Big+Ideas,+EQs+&+EUs



Overarching Essential Questions ** World Languages **  1.  How can we use our existing communication skills to learn a new language?  2.  How does learning a foreign language help us better understand our native language?  3.  How do good readers make meaning?  4.  How can we communicate effectively in writing?  5.  How do good speakers express meaning?  6.  How do listening skills affect language acquisition and production?  7.  How does learning a foreign language broaden our perspective of the world?  8. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> How does language shape culture and how does culture shape language? <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> 9. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> How does language connect people? <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> 10. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> What role does grammar play in effective communication?

Overarching Essential Questions ** English Language Art **

1. How do our experiences affect the way in which we create meaning? 2. How do we generate meaning from various forms of communication? 3. How does audience and purpose affect the way we communicate? 4. How does language work? 5. What are the purposes of language? 6. How does interacting with a wide variety of genre and media help us to understand the world and ourselves? 7. How is written language different from spoken language? <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

Overarching Essential Questions **Social Studies** 1. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Why do some things change over time while others remain the same? 2. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How does the past influence the present and future? 3. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How do we know what happened in the past? 4. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Why is “where” important? 5. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How does culture develop? 6. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How do cultures interact? 7. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How are societies organized? 8. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How do individuals influence society and how are individuals influenced by society? 9. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How is the problem of scarcity solved in society?

Overarching Essential Questions ** ICT ** 1. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How does ICT impact my life? 2. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When is it appropriate to use ICT? 3. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How can I apply ICT to communicate, collaborate and learn? 4. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How do I apply ICT to express creativity and foster innovation? 5. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How do I effectively manage information to guide my thinking and actions? 6. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">What are my responsibilities regarding the ethical and legal issues associated with the use of ICT? 7. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How do I adapt and develop my ICT abilities to succeed in a rapidly changing world? <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">Overarching Essential Questions ** Visual Arts ** 1. What is art? 2. Where can we find art? 3. How do we create art? 4. Why do we create art? 5. How does art communicate? 6. How does art reflect history, culture and society? 7. What factors influence artists and artistic expression? 8. How do people express themselves through art? <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Overarching Essential Questions ** Performing Arts ** <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1. How do the arts enhance our lives? 2. What is theatre? Where can we find theatre? 3. What is music? Where can we find music? 4. What is dance? Where can we find dance? 5. What is creativity in the performing arts? 6. Why and how do people create theatre? Why study theatre? 7. Why and how do people create music? Why study music? 8. Why and how do people create dance? Why study dance? 9. What is performance? 10. What factors influence artistic expression? 11. How does feedback affect the creative process? 12. What qualities make a great practitioner in the performing arts? 13. How do the performing arts reflect, as well as shape culture? 14. How do the arts connect us to the past? 15. How has technology changed the arts over time? <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Overarching Essential Questions ** Science ** 1. How and why do we learn, practice and apply science?

2. How do matter and energy make up our world?

3. What are living things and how do they relate to one another and their surroundings?

4. What systems make up the earth and the universe?

5. How are living and nonliving things affected by change?

6. How do developments in science and technology affect our lives? <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';">