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inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices Overview

inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices include eight distinct practices.

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.

Conver-stations allow students to discuss topics in constantly changing small groups. Use this format in response to complex discussion prompts or sources (ex. photos, videos, audio recordings, or written text).

What is Informed Action?

Informed action helps students transform their content knowledge into action and connect it with their lived experience. It requires students to use what they've learned to inspire, change behaviors, solve a problem, or serve an audience. When an Inquiry promotes...

inquirED Certifications

Educators using inquirED Social Studies can explore flexible inquirED certification options designed to fit different schedules, goals, and learning styles.

Note Card Reflection

This reflection protocol prompts students to identify key takeaways from a sustained inquiry experience. Use this to support students in sharing their thoughts with the whole class and making connections to others’ ideas.

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...

Student Log In with ClassLink

This article supports teachers who use ClassLink to manage student access to inquirED.

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...

End of Year Reflection Notecatcher (Live Session)

Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through "End of Year Reflection."

Preparing for Your 2D Product

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

Assign Resources to Google Classroom

Learn how to share lesson resources directly with students by assigning them in Google Classroom.

Assessment in World History Notecatcher (Live Session)

Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through "Assessment in Inquiry."

Back-to-School Night Slides

Check out these editable slide decks introducing inquirED that you can make your own for your Back to School or Curriculum Night! See the slides for Inquiry Journeys or the slides for World History.

Accessing and Submitting Examples to the Inquiry Work Gallery

Explore the Inquiry Work Gallery to see classroom examples and images of inquiry-based learning from educators using inquirED’s Social Studies curriculum. Discover how teachers share their own work to inspire and support peers.

Guided Tour: Navigating an Inquiry

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

Changing Your Timezone in the Inquiry Hub

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

Setting Up Canvas API Integration with inquirED

Learn how to configure a Developer Key to integrate inquirED with Canvas via API.

Customizing Your Unit: Selecting Sources

Inquiry Journeys connects to high-quality, diverse sources. If you are looking for supplemental sources to further support and extend student learning, here are some guidelines.

Informed Action in World History Notecatcher

Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through "Informed Action."

Civic Engagement: What Can a Citizen Do? Interview with Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris

Check out our blog for an inspiring recap of a recent inquirED and NCSS webinar featuring best-selling author Dave Eggers and illustrator Shawn Harris, discussing their book "What Can a Citizen Do?" Learn how educators from the Flemington-Raritan Regional School...

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