Meaningful Tasks from Questions that Matter

Why do we get to do this?

What do we leave in and what do we leave out?

IF you could study one thing, what would it be?

Why are we who we are?

Why do we do what we do?

If you choose to __________, what might be an eventual outcome?

How/where would you find the answer?

Why do people choose violent means to solve conflicts?

Why do humans choose conflict over compromise?

What excites you about learning?

What does the smartest person know?

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live and why?

What is the most important work?

What does being successful look like?

What is success?

What brings you joy?

What is excellence?

What are your priorities?

What makes you ready to learn?

What creates internal motivation?

How has technology changed our society or what you are?

What gives you a sense of internal motivation?

What gives you a sense of belonging?

What is belonging?

What can I do to make myself better as a person, which will lead to making our society better? 

How would you describe the ideal Canadian?

What does it mean to be Canadian?

How do I gather valid information and data about issues in my greater world to influence and affect positive change?

How do I express my thinking and learning in a way that others can absorb and be influenced by? 

What contributions can I make to improve my community (school, town, country, global community)?

What is my responsibility as a citizen/learner?

Socials Studies

Why must we learn about Canadian history?

What makes history interesting to you?

How has the invention/technology changed man’s view of himself?

How does this invention/technology relate to the challenges of our time?

The field beside our school is for sale.

The buyers will build a high-rise, make a park or build a community recreation center.  You are one of the buyers.  What are your priorities?  Why?  Who makes the decisions?   Committee? Mayor? Voters? 

Have conflicts between countries ever been necessary?

What if King Louis had never been executed?

Was the 20^th century Canada’s century?

FN 12; En 12 First Peoples

Is culture relatively absolute or absolutely relative?  What are the ramifications of your perspective?

Biology 11

What if the theory of evolution was never thought of? 

French

What does every speaker on the planet need to communicate in any typical day?