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Navigating a Lesson

Learn how to navigate and use key lesson features in Inquiry Journeys, including lesson overviews, materials, standards, instructional supports, and assignments.

Customizing Your Unit: Selecting Sources

Inquiry Journeys connects to high-quality, diverse sources. If you are looking for supplemental sources to further support and extend student learning, here are some guidelines.

Unpacking a Module Notecatcher: Inquiry Journeys

Unpacking a module will help you successfully customize lessons to fit into your schedule and meet the needs of your students. Use this tool to help you think through your next Inquiry Journeys module.

Question Formulation Technique: What is the QFT? in 90 Seconds

The Question Formulation Technique, or QFT, was developed by the Right Question Institute as a simple step by step process that helps anyone produce, improve, and prioritize questions. Watch this video to learn more about the process in 90 seconds.

What is an Inquiry Advocate?

inquirED aims to build district capacity to support Inquiry Journeys - and Inquiry Advocates are central to this work. Inquiry Advocates are individuals identified by our partner schools or districts who receive additional coaching and professional development.

Learner Support Guide: Reading Complex Texts

This resource describes literacy scaffolds that support students prior to, during, and after the reading of complex texts in Inquiry Journeys. Consider using one or more of these strategies if you anticipate students may struggle with a reading task.

Reading Strategy: Procedures

Varying how students engage with a text is an excellent strategy when there are diverse reading levels in the classroom. These common reading procedures may be effective in your classroom, but this list is by no means exhaustive. Note that...

Role of the Inquiry Advocate Notecatcher

Setting Up Canvas LTI Integration with inquirED

Learn how to configure and deploy the inquirED LTI Advantage app within Canvas.

Building a Culture of Discussion in Social Studies Classrooms

How can teachers foster classrooms where students engage deeply in discussions around social studies topics?

Rachel’s Tip: Check Out the Toolboxes!

Welcome to the Inquiry Hub - we are glad you’re here! The Inquiry Hub has been created by the inquirED Partner Experience team to provide you with everything from quick tips and answers to rich professional learning and PLCs. Take...

Analyzing Student Work: Collaborating with Students Participant Resources

Here are resources for analyzing student work collaboratively with students.

Student Guide: Completing Assignments in the inquirED Assignment Portal

This guide helps students use the inquirED Assignment Portal to find their assignments, access resources, and complete and submit their work. It also introduces helpful tools like read aloud and other key features.

Intro to Critique in 90 Seconds

Take a 90-second look into how critique can work in your classroom.

Inquiry Challenge Statement

Issuing the Inquiry Challenge is one of the Landmark Lessons that supports the shift to Taking Informed Action. Creating the Inquiry Challenge Statement is part of this lesson. Watch the video below to learn more about the Inquiry Challenge Statement.

Create Class & Invite Students in Manually Rostered Districts

Learn how teachers can create classes and invite, view, and manage students in manually rostered districts using inquirED’s Assignment Portal.

Users List Management for SSO Districts Using Clever and ClassLink

Learn how district leads with Account Owner or Manage Rosters permissions in Clever or ClassLink districts can invite new users and manage existing users.

Using Schoology to Create Assignments

Explore how teachers and students use Schoology to assign and complete inquirED lessons.

Assessment in World History

Assessment opportunities are embedded throughout World History, helping to take the struggle out of creating assessments.

Note Card Reflection

This reflection protocol prompts students to identify key takeaways from a sustained inquiry experience. Use this to support students in sharing their thoughts with the whole class and making connections to others’ ideas.

The Human Story: Early People and Ancient Civilizations

The Human Story: Early People and Ancient Civilizations offers a thematic, inquiry-based approach to teaching World History and Ancient Civilizations in middle school. Centered on universal concepts such as cultural practices, systems of writing, and innovation across early societies.

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