Your Activity:

  • [Choose an image]

Step 2: Pose an Investigative QuestionInvestigative Question

Begin an exploration of the image with a question related to curriculum standards.

An Investigative Question is a learning objective, stated in student language, that guides student exploration. When students can answer the Investigative Question then they have accomplished the curriculum objective of the activity.

  1. Consider the curriculum standards students are required to master related to this image.
  2. Use language students will understand in a question format to communicate the content knowledge goal for this activity.

Examples:

  • How can we see change over time?
  • Why do we remember the Gettysburg address?
  • How does data from this map help to explain the causes of the Civil War?
  • How do artists use color and line to communicate?
  • Why is this image an example of patriotism?
  • Can the ideas of a few men provide for the rights and needs of everyone?
  • What might patterns tell us about people and their culture?