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Essential Questions

The house where my grandmother was born When unit planning, a big picture aspect you think through are essential questions students will engage with throughout the unit. As I think through summer, in which I am fortunate enough to have time off, I am wondering if essential questions might guide me in spending this time purposefully. I'm the kind of person who really enjoys making to do lists, setting goals, and checking things off of lists. Thinking through essential questions might help me to think critically about these to-dos and make sure my life is in integrity and values-aligned. I'm brainstorming what essential questions might look like, but here are some current ideas:   *What can I do to become actively anti-racist and less complicit in white supremacy?   *How can I be a good ancestor? (I'm currently listening to Layla F Saad's Good Ancestor Podcast and it's making me think about this question a lot) * How can I create a home with security, ritual, and fre