• Photographers ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Which photographer do you consider to be influential to photography as an art form and why?

• A Career Investigation...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Prepare a resume to reflect the experiences you've had during your life

Criminal Justice

• The Fingerprint Factor ... Slam Dunk! PowerPoint format: Save and open to respond using interactive text boxes HTML format: Respond using linked documents
  Essential Question: How has the development of fingerprint technology affected the identification and prosecution of criminals?

Teacher Academy of Maryland

• Considering Content Standards ... Slam Dunk! PowerPoint format: Save and open to respond using interactive text boxes HTML format: Respond using linked documents
  Essential Question: Do the national content standards support the goals and purposes of education?
• Dealing with Discipline ... Slam Dunk! PowerPoint format: Save and open to respond using interactive text boxes HTML format: Respond using linked documents
  Essential Question: How should teachers handle student misbehavior in the classroom?
  
• Education Excursion ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How do contemporary education issues impact students, teachers, and schools in different countries around the world?
• Philosophies in Practice ... Slam Dunk! PowerPoint format: Save and open to respond using interactive text boxes HTML format: Respond using linked documents
  Essential Question: How are educational philosophies reflected in your own school experiences?
• School Choices ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Should alternatives to traditional public education be continued and expanded in Maryland?

• Asian Dance ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question:How could an understanding of Asian dance traditions enhance the audience's appreciation of a live performance?

Grade 9

• Heroes of the 20th Century ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Whom do you feel was a truly significant hero of the Twentieth Century and why?
• What to Wear ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How do costume designers select the wardrobe for productions in order to reflect the play's time period?

Grade 10

• Night...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How did a specific person or event affect the course of history?
• Culture Through Literature...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How are cultural values reflected in literature?

• Background for American Literature ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How are the tensions of the time reflected in American Literature?
• American Writers ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How does an author's style reflect the tensions of his/her times?

• Culture and World Hunger Slam Dunk!
  Essential Question: How could factors like culture and gender affect world hunger?
• Dining by Design: Biotechnology and Our Food...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: What impact could genetically-engineered food have on our lives?
• Influences on Fashion ... Curriculum Alignment Essential Question:  How did various factors influence fashion and costume design during an historical time period and/or place?
• Nutrition Around the World...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: What traditional meal plan would encompass the customs of a particular country?
• World Hunger: Explore, Understand, Act ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: What causes food scarcity and what can you do as an individual to end world hunger?

• News Flash: Stress and Your Health ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How does one's capacity to manage stress impact the body's ability to resist disease?
• Suicide Awareness...Curriculum Alignment Essential Question: What factors make someone at risk for suicide and what kind of help is available for them and the people who touch their lives?
• Anti-Drug Campaign...Curriculum Alignment Essential Question: What is the immediate and long term impact of drugs on an individual, family and community?

• Fractals...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: What essential information about FRACTALS should you communicate to graphic design company representatives when applying for a summer internship?

• Planning a Trip to New York City
  Essential Question: Given you a budget of $1500.00 to cover all expenses for the performances, hotel accommodations, transportation, food, etc. Plan the itinerary using all available resources and without going over budget.
• Performing Arts in Baltimore
  Essential Question: Since Baltimore has a cornucopia of performing arts offerings, which ones would provide visitors a variety of experiences?

Biology / Environmental

• Conserve the Chesapeake ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How can human activities conserve and enhance aquatic ecosystems?
• Global Warming ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: What causes global warming and what can you do as an individual to mitigate the problem?
• Migration Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability)
  Essential Question: When, where, and why do species migrate? How does knowledge of migratory patterns help us to protect and conserve the species?
• Mitosis Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability)
  Essential Question: How do the steps of mitosis each contribute to the importance of cell reproduction?
• Nature or Nurture ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How much influence does nature (genes) and nurture (our family relationships, including culture and socioeconomic status) have on the person we become?
• Population Slam Dunk! (Save PowerPoint for interactivity capability)
  Essential Question: How can comparing statistics over a specific time period for Baltimore City and Baltimore County help you draw conclusions about population growth?
• Stem Cells...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Should the federal government fund stem cell research on human embryonic tissue?
• Chewin' in the Chesapeake ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Quuestion: How does a human-caused stress placed on the environment affect the life in a food web?
• Splice of Life ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How can the effects of DNA alteration be beneficial or harmful to the individual, society, and environment?
• Biomes: Now and When; Current and Future ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How do the abiotic and biotic factors facilitate the transfer of energy within a biosphere?
• Fear of the Unknown: Parasites ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How can parasite infection be avoided through the use of common health practices?

Chemistry

• Are You Into Heavy Metals? ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How would the study of heavy metal contamination help us plan for future chemical spills?
• Make Your Mark ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How does creating a colorful t-shirt help you understand the scientific process and Chromatography? 
• Why Study Chemistry ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Why is it important to study the science of chemistry?

COPS

• Galileo Slam Dunk!
  Essential Question: After reviewing the experiments conducted by Galileo over 400 years ago, describe how Galileo’s findings are related to the space shuttle and the experience of free falling?
• Investigating Isotopes ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How does the application of radioisotopes impact and improve the quality of life on Earth?
• Static Electricity Slam Dunk!
  Essential Question: How do electric charges and forces explain static electricity and lightning?

Physics

• What's in a Wave? ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How has the revolution of wireless communication impacted FCC regulations and other commercial industries?

Government

• Focus on Foreign Aid ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Should the United States change its foreign aid policy?
  Why or why not?
• Nations in Transition...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How does altering the political structure of a nation effects the everyday life of its people and the day-to-day operation of its government?
• Juvenile Justice...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How does social change pose new challenges for American society?
• Executive Branch of Maryland - Surplus Budget...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How do you think state budget surplus money should be spent?
• Community Advocacy...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How has violence impacted our communities and what course of action do you advocate as a solution?
• NAFTA...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: Should the US continue its involvement in NAFTA?

World History

• The Holocaust...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How did the Holocaust influence the development of international standards of moral and legal conduct for nations and individuals?
• 20th Century Authoritarianism and Propaganda...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How did political groups use propaganda to gain and maintain control of various countries in the first half of the twentieth century?
• European Imerialism and Regional Responses...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question:

U.S. History

• Coming to America ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How did immigrants to the U.S. during the post-Reconstruction era contribute to American society?
• Harlem Renaissance ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How did literature and the arts reflect the African American experience during the Harlem Renaissance?

Economics

• Managing the Economy...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question:Should monetary and fiscal policymakers influence economic fluctuations to stabilize the economy? If so, when? If not, why not?

Military History Elective

• Napoleon: Military Genius? ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How do significant military leaders throughout history compare to the exemplary military leader, strategist, and tactician Napoleon Bonaparte?

Psychology Elective

• Who Am I? ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How does the study of personality theory help us to better understand ourselves and others?

• What to Wear ... Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How do costume designers select the wardrobe for productions in order to reflect the play's time period?

French

• Allons-y! Francophone Countries...Curriculum Alignment
• Sous les Tropiques: Fun In the Sun...Curriculum Alignment
• Bienvenue à Paris!...Curriculum Alignment Essential Question: Which personal experiences should be chosen for a one day visit to Paris, reflecting the history, culture, and ambiance?
• Road Adventures...Curriculum Alignment
• Côte d'Ivoire(Level III)...Curriculum Alignment Essential Question: How does life in the city compare to life in a village?

Spanish

• ¡Vamonos! Spanish-Speaking Countries...Curriculum Alignment
• Take a Trip to Madrid...Curriculum Alignment Essential Question: Which personal experiences should be chosen for a one day visit to Madrid, Spain, reflecting the history, culture, and ambiance?
• Spain: Fun in the Sun...Curriculum Alignment
• Road Adventures...Curriculum Alignment
• Celebrate! Spanish Holidays...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How do the holidays and celebrations of Spanish-speaking people reflect their cultural heritage?
• Diego and Frida (Level III)...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How are the Spanish culture and the personal values of the artists reflected in their work?
• Mayan and Aztec Civilizations (Level III)...Curriculum Alignment
  Essential Question: How do the artifacts of ancient peoples reveal their culture?