the portrayals and perspectives they present. - What makes a good leader?
16.A.2c Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-literary sources. 16.B.2d Identify major political events and leaders within the United States historical eras since the adoption of the Constitution, including the westward expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, and 20th century wars as well as the roles of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. - Why do we have war?
16.B.2b Identify major causes of the American Revolution and describe the consequences of the Revolution through the early national period, including the roles of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. - What would have happened to the economy in the colonies without slavery and indentured servants?
16.C.2a Describe how slavery and indentured servitude influenced the early economy of the United States. - What is the best format for taking notes?
STATE GOAL 5: Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information. NETS-S 3 a/b Research and information fluency - What is the best OPAC database?
AASL 1.1.8 Demonstrate mastery of technology tools for accessing information and pursuing inquiry. - How do civilizations become extinct?
STATE GOAL 12: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences. - Why is collaboration important?
NETS-S 2a Communication and collaboration AASL 1.1.9 Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding. STATE GOAL 24: Promote and enhance health and well-being through the use of effective communication and decision-making skills. - Why does the U.S.A. use so much fossil fuel?
STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States. C.1c Explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources. STATE GOAL 12: E.1c identify renewable and nonrenewable natural resources. - Why are some species extinct?
STATE GOAL 12: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences. A. Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change. - Who did more to impact human rights, Martin Luther King, Jr. or Abraham Lincoln?
16 A.1b Ask historical questions and seek out answers from historical sources (e.g., myths, biographies, stories, old photographs, artwork, other visual or electronic sources). - What patterns exist in our nation’s political history?
16.A.2c Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-literary sources. - Why have rules/laws?
STATE GOAL 14: Understand political systems, with an emphasis on the United States. A. Understand and explain basic principles of the United States government. - Why is information censored?
STATE GOAL 14: Understand political systems, with an emphasis on the United States. D. Understand the roles and influences of individuals and interest groups in the political systems of Illinois, the United States and other nations. F. Understand the development of United States political ideas and traditions. - Why ban books? 14
- Can/should the information available on the Internet be regulated?
AASL 4.3.2 Recognize that resources are created for a variety of purposes. - Which city would be better for hosting the 2020 summer Olympics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia or St. Petersburg, Russia?
STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States. - What has been the most devastating natural disaster in the last decade? 17
- Why do urban myths exist?
STATE GOAL 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States. A.2 Explain ways in which language, stories, folk tales, music, media and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture. - How do fairy tales, legends and myths reflect culture?
STATE GOAL 2: Read and understand literature representative of various societies, eras and ideas. B. Read and interpret a variety of literary works. 18.A.2 Explain ways in which language, stories, folk tales, music, media and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture. - How are ecosystems impacted by the reversal of water flow in a river?
STATE GOAL 13: Understand the relationships among science, technology and society in historical and contemporary contexts. B. Know and apply concepts that describe the interaction between science, technology and society. 2e Identify and explain ways that technology changes ecosystems (e.g., dams, highways, buildings, communication networks, power plants). - Why do we build skyscrapers in Chicago?
STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States. STATE GOAL 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States. A. Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions and institutions. - How does the way humans interact with/live off land lead to disaster/devastating events?
STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States. C. Understand relationships between geographic factors and society.
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