The framework and standards encourage students to learn about the world from several perspectives—local to global—in a deliberate and careful sequence and to develop thematic and conceptual understandings based on these perspectives. Along the way, students engage with the content through questions and topics of disciplinary and conceptual significance rather than learn to memorize discrete pieces of information that do not appear to connect to broader issues

Pearson Realize has incorporated an Essential Question as part of the Introduction for each Topic of study. Although this activity has been deleted from some of the "Customized" lessons, we are making all of the Essential Questions available to you as a printable worksheet if you would like to use them as individual activities.