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Create an Essential Question to guide your research! They are the DEEPER questions that you will try to answer.
Essential Questions
Essential Questions
- Probe for deeper meaning & understanding
- Are open-ended and broad in scope
- Don't have right or wrong answers; they can be debated
- Can be used to craft a Thesis
- Your research provides the supporting info!
- They make you THINK!
The ANSWER to your Essential Question is your thesis!
They are NOT:
They are NOT:
- about facts (that is, they CANNOT be answered with simple FACTS!)
- about simple concepts
- the answers that you FOUND; they are the ones that you CREATED through YOUR analysis and evaluation of research
Types of Essential Questions
Types of Essential Questions
- Which one...? (evaluate facts, make a choice)
- How...? (examines a processes, describes a manner)
- What if...? (hypothetical question, considers options)
- Should...? ( a moral or practical decision based on evidence)
- Why...? (cause & effect, considers relationships)
Examples:
Examples:
- How has online technology impacted music?
- What are the greatest inventions of the 20th century?
- Should we clone humans?
- Why do people abuse drugs?
Open-Ended Question Starters:
Open-Ended Question Starters:
- How would you…?
- What would result if…?
- How would you describe…?
- How does…compare with…?
- What is the relationship between…?
- What would happen if…?
- How could you change…?
- How would you improve…?
- How do you feel about…?
- Why do you believe…?
- What is your opinion of…?
- What choice would you have made…?
- What would you do differently?
- Why do you feel…?
- How would you go about solving the problem…?
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