All Activities
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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.
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Mid-Year Reflection Notecatcher (Live Session)
Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through "Mid-Year Reflection."
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inquirED’s Professional Learning Sessions
inquirED has created powerful professional learning sessions to support its partners. Explore the available sessions.
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Examining Student Work Protocol
Use this protocol to analyze the work of 3 students performing at different levels and consider next steps for supporting students.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Find quick answers to common questions about inquirED’s curriculum, professional learning opportunities, and support resources for educators and school leaders.
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Why Inquiry Skills Matter in K–5 Social Studies Classrooms
How do students become curious, capable, and future-ready learners? This post explores inquirED’s five essential Inquiry Skills—core to every lesson and carefully sequenced to help students build knowledge and apply it meaningfully.
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Using Dramatic Play: Introduction
Explore how using a dramatic play can help students connect to their learning.
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Critique: Gallery Walk
Learn how to utilize a gallery walk to help norm critique behaviors.
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A Closer Look at Student Reflection
Learn why reflection is a key component of the inquiry process for students and teachers.
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Logging out of inquirED
Follow these simple steps to log out of your existing inquirED account.
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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.
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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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inquirED Social Studies Video Library
Watch short videos that bring Inquiry Journeys and World History teaching to life. This library features classroom practices, instructional strategies, and insights from educators that support the implementation of inquiry-driven social studies.
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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.
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Printing Lesson Plans
Learn how to print lesson plans, slides, and materials from inquirED to easily prepare for instruction or share resources with students.
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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.
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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.
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Analyzing Student Work: Collaborating with Students Notecatcher
Download and use this note catcher for the Analyzing Student Work activity.
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Assessment: Class Checklists
Learn how class checklists can be a powerful assessment tool for the inquiry classroom.
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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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QFT Slides
Use these slides to support your students through the steps of the QFT.
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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.
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inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices & Reflection Tools
inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices and Reflection Tools support teachers in creating an inquiry based classroom.
