All Activities : inquirED

Think Pair Share

A Think Pair Share gives every student the opportunity to be heard. Students who have difficulty sharing ideas in large groups have a chance to rehearse with a partner, and those who always want to share are guaranteed the chance...

Foundations of Inquiry: Social Studies Syllabus

Participants engage in seven sessions or courses to develop a deeper understanding of inquiry-based social studies in the context of Inquiry Journeys. Upon completion of the required sessions, participants will earn a Foundations of Inquiry-Based Social Studies certification. These sessions...

Artifact Study

Artifact studies challenge students to analyze a primary source by identifying evidence, explaining interpretations, and drawing conclusions. Use this format when students analyze an unfamiliar primary source individually, in small groups, or as a whole class.

Analyzing Student Work: Collaborating with Students Notecatcher

Download and use this note catcher for the Analyzing Student Work activity.

Assessment: Class Checklists

Learn how class checklists can be a powerful assessment tool for the inquiry classroom.

Unpacking a Module Notecatcher: Inquiry Journeys

Unpacking a module will help you successfully customize lessons to fit into your schedule and meet the needs of your students. Use this tool to help you think through your next Inquiry Journeys module.

Examples of Informed Action (Native America)

The following are examples of the variety of ways students from around the country have taken informed action in response to an Inquiry Question in the Native America Inquiry.

QFT Slides

Use these slides to support your students through the steps of the QFT.

Preparing for Your 2D Product

Discover the ins and outs of 2D Product design, creation, presentation, and assessment.

Experience the QFT Notecatcher (Live Session)

Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through the "Experience the QFT" session.

Assessment in Inquiry Journeys

Learn more about how Inquiry Journeys takes the struggle out of creating assessments, providing teachers with formative assessments in every lesson and summative assessment support across Inquiries.

Changing Your Timezone in the Inquiry Hub

Learn how to change your time zone in the Inquiry Hub.

Guided Tour: Navigating an Inquiry

Watch this video to get to know the Inquiry Journeys Inquiry Overview.

Reading Strategy: Summarize and Retell

In order for students to make deep connections to text, it is important that they first have basic comprehension of the explicitly stated facts and “right there” information.

Users List Management for Manually Rostered Districts

Learn more about how district leads with Account Owner or Manage Rosters permissions in manually rostered districts can roster, edit, and remove users as needed.

inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices & Reflection Tools

inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices and Reflection Tools support teachers in creating an inquiry based classroom.

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Up to the Task: How to Support Student-Led Learning in Elementary Social Studies

Student-led learning tasks in K-8 inquiry-based social studies not only build content knowledge and skills but also help students take ownership of their learning. We explored the benefits and challenges of designing student-led learning experiences in social studies in our...