1. What is your topic?

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2. Formulating an essential question on your topic will help you develop critical thinking skills. 
   You learn how to make decisions or plans based on gathering information.

The two types of essential questions are given below:

a.       What decision will I make? 

b.      What plan will I develop?

What is your essential question?

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3.  What do you already know that will help you answer your essential question?

4. What additional foundation questions will help you answer your essential question?  Some or all of these may apply. Are there other important questions to ask?

Examples:

a.      What is the problem?

b.      Who is important to solving the problem?

c.       When did the problem happen?

d.      Where did the problem occur?

e.       Why did the problem happen?

f.        How did the problem happen?