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Building Deep Background Knowledge: Making The Case For Elementary Social Studies
What do ELA outcomes have to do with elementary social studies? Social studies improves outcomes by building the knowledge students need to understand what they read.
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Social Studies Projects: Give Students the Keys to Success
Explore strategies to design, assess, and support student ownership in powerful social studies projects, with tools and webinar resources included.
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Elementary Social Studies
Elementary Social Studies | What is Informed Action?
Discover the power of Informed Action in elementary social studies! Learn how students can transform knowledge into real-world impact with inquirED.
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The Social Studies ELA Connection: Making the Case For Elementary Social Studies
Increased social studies instruction has been found to improve students' reading ability. We explore how integrated ELA and social studies curriculum contributes to knowledge building.
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Elementary Social Studies
Making the Case for Elementary Social Studies
A growing body of research confirms the importance of elementary social studies.
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Teaching in an Election Season: Rights and Responsibilities
In an age of polarization, it’s understandable that you might want to avoid talking about politics. Don’t. Instead, if you’re worried about addressing hot button issues, take refuge in the process. Teach about the governing bodies, offices, and powers at the local, state, and national levels.
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Elementary Social Studies
Inquiry Unit Design
Inquiry in the classroom follows a process that begins with a question, moves through an investigation, and ends in action. But that seemingly simple process is actually incredibly complex. Let’s explore some of that complexity by examining each step in more detail.
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Elementary Social Studies
2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum: Meeting Needs and Wants Unit Launch
Communities are created to meet our common needs, giving us a sense of belonging, trust, care, and safety. During this unit, 2nd-grade social studies students work together to design their own community model, discovering how community members work together to shape the world around them.
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Lesson Strategies
Think-Pair-Share | Inquiry Lesson Plan Strategy
A Think Pair Share gives every student the opportunity to be heard. Students who have difficulty sharing ideas in a large group have a chance to rehearse with a partner, and those who always want to share are guaranteed the chance to be heard by at least 1 partner, if not the whole class.
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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.
