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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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  • Foundations of Inquiry: Social Studies Professional Learning Communities

    Participants: Any educator using or supporting others with inquirED Social Studies Overview: In this Professional Learning Community, you will deepen your understanding of inquirED Social Studies through a series of curriculum based professional learning sessions facilitated by the inquirED Partner Experience...

    • Predict Learn Conclude

      A Predict Learn Conclude prompts students to make inferences, test those inferences while gathering information, and construct conclusions. Use this strategy as a pre-assessment, as an anticipatory set, or to assess student thinking. 

      • Dig in to Differentiation

        How does Suzanne Fraser, Special Education Strategist in Iowa City, IA, support her diverse learners so they get the most out of Inquiry Journeys? Read this month's spotlight to find out!

        • 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...

          • Gallery Walk

            A gallery walk presents a series of compelling sources that students can respond to quickly, such as photographs, works of art, or images of artifacts. Students circulate through the materials and respond in writing or through discussion. Use this format...

            • Socratic Seminar

              Socratic seminars require students to collaboratively grapple with complex topics. Through the process, students closely read a teacher-selected article, draw evidence from that reading, and then discuss their responses through a structured seminar with peers. Use this format to promote...

              • Literacy Connections Notecatcher

                Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through the "Literacy Connections" course.

                • 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...

                  • Group Roles

                    As students engage in collaborative work, they often benefit from the structure of assigned group roles.

                    • Rocketship Protocol

                      The Rocketship Protocol is an interactive movement-based strategy that allows students to demonstrate understanding by responding physically to prompts or examples. Students use a “rocketship blast off” movement to indicate a correct or appropriate response and remain seated with a...

                      • 🗓 inquirED's Social Studies for School Leaders

                        Participants: This session is designed for School Leaders in buildings that will be implementing inquirED's inquiry-based social studies curriculum. Overview: In this session, you will be oriented to the inquirED's social studies curriculum. You will explore the inquiry-based teaching practices...

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                      • 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.

                        • 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.

                          • 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.

                            • Jigsaw

                              Jigsaws support students in deep research on a specific topic, then provide an opportunity to share that research with other students or groups who explored different topics in depth. Use this format to empower students to go deep and become...

                              • 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.