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  • đź—“ Creating an Inquiry-Based Classroom Culture

    Participants: This session is designed for any teacher interested in learning more about how to create an Inquiry Based Classroom Culture. Overview: In this interactive session, teachers will explore concrete actions that can foster a culture of inquiry in their...

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    • Duration 1h
  • đź—“ Navigating the Platform

    Participants: This session is designed for anyone who will be using inquirED’s Updated 2.1 platform to teach Inquiry Journeys. Overview: Get down the basics of navigating and teaching using inquirED’s updated platform.

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    • Duration 30m
  • đź—“ Unpacking a Module

    This session is designed to take teachers through the process of understanding and planning to teach an inquirED Social Studies module. This will include demonstrating how teachers can utilize both what is provided within the platform and what they know...

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    • Duration 1h
  • đź—“ Role of the Inquiry Advocate

    Participants: This session is designed for Inquiry Advocates and School or District Leaders who will provide support to teachers using Inquiry Journeys, their social studies curriculum. Overview: As an Inquiry Advocate, you are taking on an important role to support teachers using Inquiry...

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    • Duration 2h
  • đź—“ Webinar: Student-to-Student Feedback 

    Participants: This session is designed for any teacher interested in learning more about how to support students in providing peer feedback. Overview: Although teachers are often experts at providing meaningful feedback to their students, teaching students to provide feedback to...

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    • Duration 1h
  • 🗓️ PLC Optional End of Year Reflection

    Participants: This session is designed for teachers and those who provide support to teachers using Inquiry Journeys. PLC members are especially encouraged to attend. Overview:  During this session, participants will engage in reflection, celebrate success, identify challenges, and experience collaborative...

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    • Duration 1h
  • đź—“ Orientation to Inquiry Journeys

    Participants: This session is designed for teachers who will be using Inquiry Journeys. Overview: During this session you will be introduced to Inquiry Journeys, your social studies curriculum. You will explore the inquiry process that is present in every unit...

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    • Duration 2h
  • đź—“ Experience Inquiry: The QFT

    Participants: This session is designed for any teacher interested in learning more about the QFT (Question Formulation Technique). Overview: Learn how to help your students generate investigation questions by experiencing the QFT yourself. Facilitation tips and resources for implementing the...

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    • Duration 45m
  • Concentric Circles

    Concentric Circles get students talking to different classmates, allowing them to hear from a variety of perspectives in response to a series of prompts. This protocol fosters understanding of different perspectives while promoting students’ speaking and listening skills.

    • Read-Aloud

      Read-alouds facilitate an exploration of a text through a shared reading experience. Use this format when a shared experience will enrich the exploration or make a complex text more accessible.

      • Predict Learn Conclude

        A Predict Learn Conclude prompts students to make inferences, test those inferences while gathering information, and construct conclusions. Use this strategy as a pre-assessment, as an anticipatory set, or to assess student thinking. 

        • Managing Lesson Status

          Easily mark and reset lesson progress. Learn how to mark lessons as complete or incomplete and manage progress at the Inquiry, Module, or Lesson level.

          • The Human Story: Early People and Ancient Civilizations

            The Human Story: Early People and Ancient Civilizations offers a thematic, inquiry-based approach to teaching World History and Ancient Civilizations in middle school. Centered on universal concepts such as cultural practices, systems of writing, and innovation across early societies.

            • Question Formulation Technique: Teacher Reflections

              The Question Formulation Technique, or QFT, was developed by the Right Question Institute as a simple step by step process that helps anyone produce, improve, and prioritize questions. Watch this video to hear about a teacher's journey using the Question...

              • Inquiry Challenge Statement

                Issuing the Inquiry Challenge is one of the Landmark Lessons that supports the shift to Taking Informed Action. Creating the Inquiry Challenge Statement is part of this lesson. Watch the video below to learn more about the Inquiry Challenge Statement.

                • inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices Collaborative Reflection Tool

                  This collaborative reflection tool is designed to guide teachers in deepening and continuously improving inquiry-based instruction. This tool can be used as a one-on-one tool for an Inquiry Advocate and teacher or to guide reflective dialogue in a professional learning...