1. How Should I Establish Effective Research Priorities? Worth being familiar with Important to know & understand Enduring Understanding Knowledge worth being familiar with; facts covered in a period Knowledge worth being familiar with; facts covered in a period Knowledge and skills important to know. These are uncovered in class. Has value beyond the classroom with real world application that students will retain & use well into the future

2. What is an Essential Question? is a provocative question designed to engage interest and guide inquiry into the important ideas in a field of study is a provocative question designed to engage interest and guide inquiry into the important ideas in a field of study does not have one “right” answer does not have one “right” answer is intended to stimulate discussion and rethinking over time is intended to stimulate discussion and rethinking over time usually lends itself well to multidisciplinary investigations, requiring for example, that students apply the skills and perspectives of Science and Technology to other areas of study. usually lends itself well to multidisciplinary investigations, requiring for example, that students apply the skills and perspectives of Science and Technology to other areas of study. when using more than one, essential questions can be differentiated to meet audience needs when using more than one, essential questions can be differentiated to meet audience needs

3. Knowledge worth being familiar with; facts covered in class Topic Plan Template Enduring knowledge: These have value beyond the classroom with real world application Knowledge and skills important to know. These are uncovered in class.

4. Knowledge worth being familiar with; facts covered in class To what extent does abortion affect a country and a nation? Ethics Unit: Abortion Vocabulary: From class lessons. Names, Locations, & Outcomes of Court Cases Background: Roe V Wade, Partial Birth, Stem Cell Research, etc. Names of leaders & people (list a few names here) Be sure that the students have a solid foundation of background information prior to beginning Enduring knowledge: These have value beyond the classroom with real world application Knowledge and skills important to know. These are uncovered in class. How did Roe V Wade change the United States politically, socially & economically? Why is perspective and point of view important to students when studying the events, history and abortion law ? Why were battles in Religious sects different than in other eras? Why did political parties cause the nation to think differently about abortion?