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  • Getting Started Guide for Inquiry Journeys

    Explore step-by-step guidance for accessing your curriculum, preparing lessons, planning instruction, and supporting students as you begin teaching with Inquiry Journeys and World History.

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  • Time Saving Tips in Inquiry Journeys

    Teachers often customize lnquiry Journeys to fit into the instructional time they have. Here are some ways teachers have customized lessons in order to save time.

    • Unit Roadmap Notecatcher

      Before starting an Inquiry, look at your calendar and create a roadmap to help keep your instruction on track, or to help you stay at the same pace as other teachers in your school or district. Use this tool to...

      • 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.

        • Question Formulation Technique: Protocol Guide

          The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) was developed by the Right Question Institute to help anyone produce, improve, and prioritize questions. Use it to generate Investigation Questions that will help students address meaningful, targeted content.

          • Implementation Journey Assessment

            This assessment is intended to support the implementation leader in assessing where their district is on their implementation journey.

            • 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...

              • What are inquirED's Inquiry Skills?

                Learn more about the Inquiry Skills, a set of five powerful skills, that are used throughout the inquiry process to generate questions, conduct sustained investigations, and take informed action. The development of these skills is integral to the success...

                • See Think Wonder

                  See Think Wonder is a protocol that helps students make observations, form inferences, and generate questions about a visual source or artifact. Use it to spark wonderings or introduce new topics.

                  • From Ideas to Impact: Rubric Tools for Informed Action

                    To support teachers in guiding students through meaningful Informed Action, we've developed resources and templates to assist in the co-creation of rubrics. These tools are designed to help translate inquiry products and success criteria into clear, student-friendly assessment frameworks that...

                    • 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.

                        • 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...

                          • Learner Support Guide: Evidence-Based Conclusions

                            Drawing evidence-based conclusions is a key skill that allows them to demonstrate their learning and communicate conclusions. Students may benefit from additional support or challenge when practicing this skill.