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Lesson Strategies
Hexagonal Thinking & Mapping: A Dynamic Strategy for Deeper Learning
Imagine your students actively making connections, debating ideas, and visually mapping relationships between key concepts. The Hexagonal Mapping Protocol offers a flexible, engaging way for students to organize their thinking and discover new relationships between ideas. Whether used for inquiry-based learning, unit review, or problem-solving, hexagonal mapping deepens discussion, reinforces connections, and encourages critical thinking.
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Elementary Social Studies
Media Literacy: Primary and Secondary Sources in Inquiry Journeys
Inquiry Journeys builds media literacy skills, integrating thousands of engaging primary and secondary sources. These sources represent multiple perspectives from diverse authors and creators across a varied range of media types, including maps, documents, photographs, websites, videos, paintings, personal narratives, and more.
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The Steps Toward Inquiry in Social Studies (Series Launch)
Discover how inquiry-based social studies transforms questions, tasks, and sources—engaging students as investigators, not passive recipients of information.
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Elementary Social Studies
Inquiry Journeys: Literacy Practices and Supports
Explore how integrating social studies with literacy boosts reading outcomes and supports CCSS-ELA, with practices embedded in inquirED’s Inquiry Journeys curriculum.
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Choosing an Elementary Social Studies Curriculum for Iowa Schools
This webinar explores how three districts in Iowa are prioritizing social studies aligned to the Iowa Core Standards in Social Studies.
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Choosing an Elementary Social Studies Curriculum for Illinois Schools
Learn how Illinois district leaders are aligning elementary social studies to state standards, selecting inquiry-based curricula, and revitalizing classroom instruction.
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Un-level That Text! Integrating Literacy and Elementary Social Studies
If we want students to seek answers to complex questions, conduct sustained investigations, and construct conclusions based on facts and evidence, then they’ll need to develop their literacy skills so they can wrestle with complex texts. We were joined on our webinar today by Jillian Corr, Senior Learning Experience Designer at inquirED, to dig into strategies to help students when they encounter complex texts in social studies.
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Elementary Social Studies
What is Inquiry-Based Social Studies?
No matter your entry point – we’ve created & curated information to help you build your knowledge of inquiry-based social studies!
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Elementary Social Studies
Build Your Knowledge Base in Inquiry-Based Social Studies
Build your team's understanding of inquiry-based social studies with curated blogs, slides, and videos that highlight the shift from traditional to student-centered instruction.
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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.
