What are Essential Questions and what purpose do they serve?

As you view the video, consider:

1. What is the essence of an Essential Question (EQ)?

2. How are Essential Questions a vital tool for student learning?

Now examine these EQ examples and non-examples.

1. Which ones are essential? Non essential?

2. How did you determine which questions were essential and non-essential?

3. What common characteristics do you see across the essential questions?

4. Which questions encourage the most deep thinking, in your opinion? Why?