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  • 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.

    • Lesson Planning Notecatcher

      Understanding how a lesson fits into an Inquiry and thinking through how you will support students in meeting a lesson’s objectives can be very helpful in preparing for instruction. Use this tool to help you plan your next Inquiry Journeys...

      • Reading Strategy: Preparing to Read Complex Texts

        Preparing students to read a complex text includes helping them develop habits practiced by experienced readers, such as using their overall knowledge of a text to support comprehension and meaning making. This can help students persist in reading even when...

        • Customizing a Handout

          Learn how to customize handouts to meet your students’ needs by editing text, adjusting layouts, and personalizing materials for engagement, differentiation, and accessibility.

          • Investigation Stations

            Investigation stations provide a source or sources that students use to gather information. Sources might include text, images, artifacts, videos, or even step-by-step activities, and are often clustered by subtopic. Students might choose stations based on interest, or they might...

            • inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices Learning Walk Tool

              This learning walk form assesses implementation of inquirED’s Inquiry-Based Teaching Practices. Use the data collected to inform professional learning supports. Check all “look-fors” you observe and track descriptive notes in the boxes provided. Note: Typically, you will not observe all...

              • Assessment in Inquiry

                Inquiry Journeys is embedded with a variety of multi-modal assessment opportunities for teachers to measure student learning. In this course, participants explore the assessment cycle and various assessment tools, connecting them to their school or district needs.

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              • Strategies for Successful Implementation

                Leadership is an important part of implementation, and supporting teachers through the learning process of implementing a new curriculum requires strategic and intentional moves. Here are some action steps that other leaders have taken to support their teachers towards implementation...

                • inquirED Literacy Practices and Supports Framework

                  Literacy is woven into the fabric of elementary social studies learning. As students build social studies content knowledge and disciplinary skills, they engage in deep literacy work: interrogating diverse sources, evaluating and constructing arguments, examining differing points of view and...

                  • Meeting Needs and Wants Overview

                    Communities are created to meet our common needs, giving us a sense of belonging, trust, care, and safety. In the Meeting Needs and Wants Inquiry, students investigate the Inquiry Question, "How can we work together to meet community needs and...

                    • 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...

                      • Glossary

                        Learn more about frequently used inquirED terminology through this comprehensive glossary and its definitions.

                        • How to Use Slides

                          Learn how to preview, present, and customize lesson slides in inquirED. Personalize slide decks to support engagement, differentiation, and accessibility in every lesson.

                          • District Leader Account Types

                            Get an overview of the four different types of District Leader accounts at inquirED and the specific permissions associated with each.

                            • Printing Lesson Plans

                              Learn how to print lesson plans, slides, and materials from inquirED to easily prepare for instruction or share resources with students.

                              • Inquiry Print Builder

                                Select and compile components of an Inquiry into a print-ready document that will be emailed directly to you, making it easy to bulk print materials and plan ahead.

                                • Adding a Flex Lesson

                                  Learn how to add, reorder, or remove Flex Lessons to adapt modules and create accessible learning experiences that reinforce key skills.

                                  • The Module Homepage

                                    Learn how to navigate and explore key features of the Module Homepage in Inquiry Journeys, including module overviews, objectives, lesson progress, materials, and standards.