driving questions traditional what is the bill of rights? if a person makes $25,000 a year, how long...
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DRIVING QUESTIONS
Traditional
• What is the Bill of Rights?• If a person makes
$25,000 a year, how long will it take him or her to make a million dollars?
• What is an atom?• Who was the last emperor
during the Ming Dynasty?• What is the order of colors
in the rainbow?
Project Based Learning
DRIVING QUESTIONS
Traditional
• What is the Bill of Rights?• If a person makes
$25,000 a year, how long will it take him or her to make a million dollars?
• What is an atom?• Who was the last emperor
during the Ming Dynasty?• What is the order of colors
in the rainbow?
Project Based Learning
• In what ways does the Bill of Rights both grant and deny freedom?
• What does it mean to be “rich” or “successful?
• How has the discovery of the atom impacted science?
• How did the Ming Dynasty impact Western Civilization?
• How do you describe color to someone who is blind?
Criteria Does Not Meet Criteria
Problem Meets Criteria
Are open-ended
What is the weather like in Mexico?
Question has only one answer
How has the climate in Mexico affected the development of Mexican culture?
Are objective
Why is smoking wrong?
Question is leading
How does smoking affect our health?
Link basic skills and concepts to students’ lives and the real world
What is a law?
Question does not relate basic skills and concepts to students’ lives
How do laws affect how we live?
Encourages multiple ap-proaches to problem solving
How many billboards are in your neighbor-hood?
Does not allow for multiple ways to express the solution
Describe the features of a good advertis-ment
SAMPLE DRIVING QUESTIONS
1. Is our school safe?
2. Why can’t I have a dinosaur as a pet?
3. What makes a good commercial?
4. How can our school save electricity?
5. Should prayer be allowed in schools?
6. Does free speech mean you can say anything?
STARTERS
1. What makes a good _________?
2. Is ______really important?
3. What is the best way to ________?
4. In what ways did _______influence ________?
5. What would happen if ________?