Making the Case for Elementary Social Studies: Media Literacy
Check out this blog post and webinar recording to help answer the question, "What is the role of media literacy in elementary social studies?"
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Adjusting Account Settings
Learn how to update your account settings in inquirED’s Social Studies curriculum and the Inquiry Hub.
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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.
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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...
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Mingle Pair Share
Mingle Pair Shares are a great way to get students moving around the classroom and talking to different classmates. Use this strategy to encourage students to hear from a variety of perspectives in response to an open-ended question or experience.
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District Leader Account Types
Get an overview of the four District Leader accounts at inquirED and the permissions associated with each.
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How to Create Assignments in Canvas Using LTI Integration
Learn how to share lesson resources and review student work in Canvas using LTI Integration.
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Sections List Management for SSO Districts Using Clever and ClassLink
District leaders can manage sections and sharing rules in inquirED and SSO platforms to ensure accurate rostering.
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Data Sharing Reminders for SSO Districts Using inquirED Assignment Portal
Learn how to set up data sharing for inquirED’s Assignment Portal through Clever or ClassLink. This guide helps district leaders and technology teams avoid common rostering, syncing, and login issues for teachers and students.
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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...
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Student Log In with ClassLink
This article supports teachers who use ClassLink to manage student access to inquirED.
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Printing Lesson Resources
Learn how to print lesson materials, slides, and plans for teachers and students. Easily access and prepare printable resources from your inquirED lessons.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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Text Dependent Questions Graphic Organizer
If students are reading independently, in small groups, or in pairs, consider creating several text-dependent questions that require students to stop, locate evidence to support a response, and write the response.
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Reading Strategy: Text Comprehension
Strategies that support students in understanding key concepts and details as they read promote deeper analysis of the text after they finish. Here are several strategies that teachers can use to support students, and students can use to support themselves....
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Yes, and...
Yes, and... is a structured protocol that helps students respond and add to others’ ideas rather than critiquing or modifying them. Use it to support students’ development of individual project ideas and their ability to thought-partner with each other.
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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...
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Analyzing Student Work: The Power of Collaboration Participant Resources
Here are protocols for analyzing student work.
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Learner Support Guide: Collaborative Work
The inquiry-based classroom provides opportunities for collaboration. While this can be highly motivating and engaging, it also places high demands on students’ collaborative work skills. Consider the following strategies to provide scaffolds as individual or whole-class supports during collaborative work...
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Foundations of Inquiry: Social Studies Syllabus
Participants engage in seven sessions/courses to develop a deeper understanding of inquiry-based social studies in the context of Inquiry Journeys. Upon completion, participants earn a Foundations of Inquiry-Based Social Studies certification.
