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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Users List Management for Manually Rostered Districts
Learn more about how district leads with Account Owner or Manage Rosters permissions in manually rostered districts can roster, edit, and remove users as needed.
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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.
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How to Create Assignments in Schoology Using LTI Integration
Learn how to share lesson resources and review student work within Schoology using LTI Integration.
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inquirED Co-Teacher Functionality for SSO Districts (Clever/ClassLink)
Learn what access and visibility co-teachers have in the inquirED app, including shared classes, students, and class details when connected through Clever or ClassLink.
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Materials & Prep
Learn how to use the Materials & Prep tab to organize, access, and track lesson materials efficiently. This guide helps teachers save time and stay organized.
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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.
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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.
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Conver-stations
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).
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Data Sharing Reminders for SSO Districts Using inquirED Assignment Portal
Learn how to set up and manage data sharing for inquirED’s Assignment Portal when using Single Sign-On (SSO) platforms like Clever or ClassLink. This guide helps district and technology leaders prevent common rostering and login issues for teachers and students.
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Popcorn Share-Out
Popcorns challenge students to share their ideas without talking over each other, which is great practice for real-life discussion skills. Use this strategy when it’s not necessary to hear from every single student in response to a prompt or question.
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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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Analyzing Student Work: Collaborating with Students Participant Resources
Here are resources for analyzing student work collaboratively with students.
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Assessments and Assessment Guides
Learn how to locate formative and summative assessments, and their guides, to effectively support growth in inquiry-based learning.
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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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Adding Curriculum
Learn how to access and add curriculum for additional grade levels included in your inquirED subscription.
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Inquiry Work Gallery
Browse examples of student work created through inquiry-based learning. These artifacts highlight the variety of ways students investigate questions, analyze sources, and communicate their thinking through authentic products and performances.
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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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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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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.
