The document provides guidelines for developing hooks to engage students in learning. It suggests that hooks should be open-ended questions or statements that reference the unit's themes. Hooks can be used before, during, and after a unit to initially prompt students and check their understanding. At the start of a unit, hooks can inspire quick writes or discussions. During a unit, hooks should be prominently displayed to focus learning. At the end, students should deeply engage with the hook by synthesizing and showing their learning.

1. Our Goals Develop a Year at a Glance for each grade level Organize each unit to include: Hook Enduring Understandings Essential Questions Students will understand… Students will know …

2. Hooks- This universal question or statement provides a point of reference for students to hang more specific content related objectives.

3. The following is a list of guidelines to follow while writing your hook: The hook must be stated as a prompt for students to respond to prior to, during and at the closure of a unit of study The hook is open ended- no correct or incorrect answer Question: When is war justifiable? Statement: Communities provide protection.

4. Before a Unit of Study Students can complete a quick write activity expressing their opinion Brief debates or class discussions Illustrations or quick writes in their interactive notebooks

5. During the Unit of Study Hook the Hook to the Wall Post the question or statement in a prominent location in the classroom Keep the students focused on this overarching theme by adding pertinent information underneath the question or statement.

6. The hook is used to conclude each unit- Students must synthesize the new information from the unit Responses should be lengthy and more complex Students may respond in writing, through debate or discussion or create a project

7. National and international decisions during war impact the political and social order of a country. In their study of WWII students will use what they have learned to create a T-Chart of decisions made during WW II and their impact on the political or social order of the country. Discuss their findings and decide to support or refute their initial response.

8. National and international decisions during war impact the political and social order of a country. In their study of WWII students will apply what they have learned by creating a chart showing the impacts of WWII and current conflicts in the Middle East.

9. Essential Questions Questions that provide a scaffolding for understanding the essential components of a unit of instruction and guided question.