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 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.
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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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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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inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices Overview
inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices include eight distinct practices.
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Preparing for Your Written Product
Discover the ins and outs of Written Product design, creation, presentation, and assessment.
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Task Management: Breaking Down the Process
Learn how to keep students moving throughout the process of creation.
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Experience Inquiry Series: Student to Student Feedback Participant Resources
Here are resources for facilitating the critique and learning more about student to student feedback.
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Construct Phase: Product Brainstorm
Explore how to guide your students toward effective brainstorming.
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Sarah’s Tip: Look Out for Spotlights
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...
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Critique the Prototype: Mindset
Hear some strategies to help your students develop a critique mindset.
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Student Log In with ClassLink
This article supports teachers who use ClassLink to manage student access to inquirED.
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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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Glossary
Learn more about frequently used inquirED terminology through this comprehensive glossary and its definitions.
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I used to think... Now I think... Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer can help students reflect on how a text has changed or deepened their understanding.
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Pacing and Scheduling Tools
Help your team structure time effectively to prioritize social studies within the curriculum.
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Assessment in Inquiry Journeys
Learn more about how Inquiry Journeys takes the struggle out of creating assessments, providing teachers with formative assessments in every lesson and summative assessment support across Inquiries.
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Strategies for Successful Implementation
Leadership is an important part of implementation, and supporting teachers through the learning process of implementing a new curriculum requires strategic and intentional moves. Here are some action steps that other leaders have taken to support their teachers towards implementation...
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🗓️ Culturally Responsive Social Studies
Participants explore culturally responsive teaching practices. They examine ways the curriculum supports culturally responsive practices and consider how they may extend culturally responsive practice beyond what is available in the curriculum.
