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Where the Day Goes: Rethinking Instructional Time in K–5 Classrooms

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Writing for Meaning and Understanding: The Power of Integrated ELA and Social Studies

Explicit writing instruction is most effective when paired with meaningful content. Learn how integrating ELA and social studies strengthens writing, comprehension, and knowledge-building.

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Dec 22, 2025
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Deeper Knowledge and Comprehension Through ELA and Social Studies Integration

Learn how integrating ELA and social studies builds two layers of knowledge, supporting deeper comprehension, stronger transfer, and more meaningful reading experiences for students.

Dec 10, 2025
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The Cognitive Load Problem: Why Too Many Programs Undermine Learning

Discover how juggling multiple ELA and social studies programs increases cognitive load, reduces instructional coherence, and limits deep learning. Explore why integrated design offers a more sustainable, effective path forward.

Nov 14, 2025
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The Elementary Time Problem: Too Much to Teach, Too Little Time

Elementary schools face more instructional demands than the day can hold. Learn how limited time affects teaching, what trade-offs educators face, and why integrated curriculum design helps make every minute count.

Nov 4, 2025
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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.

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“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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How Waukee Built Equitable Access to Knowledge Through Complex Texts

How Waukee Community School District used a rigorous K–5 social studies curriculum to ensure every student could engage deeply with complex, knowledge-building texts.

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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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Designing for Depth: Giving Writing Its Due in Early Literacy

In the webinar Designing for Depth: Giving Writing Its Due in Early Literacy, Dr. Nell K. Duke and Elisabeth Ventling Simon examined why writing deserves a central place in early literacy instruction

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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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From State Adoption to Classroom Instruction: Making Social Studies Materials Matter

How do state standards, instructional materials, and inquiry-based practice intersect, and what does it take to make social studies matter in classrooms?

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How East Haven school district puts their vision of a graduate to practice

See how East Haven uses inquiry skills in elementary social studies to turn their district’s Vision of the Graduate into meaningful, observable learning from kindergarten through fifth grade.

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Canby Brings Oregon’s Vision for Social Science Education to Life

See how Canby School District uses Inquiry Journeys to meet Oregon’s new social science standards through inquiry-based learning, civic engagement, and equity-focused instruction.

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