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Essential Questions. Learning Expectation #3 : develop reading and research strategies, observation skills, and aesthetic awareness through engagement with authentic, inquiry-based tasks. Intellectual Curiosity. One of the goals of DHS is to encourage students to develop a love for learning
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Essential Questions Learning Expectation #3: develop reading and research strategies, observation skills, and aesthetic awareness through engagement with authentic, inquiry-based tasks
Intellectual Curiosity • One of the goals of DHS is to encourage students to develop a love for learning • When we say we want you to engage in authentic, inquiry based tasks, we mean you should • do things related to the real world (authentic) and not do something artificial (worksheets) and… • do them because you want to find the answers to your own questions (inquiry means to find answers) • BUT FIRST, you need to develop your own questions and be curious about something
Types of Questions • Level C: Questions that can be easily answered by looking up the answer somewhere • When was WWII? • Level B: Questions that are specific but have more than one right answer and can be debated • Why were women participating in WWII? • Level A (Essential Questions):Questions that are not as specific as level B and can be applied to a variety of situations; often people have opinions about these questions without even understanding certain content • Should women be participating in wars?
Level C Questions: Examples • How did people escape from North Korea? • Where are the gulags located? • Why were North Koreans put in the gulag? • What are schools like in China? • Who was the leader of the cult in Japan?
Level B Questions: Examples • How difficult is it for North Korean defectors to integrate into society? • What was life like for Vietnamese women during the war? • Why did people choose to leave North Korea if they are so heavily indoctrinated and isolated? • Why would children turn in their parents to the authorities? • Why were some Japanese motivated to carry out a domestic terrorist attack?
Level A Essential Questions: Examples • What does this story reveal about the human spirit? • How does war change individuals and communities? • How should we define and measure happiness? • How should the wealth of a country and its individuals be divided, if at all?
Essential Questions (1) • Is defecting from your country worth the risk? • Why do some people buy into the indoctrination by their government and others don’t? • How do cultural traditions impact the behaviors of its people? • Are citizens who are visibly upset at their leader’s death truly sad or faking it? • Should children be used for propaganda or indoctrination? Should children be lied to? • How does social class effect a community’s perspective on gender? • At what age should children be allowed to participate in warfare? • Should people be drafted for war? • Does a leader indoctrinate people to protect his citizens or himself?
Essential Questions (6) • How does indoctrination lead to persecution even if you didn’t do anything wrong? • Why do people get punished even if they follow the rules? • What are the pros and cons to China’s devotion to traditions of their culture? • What are the most effective ways to promote indoctrination? • In what way do love and affection, or lack thereof, define the culture of a nation? • What is most important for maintaining a totalitarian society? • How does the life of women change when China moves from monarchy to communism?
Thesis statements • Show that the upper class was not really to blame for China’s problems • With hardship comes freedom and peace • Few people are able to overcome (?) indoctrination; purpose of indoctrination is to protect the leader • Don’t take freedom for granted • China’s political changes have been positive • Shows how easily people can be indoctrinated and how that can effect a community • Genocide without complete indoctrination will always fail to be completely executed
Thesis statements • Wealth can mean different things; can help you get out from under control of someone • Chinese traditions are important; sisters & footbinding; positive influence • Family supports Mao and believes he had a positive effect on China • Even though North Koreans are living a brutal life, they are still people, just like us