Exciting Updates and Improvements
When educators speak, we listen. Explore the updates and improvements we've made to support teachers.
Teacher Editions
Inquiry Journeys’ new Print Teacher Editions bring structured inquiry into an easy-to-use, classroom-ready format. Each spiral-bound edition includes step-by-step lesson plans, assessment guides, and setup supports aligned to the Inquiry model . Grounded in a research-based structure that sequences Launch, Investigation, and Informed Action modules , the Print Teacher Editions help teachers build deep content knowledge and guide students toward meaningful Inquiry Products—all in one place.
Slide Decks
Inquiry Journeys’ Teaching Slide Decks bring each lesson to life with ready-to-use, classroom-projected materials that guide instruction from start to finish. Included in the digital teacher subscription , the decks align directly to the structured Inquiry model and support clear routines for launching questions, analyzing sources, and facilitating discussion. With built-in visuals, prompts, and task directions, teachers can focus on responsive facilitation while keeping learning rigorous, engaging, and on track.
Unbound by Design
Every unit in Inquiry Journeys is an opportunity for students to think like historians, detectives, and problem-solvers. Instead of old-school bound workbooks, student consumables arrive in an organized, ready-to-use box filled with high-quality handouts, graphic organizers, and investigation tools designed for hands-on learning.
Digital Student Experience
Inquiry Journeys Student Access Feature allows students to engage with digital instructional materials, including primary and secondary sources across a variety of media types and formats and digitally annotate handouts. Teachers can share sources and assign handouts directly from their digital teacher subscription. Students can demonstrate their learning with accessible features, such as text to speech.
New and expanded integrations
- Automate teacher and student rostering with Clever and ClassLink.
- inquirED will integrate with Schoology beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
- Improved security and integrations with LTI.
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Inquiry at A Glance Videos
"Inquiry at a Glance" videos are available for ALL units across the curriculum. These videos provide teachers with an overview of the main ideas and events of the unit. Find the videos by hitting the “play” button on the Inquiry overview.
Inquiry Work Gallery
Check out the amazing work that inquirED teachers and leaders have shared this school year
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Students painted birds eye view pictures, created maps and illustrated a page for a book. Their target audience was incoming kindergarten families.
Navigating School
Kindergarten
Wall Display
Students painted birds eye view pictures, created maps and illustrated a page for a book. Their target audience was incoming kindergarten families.
Additional Info
Jennie Greene from Skokie District 68: IL, Kindergarten
Winter Counts created by students! Walden School, Deerfield School District 109
Native America
5th Grade
Handout
Winter Counts created by students! Walden School, Deerfield School District 109
Additional Info
Barbara Mastin from Deerfield Public Schools District 109: IL, 5th Grade
Students researched early settlements looking for examples of cooperation and conflict. They created Mind Maps showing what they learned. Walden School, Deerfield School District 109
The Colonial Era
5th Grade
Handout
Students researched early settlements looking for examples of cooperation and conflict. They created Mind Maps showing what they learned. Walden School, Deerfield School District 109
Additional Info
Barbara Mastin from Deerfield Public Schools District 109: IL, 5th Grade
As an Inquiry Project, students created graphic novels focusing on sustainability. South Park School, Deerfield School District 109
Natural Resources of the U.S.
4th Grade
Final Product
As an Inquiry Project, students created graphic novels focusing on sustainability. South Park School, Deerfield School District 109
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Barbara Mastin from Deerfield Public Schools District 109: IL, 4th Grade
The students had choice in their product. Some chose to write a letter while others chose to create a slideshow in Seesaw. They wanted to address the "injustice" of not being allowed on one part of our playground or the need for more water fountains in our cafeteria.
Civic Engagement
1st Grade
Final Product
The students had choice in their product. Some chose to write a letter while others chose to create a slideshow in Seesaw. They wanted to address the "injustice" of not being allowed on one part of our playground or the need for more water fountains in our cafeteria.
Additional Info
Beth Caruso from South Brunswick School District: NJ, 1st Grade
This mural was inspired by a group project we completed in the beginning of the year. We reflected on our work and recreated a mural to show how we worked as individuals to create a product as a team.
My Team and Self
Kindergarten
Final Product
This mural was inspired by a group project we completed in the beginning of the year. We reflected on our work and recreated a mural to show how we worked as individuals to create a product as a team.
Additional Info
Paula Walker from Quality Schools International: IT, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
State Scrapbook Page: Western Region
Natural Resources of the U.S.
4th Grade
Other
State Scrapbook Page: Western Region
Additional Info
Nicole Rossi from Dock Mennonite Academy: PA, 4th Grade
Students created replicas of different Native American tribal lands and homes based off of the different regions in North America.
Native America
5th Grade
Final Product
Students created replicas of different Native American tribal lands and homes based off of the different regions in North America.
Additional Info
Amanda Stewart from Pilgrim School: CA, 5th Grade
We created a gameboard of our special location.
Our Special Location
1st Grade
Other
We created a gameboard of our special location.
Additional Info
Faith Lau from San Francisco Unified School District: CA, 1st Grade
Students created a variety of written products in order to inspire the school about saving natural resources.
Natural Resources of the U.S.
4th Grade
Final Product
Students created a variety of written products in order to inspire the school about saving natural resources.
Additional Info
Carla Martinez from Tacoma Public Schools: WA, 4th Grade
Students created comic strips that encourages our community to go and pick up litter and also to reuse thing so that less litter happens.
Natural Resources of the U.S.
4th Grade
Final Product
Students created comic strips that encourages our community to go and pick up litter and also to reuse thing so that less litter happens.
Additional Info
Chelsea Dallman from Iowa City Community School District: IA, 4th Grade
Our Special Location The students used their collaboration skills to create a school mural that had symbols that represented our community and our special location. Students investigate how location, natural features, and climate shape daily life, and how goods and services are produced to address community needs and wants.
Our Special Location
1st Grade
Wall Display
Our Special Location The students used their collaboration skills to create a school mural that had symbols that represented our community and our special location. Students investigate how location, natural features, and climate shape daily life, and how goods and services are produced to address community needs and wants.
Additional Info
Chrissy Milliken from Agnes Irwin School: PA, 1st Grade
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