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inquirED Certifications

Educators using inquirED Social Studies can explore flexible inquirED certification options designed to fit different schedules, goals, and learning styles.

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.

Adding Curriculum

Learn how to access and add curriculum for additional grade levels included in your inquirED subscription.

Printing Lesson Resources

Learn how to print lesson materials, slides, and plans for teachers and students. Easily access and prepare printable resources from your inquirED lessons.

Engaging Students with Digital Access

Explore how inquirED helps teachers assign, customize, and manage digital learning so every student can engage and succeed whether using the inquirED Assignment Portal, Schoology, or Canvas.

inquirED’s Professional Learning Sessions

inquirED has created powerful professional learning sessions to support its partners. Explore the available sessions.

Understanding the Module Objectives

Learn how Module Objectives define the focus of each unit, support intentional lesson planning, and help you align instruction to meaningful student learning goals.

Managing Group Work: Shared Responsibility

Learn how to establish norms for successful, autonomous group work.

Closed Caption Settings on YouTube Videos

Learn how to turn on, customize, or adjust closed captions for YouTube videos included in your inquirED curriculum.

ClassLink Rostering

Learn how to connect inquirED to ClassLink for SSO.

Challenging Perfectionism: Rough Drafts and Sketches

Learn how to help students to see the value of multiple drafts.

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.

Inquiry Mindset: New Challenges

Explore how to ease into new challenges with your students.

Managing Group Work: Debriefing

Learn how debriefing can improve group work.

🗓 Layers of Meaning: Knowledge Building and Complex Texts

With special guests Jilian Corr (Learning Experience Architect, inquirED) and Jane Patrick (Learning Experience Designer, inquirED). Why do students need to grapple with complex texts? How can teachers scaffold these texts to help students build background knowledge and vocabulary? Join...

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Printing and Materials Access

Find guidance on printing lesson plans and materials, printing in bulk, and exploring alternatives to printing in your classroom.

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Creating an Inquiry-Based Classroom Culture Participant Notecatcher

Download and use this note catcher for the Creating an Inquiry-Based Classroom Culture activity.

🗓️ The Power of Questions: The QFT in Elementary Social Studies

Participants: This session is designed for any teacher interested in learning more about how to implement the QFT (Question Formulation Technique).Overview: Students are most engaged during an inquiry when they have the opportunity to generate their own investigation questions. Join...

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"Inquiry Journeys: Supporting Culturally Responsive Education" Position Paper

While there is no single definition of culturally responsive instruction, at inquirED we've established a set of criteria to describe its use in our curriculum and to guide us as we continue to evolve. We've developed these criteria from the...

Accessing the Inquiry Hub for Professional Learning

Learn how to navigate from your inquirED curriculum to the Inquiry Hub to explore professional learning resources.

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.

Teaching a Lesson

Access lesson prep tools, step-by-step guidance, and assessments designed to help each lesson run smoothly.

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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.

Guided Tours: Inquiry Journeys Module Exploration

Discover the three modules in an Inquiry Journeys unit: the Launch, Investigation, and Action Modules, and learn how each supports student curiosity, learning, and action through inquiry.