Identifying Enduring Understanding

Examples

Identifying Enduring Understanding

Content Area

Standard Enduring Understanding

Essential Question

Marketing

VocationalAgriculture

WHST. 11-12.1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

Students understand how marketing can affect social behavior

Students understand techniques used to control environmental factors.

Do violent video games contribute to youth violence?

Is it wise environmentally for rural communities to allow fracking near theirhomes?

Identifying Enduring Understanding

Content Area

Standard Enduring Understanding

Essential Question

Culinary and Hospitality

Law andPublic Safety

WHST 11-12.1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

Students understand basic nutritional requirements and their use in dietary planning.

Students understand the purpose and limitations of laws.

Should the government regulate the content of restaurant menus?

Should it be illegal to use handheld communication devises while operating a motor vehicle?

Identifying Enduring Understanding

Content Area

Standard Enduring Understanding

Essential Question

AnimalScience

Auto Tech

RST. 11-12.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out or performing technical tasks.

Students understand how to care for farm animals.

Students understand automobile assembly and operation

What is the proper way to trim a goat’s hooves?

What steps and procedures are involved in the removal and installation of an engine [5.7lt.] in a 1995 Chevrolet k1500 pickup?

Identifying Enduring Understanding

Content Area

Standard Enduring Understanding

Essential Question

Cosmetology

Medical Arts

RST. 11-12.9 Synthesize information from a range of sources into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept.

Students understand safe use and storage of chemicals and other products.

Students understand the origin and treatment of disease.

How can salon operators ensure the safety of their clients and the workplace?

Why has heart disease become the leading cause of death in the United States?

Identifying Enduring Understanding

Content Area

Standard Enduring Understanding

Essential Question

Construction

Culinary Arts

RST. 11-12.9 Synthesize information from a range of sources into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept.

Students understand how to make informed decisions about naturalresources.

Students understand the food cycle.

What is the most sustainable type of green construction?

What sustainable practices do local kitchens use, and what effect do these practices have on current and potential consumers?