1. World at War Museum Project
Day 1- Inquiry Question, Action Plan
LT: I will start the research process for the World War Museum Project
SC: I know I hit the target when I can choose my topic, create inquiry questions and make an action plan for research project
Why: Research is important, expand your knowledge, self- directed inquiry, differentiation

2. Highlight Important Details
Follow Along 
Write Notes in Margins
Highlight Important Details
Choose Topic
Museum Project

3. Practice
1. Ask as many questions as you can. 2. Do not stop to discuss, judge, or answer any of the questions. 3. Write down every question exactly as it was stated. 4. Change any statements into question.

4. Sort your questions as either Open- Ended or Closed-Ended
O for Open
Require an explanation and cannot be answered w/ Yes/No/One Word
C for Closed
Can be answered w/ Yes/No/One Word
Open or Closed

5. Advantages/ Disadvantages of Open-Ended Questions
Turn and Talk with your table 
Advantages/ Disadvantages of Open-Ended Questions

6. Change Your Close Ended Questions to Open Ended and Vice Versa
Do this in your groups
Change Your Close Ended Questions to Open Ended and Vice Versa

7. Choose 3 Most Important Questions
Turn and Talk
Why did you choose those 3 as the most important? 
Choose 3 Most Important Questions

8. How to create an Inquiry Question
Your question is critical.
 Get this right, and everything else is easy. So, some pointers are:
Make it specific
Include a reference to the topic/purpose/goal.
Should be open-ended and arguable(not a yes or no answer)
How to create an Inquiry Question

9. How to create an Inquiry Question
Helpful hints:
Choose something you are interested in (culture, politics, environment, etc.)
Question is open to research
Able to back up your claim with solid CD from research
You don’t already know the answer
Don’t write a question because you know the answer- it makes it unauthentic
Should have multiple possible answers
Clear focus
Don’t state your answer in the question.
NO: Why do we only use 3% of our brain?
YES: What influences the percentage of our brain that we use? 
How to create an Inquiry Question

10. How do I start making an Inquiry Question
Piece of inspiration: picture, quote, current event, theme, unusual topic/object
Brainstorm areas of interest and curiosity based on inspiration
Translate areas of interests into questions
Research
Revisit Question to improve, focus, or adjust it.
Go through the process we just did :)
How do I start making an Inquiry Question

11. 1. Take 5 minutes to look over topic list with table.
2. Spend a few minutes researching anything that you don't already know – scribble some details in the margins
Star your top 10 choices – pick 5 from WW1 and 5 from WW2
Then look at images for each of your choices.
Pick your top 4 choices – 2 from WW1 and 2 from WW2
Choosing Our Topic

12. Write down as many questions as possible about your topic based on the images or research
Categorize either as C or O
Rewrite any C as O in a different color
Rank your top 4 choices.
We will choose our topics
Then you will create inquiry questions and an action plan.
Your Turn

13. Basic Ideas for Inquiry Questions – How does learning about your topic help us understand the causes, consequences or major turning points of WW1 or WW2.
Understanding the event, topic or person – you need to ask questions to help you understand the basic parts of your topic – but this needs to be relevant to the WAR
Understanding how the event, topic or person helps us to understand WW1 or WW2 – you need to ask questions that help you understand how your topic connects to WW1 or WW2
Understanding what caused the event, topic or person to happen or act – you need to ask about what led to, caused the event or person to get involved in WW1 or WW2
Understanding how the event, topic or person led to consequences related to WW1 or WW2 – you need to ask how your topic led to consequences related to WW1 or WW2
Topics for Inquiry Questions Write your inquiry questions in the box provided

14. A. Mini-deadlines for this project that YOU create
After you have written your Inquiry Questions, then write out your Action Plan 
A. Mini-deadlines for this project that YOU create
B. Ownership for your work
Write your action plan