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Webinars
Making Time for Elementary Social Studies: Priorities and Possibilities
In the final webinar of the Coast to Coast and Classroom to Classroom series, educators and leaders explored how schools can make meaningful space for inquiry-driven elementary social studies despite growing instructional pressures.
Social Studies
“The People Doing the Talking Are Doing the Thinking”: Inquiry in Eastern Carver County Schools
Eastern Carver County Schools approached new standards by focusing on how inquiry would show up in daily instruction. Through a teacher-led process and curriculum designed to support instruction in the moment, they spent their first year building confidence in inquiry and seeing it take hold in classrooms.
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Webinars
Beyond Silos: Aligning Inclusive Instruction and Inquiry in Social Studies
Across the country, states are introducing inclusive history mandates designed to expand the stories students encounter in social studies classrooms. Using Illinois as a case study, Dorlande Charles and Marci Glick explore how inclusive mandates can be integrated into inquiry-based social studies instruction.
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Social Studies
Low Floors, High Ceilings: What’s Happening in Skokie Classrooms
When Skokie School District 68 in Illinois began reviewing its elementary social studies curriculum, the goal was simple: replace materials that had outlived their usefulness. What emerged was something bigger, a curriculum that modernized instruction while creating low floors, high ceilings, and new pathways for vocabulary development through multimodal learning.
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Take a closer look at Inquiry Journeys
Inquiry Journeys (K–5 social studies curriculum) provides inquiry-based instruction for young learners through hands-on investigations and primary source analysis. Explore how elementary students build knowledge and skills by asking questions, analyzing evidence, and connecting learning to their lives and communities.
