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Co-Teacher Function

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Multiple teachers can now work together in a single class, with roles and permissions that match how your district manages rostering. Co-teachers, interventionists, and long-term subs each get their own access with no shared logins.

Inquiry Hub Updates

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The Inquiry Hub has been updated with clearer organization, improved navigation, and new resources designed for how you actually use it. Whether you're planning a unit, preparing for a team meeting, or supporting a new teacher, what you need is easier to find.

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Social Studies Video Library

See what inquiry looks like in classrooms

The Inquiry Hub now includes a video library with classroom footage, protocol walkthroughs, and real examples of structured inquiry across grade levels. Share something at a team meeting, walk a new teacher through a discussion protocol, or see how other classrooms handle a specific moment.

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Automated rostering with Clever and ClassLink keeps teachers, students, and classes in sync with no manual setup required. LTI 1.3 integrations with Canvas and Schoology let teachers launch assignments directly from their LMS.

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The Inquiry Hub now includes a running log of curriculum updates, pulled directly from our content team as changes happen. You can see what changed and open the update log.

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We created a cultural cookbook, where students made global connections about where their ingredients came from and how they come together and connect us with different parts of the world. Students took home a copy of all of their peers´ recipes!

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Global Connections

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3rd Grade

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We created a cultural cookbook, where students made global connections about where their ingredients came from and how they come together and connect us with different parts of the world. Students took home a copy of all of their peers´ recipes!

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Crystal Bucio from Roaring Fork School District: CO, 3rd Grade

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Global Connections

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3rd Grade

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Final Product

We are recreating and honoring the steps that people needed to take towards equality!

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The 20th Century Civil Rights Movement

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3rd Grade

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Wall Display

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We are recreating and honoring the steps that people needed to take towards equality!

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Crystal Bucio from Roaring Fork School District: CO, 3rd Grade

Unit

The 20th Century Civil Rights Movement

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3rd Grade

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Wall Display

Our 3rd Grade students, after reading articles about the different waves of immigration, created posters to present the information they learned to the class about their group of immigrants. It provided for a great discussion about the pushes and pulls of immigration. Students really began to realize the difficulties immigrants faced in other countries before coming to the US but were more shocked to find out that life was just as difficult, if not more, when they arrived here.

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Migration and Movement

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3rd Grade

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Our 3rd Grade students, after reading articles about the different waves of immigration, created posters to present the information they learned to the class about their group of immigrants. It provided for a great discussion about the pushes and pulls of immigration. Students really began to realize the difficulties immigrants faced in other countries before coming to the US but were more shocked to find out that life was just as difficult, if not more, when they arrived here.

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Jennifer Duzinskas from Maywood School District 89: IL, 3rd Grade

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Migration and Movement

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3rd Grade

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Wall Display

Students used the Pixton app to create these comics.

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Natural Resources of the U.S.

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4th Grade

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Students used the Pixton app to create these comics.

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Kerry Nowicki from Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96: IL, 4th Grade

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Natural Resources of the U.S.

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4th Grade

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Our student loved learning about the origins-development-and impact of agriculture!

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The Human Story

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6th Grade

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Inquiry-Long Display

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Our student loved learning about the origins-development-and impact of agriculture!

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The Human Story

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6th Grade

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Inquiry-Long Display

This is an end of unit project for the Colonial America unit. Students chose an important event or aspect of colonial America and illustrated (in medium of their choice) and wrote a caption with the perspective of all groups that we learned about on the chosen event or aspect.

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The Colonial Era

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5th Grade

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This is an end of unit project for the Colonial America unit. Students chose an important event or aspect of colonial America and illustrated (in medium of their choice) and wrote a caption with the perspective of all groups that we learned about on the chosen event or aspect.

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The Colonial Era

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5th Grade

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Anchor chart from Module 2

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The Colonial Era

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5th Grade

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Anchor chart from Module 2

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Sarah Garcia from Maywood School District 89: IL, 5th Grade

Unit

The Colonial Era

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5th Grade

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Anchor Chart

My students loved the hexagonal activity from our Colonial Era unit. After they completed the card sort for Natural Resources, they asked if they could try to connect them like the hexagonal activity. They did a fantastic job and I liked hearing their explanation of the connections.

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Natural Resources of the U.S.

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5th Grade

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My students loved the hexagonal activity from our Colonial Era unit. After they completed the card sort for Natural Resources, they asked if they could try to connect them like the hexagonal activity. They did a fantastic job and I liked hearing their explanation of the connections.

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Abby Brewer from Mason City Schools: OH, 5th Grade

Unit

Natural Resources of the U.S.

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5th Grade

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We moved from economics (wants and needs) into natural resources! The students completed an inquiry chart of what they know and what they want to know and completed observations with a partner through pictures of natural resources!

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Meeting Needs and Wants

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1st Grade

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We moved from economics (wants and needs) into natural resources! The students completed an inquiry chart of what they know and what they want to know and completed observations with a partner through pictures of natural resources!

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Meeting Needs and Wants

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1st Grade

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Anchor Chart

Students sorted groups and individuals that displayed colonial resistance.

Unit

The Colonial Era

Grade

5th Grade

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Students sorted groups and individuals that displayed colonial resistance.

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Unit

The Colonial Era

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5th Grade

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Our class wrote and drew about their favorite foods they eat for special celebrations. We were joined by our Big Buddy Volunteers from Clearwater Retirement Community who shared some of their traditions too! Our class loves listening to their perspectives and stories, and the volunteers enjoyed helping students create their quilt square. We posted everyone's square on our wall as we compared and contrasted everyone's unique traditions.

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Families Near and Far

Grade

1st Grade

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Handout

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Our class wrote and drew about their favorite foods they eat for special celebrations. We were joined by our Big Buddy Volunteers from Clearwater Retirement Community who shared some of their traditions too! Our class loves listening to their perspectives and stories, and the volunteers enjoyed helping students create their quilt square. We posted everyone's square on our wall as we compared and contrasted everyone's unique traditions.

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Unit

Families Near and Far

Grade

1st Grade

Example Type

Handout

We love making these infographics on Jamestown and Plymouth. It is a great way for students to practice making a claim and supporting it using specific evidence which we do in both reading and writing.

Unit

The Colonial Era

Grade

5th Grade

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We love making these infographics on Jamestown and Plymouth. It is a great way for students to practice making a claim and supporting it using specific evidence which we do in both reading and writing.

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Ashley Bestor from Kettle Moraine SD: WI, 5th Grade

Unit

The Colonial Era

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5th Grade

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