This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the impact of English on their daily lives. By investigating the compelling question, students examine the different skills English Class can strengthen, including grammar, vocabulary, and critical thinking, and the ways in which these skills are applied in a real world context. By completing this inquiry, students begin to understand the function of the modern ELA classroom and its curriculum through an exploration of different media in hopes that they may see the impact education has on their future lives. By the end, students should be able to remark on the importance of English in understanding advertising strategies, nuances in pop culture, and the impact of grammar on social media.
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This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the impact of English on their daily lives. By investigating the compelling question, students examine the different skills English Class can strengthen, including grammar, vocabulary, and critical thinking, and the ways in which these skills are applied in a real world context. By completing this inquiry, students…
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This inquiry asks students to investigate a deliberately provocative question: Is war good for women? World War II brought destruction, separation, and loss, yet it also opened forms of work, military service, public responsibility, and economic participation that had often been restricted to women before 1941. Students examine that tension rather than treating wartime change…
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Written for an English class reading 1984, this inquiry is meant to be investigated by students after reading the novel. This inquiry challenges students to evaluate Orwell’s description of surveillance and determine if it is becoming a reality.
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Teachers today face a patchwork of district guidelines and a spectrum of comfort with AI—from enthusiastic early adopters to reluctant hold-outs. This uneven landscape shapes not only how they source and build instructional materials but also how AI tools ultimately influence student learning.
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This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the current state of the shrinking Great Salt Lake and evaluation of current proposals to mitigate further shrinking. This inquiry requires basic prerequisite knowledge of issues surrounding water scarcity and climate change. The Great Salt Lake is facing critical water shortages due to water diversion for agricultural…
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This inquiry leads students through an exploration of the idea of how people react when democracy is challenged. Students will learn about the concept of martial law. Then, they will apply what they learned to the events surrounding the martial law declaration in South Korea in December 2024. Students will analyze sources capturing the reactions…
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This inquiry leads students through an investigation of student advocacy as motivated by personal emotions into informed action. The compelling question—How can I channel my emotions to make a difference?—seeks to assess the practical steps and components involved in successfully taking an emotional response and transforming it into tangible steps for change. The inquiry looks…
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This inquiry leads students through an investigation of how traditional economies answer the three basicquestions of an economic system: what should be produced, how it should be produced, and who has accessto the goods and services of a society. To explore the concept of economic systems, this inquiry is builtaround a case study of historical…
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This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the nature of indigenous society. The inquiry focuses on indigenous society in Utah and opens with a question about Prehistoric Utah. From there, students examine indigenous artifacts to learn more about society. Lastly, consider how societies impact and utilize their environment. To understand indigenous society in Utah,…
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This inquiry provides students with an opportunity to learn about the New Deal in an interesting and provocative manner, through the lens of environmentalism. The inquiry establishes this context by opening with a supporting question about the environmental or conservation movement and actions in the first half of the 20th century. With this grounding, students…