Our Goals

Develop a Year at a Glance for each grade level Organize each unit to include:

Hook

Enduring Understandings

Essential Questions

Students will understand…

Students will know …

Hooks- This universal question or

statement provides a point of reference for students to hang more specific content related objectives.

The following is a list of guidelines to follow while writing your hook: The hook must be stated as a prompt for

students to respond to prior to, during and at the closure of a unit of study

1. The hook is open ended- no correct or incorrect answer

a) Question: When is war justifiable?

b) Statement: Communities provide protection.

Before a Unit of Study

Students can complete a quick write activity expressing their opinion

Brief debates or class discussions

Illustrations or quick writes in their interactive notebooks

During the Unit of Study

Hook the Hook to the Wall Post the question or statement in a prominent

location in the classroom

Keep the students focused on this overarching theme by adding pertinent information underneath the question or statement.

The hook is used to conclude each unit-

Students must synthesize the new information from the unit

Responses should be lengthy and more complex

Students may respond in writing, through debate or discussion or create a project

National and international decisions during war impact the political and social order of a country. In their study of WWII students will use what

they have learned to create a T-Chart of decisions made during WW II and their impact on the political or social order of the country. Discuss their findings and decide to support or refute their initial response.

National and international decisions during war impact the political and social order of a country. In their study of WWII students will apply

what they have learned by creating a chart showing the impacts of WWII and current conflicts in the Middle East.

Essential Questions

Questions that provide a scaffolding for understanding the essential components of a unit of instruction and guided question.