Most of what students discuss and write in school is in response to questions their teachers pose. Class discussion usually revolves around teacher-generated inquiries. On homework assignments, teachers design questions to assess students' reading comprehension, or to foster their ability to synthesize information. However, it is important that students be able to formulate their own questions. Otherwise they remain passive learners guided by the questions of others. Students will be more engaged in coursework when asked to pose and answer their own questions. This article describes how the Right Question Institute (RQI) can help learners to generate and improve upon their own questions through a simple sequence of activities. [This article has been excerpted with minor adjustments from the author's recent book, "Teaching Writing in the Social Studies" (National Council for the Social Studies, 2020).]