A curriculum can be broadly described as the learning experiences that occur in our classrooms and schools. Some definitions of curriculum emphasize what is taught in our classrooms. Other definitions refer to a planned sequence of instruction or the expectations within state and national standards across grade levels and courses. A purposeful curriculum provides a roadmap showing the content and skills that students learn when they are engaged with essential questions that lead to enduring understandings that stay with students beyond a single assignment or course within the walls and boundaries of our classrooms and schools.