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Critique: Gallery Walk

Learn how to utilize a gallery walk to help norm critique behaviors.

A Closer Look at Student Reflection

Learn why reflection is a key component of the inquiry process for students and teachers.

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.

Culturally Responsive Education (CRE)

Center identity, representation, and access within inquiry-based social studies. These resources explore how culturally responsive practices shape curriculum design, text selection, knowledge-building, and language support—ensuring all students see themselves reflected in learning and are supported in engaging deeply with complex...

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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.

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.

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.

Analyzing Student Work: Collaborating with Students Notecatcher

Download and use this note catcher for the Analyzing Student Work activity.

Assessment: Class Checklists

Learn how class checklists can be a powerful assessment tool for the inquiry classroom.

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.

QFT Slides

Use these slides to support your students through the steps of the QFT.

Reading Strategy: Summarize and Retell

In order for students to make deep connections to text, it is important that they first have basic comprehension of the explicitly stated facts and “right there” information.

inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices & Reflection Tools

inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices and Reflection Tools support teachers in creating an inquiry based classroom.

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inquirED Co-Teacher Functionality for SSO Districts (Clever/ClassLink)

Learn what co-teachers can see and do in shared inquirED classes synced through Clever or ClassLink.

The Power of Informed Action in Social Studies

Discover the power of informed action in transforming social studies classrooms. Learn about its benefits, real-world applications, and how it engages students in meaningful and creative ways.

Inquiry Unit Homepage

Discover how to navigate the Inquiry Unit homepage to access modules, explore teaching resources, and plan each phase of inquiry-based learning in Inquiry Journeys.

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.

Inquiry Journeys: Inquiry Structure Overview

Explore the structure of Inquiry Journeys and how each module builds student knowledge, skills, and agency. Learn how the Launch, Investigation, and Action Modules work together to support deep inquiry and authentic learning experiences in social studies.

Learner Support Guide: Executive Functioning

The inquiry-based classroom provides opportunities for student-driven exploration. While this can be highly motivating and engaging, it also places high demands on students' executive functioning skills. Consider the following strategies to provide scaffolds as individual or whole-class supports of executive...

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