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Primary Sources & QFT: Using Student Questions After the QFT

Using students’ questions in the next steps of learning is an important piece of making them feel that their questions are valued. In this video, teachers share ways to integrate student’s primary source questions into the next instructional steps and harness students’ curiosity to drive those next steps.

Introduction to the QFT for Primary Source Learning

This one-hour interactive webinar introduces educators to the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a strategy through which individuals develop their ability to ask, work with, and use their own questions.

The QFT: An Equitable and Authentic Approach to Teaching and Learning

Library teacher Kendall Boninti and Instructional Technology Specialist Nicole Hart share how they use the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to engage students learning English as a second language in inquiry and project based learning. They also share their best practices for making the QFT work well with English Learners.

Primary Sources & QFT: Lesson Planning Workbook

This newly updated lesson planning workbook takes you step-by-step through planning your own QFT primary source lesson. It spells out all the tips you need for designing an effective QFT, from picking the right primary source QFocus (prompt for asking questions) to tailoring your instructions so that the questions best align with the next steps of learning.

Lesson Snapshot: QFT & Primary Sources in a 12th-Grade ELA Classroom

In this lesson snapshot, a 12th-grade AP English class discovers the dark history of convict leasing while reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Struggling at first to situate this often forgotten piece of history, students pause to examine a series of primary source photographs from the Library of Congress.

Lesson Snapshot: QFT & Primary Sources in a 4th-Grade Classroom

In this lesson snapshot, a fourth-grade class in Nevada explores the science and history behind the Hoover Dam through a primary source from the Library of Congress. Putting a virtual magnifying glass to a 1938 photograph, students want to know: "How do they build buildings in the water?"

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