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Big Questions and Supporting Questions

Learning to Learn · Learning to Learn · ages 7-10

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Which is a quick-lookup question, not a big one?
- What is the capital of France?
- Why do towns grow near rivers?
- Why did people build big cities?
Which of these is a big question?
- What is 2 + 2?
- Why do birds fly south in autumn?
- What color is the sky right now?
A big question always has just one correct answer.
Circle one: True False
Which pair of small questions best breaks down 'Why do towns grow near rivers?'
- What is a river, and what is a town?
- How do rivers help farming, and how do rivers help travel?
- What is the capital of France, and what is 5 + 3?
Leo wants to answer 'Why do people move to new places?' Which is a good supporting question?
- What jobs were people looking for?
- What is the capital of France?
- What is 10 minus 3?
Amy answered 'What jobs did people want?' How does that help answer 'Why did people move here?'
- It does not help at all
- It tells us one reason families might have moved
- It only tells us today's weather
Tom found the answer to 'What jobs were available?' but says the big question is now fully solved. What is wrong with that?
- Big questions cannot be broken into small ones
- Nothing, one small answer is enough
- He still needs the other supporting questions answered to see the full picture
Which is NOT a good way to explore the big question 'Why do people move to new places?'
- Break it into smaller questions about jobs, homes, and family
- Look up one single fact and stop
- Ask what made the old home hard to stay in

Answer key

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What is the capital of France? · You can look up the capital of France in one place. It has one right answer, so it is a quick lookup, not a big question.
Why do birds fly south in autumn? · The first and last have one quick answer each. The birds question has many possible answers, so it is the big one.
False · Big questions often have more than one answer or view. That range is what makes them big.
How do rivers help farming, and how do rivers help travel? · Those two questions each explore a real reason towns might grow near rivers.
What jobs were people looking for? · Learning about jobs helps explain why people might move, so it supports the big question.
It tells us one reason families might have moved · Knowing about jobs is one piece of the puzzle that builds up to the bigger answer.
He still needs the other supporting questions answered to see the full picture · One small answer is just one piece. Tom still needs the other pieces before the big question is answered.
Look up one single fact and stop · One fact cannot answer a big question. It takes several smaller questions working together.