General Information and Explanations

Can I design a a good essential question that will inspire my students to think at a higher-level?
(teacher presentation)
http://www.iwebquest.com/webquestcourse/question.htm

Coalition of Essential Schools
http://www.essentialschools.org/pubs/horace/05/v05n05.html

High School Term Papers
http://hs.riverdale.k12.or.us/~dthompso/exhibition/topics_2001.html

Collection of Essential Questions
http://www.essentialschools.org/fieldbook/classpractice/curriculum/eqcollection.html

Galileo Educational Network
http://www.galileo.org/tips/essential_questions.html

Internet Innovations Incorporated
http://www.dramatica.com/theory/essential_questions/twelve.html
http://www.fno.org/feb01/pl.html
 
 

How to Develop an Essential Question
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/essentialquest.htm
http://www.wiredteaching.org/teaching/essquest.htm

Planning Backward to Develop Questions
http://www.cesnorthwest.org/essential_questions.htm

Asking Better Questions (many links)
http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/questions.html

From Now On: A Question Toolkit
http://questioning.org/Q7/toolkit.html

Teaching for Learning
http://www.techforlearning.org/essquest.html#Enduring essential questions

Bellingham schools
http://wwwgen.bham.wednet.edu/essenque.htm

School Improvement in Maryland
http://www.mdk12.org/practices/good_instruction/projectbetter/information_literacy/il-26-27.html

Integrated Curriculum Homepage
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/integrate/packet/int4.html

Examples of Essential Questions and Units Built Around Them

Listings for All Subject Areas

**Grand Prarie School District Research Modules
http://www.gpisd.org/gpisd/modules/modulepage.html

**Columbia Grammar School
http://www.cgps.org/cgslab/curr_map/contents.htm

Baltimore
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/

Art 

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From Bondage to Freedom: A Story Told in Art
http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/artunit/

Math 

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**National Council Teachers of Mathematics
http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/index.html
http://mathstar.nmsu.edu/exploration1/unit/content_questions.html

Literature

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http://writerscomputer.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/store/info/dprotwelve.htm?E+writers
http://www.dramatica.com/theory/essential_questions/twelve.html

Mythology Units
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/curric/mythicmirror/intro.html
http://www.iwebquest.com/greece/question3.htm

Attitudes Toward the Elderly
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/cousins_gt4/index.html

Science

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Planet Exploration
http://wwwsil.bham.wednet.edu/Curriculum/pabasecamp.htm

Ocean Unit
http://www.iwebquest.com/oceans/questions2.htm

Memory
http://science.kennesaw.edu/~thowick/hal'sEssentialQuestion.htm

Plants
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/rabbithill/index.html

6th Grade Life Science Curriculum
http://www.liverpool.k12.ny.us/standards/lstandards/curriculum/sci/g6sci/6sciscope.html

5th Grade Physical Science Curriculum
http://www.liverpool.k12.ny.us/standards/lstandards/curriculum/sci/g5sci/5scicope.html

Oceanography
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/oceanography/indexocean.html

    Social Studies

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How Am I Connected to the World?
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/about/framework/essential.html

Political Campaigns
http://www.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/outreach/projects/chssp/BPSources/American_govt/amgovt3.html

East Asia
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/eastasia/index.html

Columbia River Unit
http://www.ccrh.org/curr/essentialqs.html

Explorers
http://wwwsil.bham.wednet.edu/Curriculum/homeport.htm

Colorado History
http://hewit.unco.edu/sosc3006/essential.htm

The Port Chicago Disaster
http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/pc/questioning.htm