Discussion Post: Understandings & Essential Questions
Enduring understandings and essential questions are part of meaning-making. In your mini-unit, you will be addressing only one standard. For this discussion, draft two understandings and two essential questions that support meaning-making and transfer for your students in regard to the standard.
1) Indicate the standard you are addressing in your mini-unit.
2) Share two understandings and two essential questions you have developed to support that standard.
3) Explain how these understandings and essential questions align to the standard.
4) Describe your process for creating the understandings and essential questions.
a) What was your thought process?
b) How did you determine that the understandings were critical to the topic and that the essential questions were essential?
The response must include a reference list. One-inch margins, double-space, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font and APA style of writing and citations.