Better Together: ELA and Social Studies
Welcome to the Inkwell reviewer site.
This site contains preview materials for Inkwell, inquirED's new K-5 integrated ELA and social studies curriculum.
Inkwell integrates ELA and social studies into one cohesive instructional block.
- Supports mastery of ELA and social studies standards in one block
- Grounded in the Science of Reading
- Embeds explicit writing instruction in daily lessons
- Builds knowledge through content-rich social studies investigations
- Connects and deepens learning through inquiry
Integrated instruction for meaningful learning
In Inkwell, students build literacy skills and social studies knowledge together. Through integration, students understand setting more deeply as they see how geography shapes where people live, grasp history more clearly when they connect events through cause and effect, and recognize an author’s purpose more accurately when they understand the civic and historical context behind a text.
Reviewer resources
These resources introduce grades K-2 for Inkwell’s curriculum and support reviewers in exploring how the program integrates ELA and social studies. The documents below provide insight into the structure, design, and learning experience across the primary grades.
Inkwell Program Overview
Inkwell is a K–5 integrated ELA and social studies curriculum that unites literacy and content learning, helping students grow as readers, writers, and thinkers through inquiry-based investigations grounded in the science of reading.
Inkwell Components Guide
Inkwell's lessons, daily structures, and built-in teacher supports make it easy to plan, teach, and assess rigorous, connected learning. Print and digital teacher and student materials give teachers flexibility and students many ways to engage with learning.
Inkwell Assessment Overview
Inkwell’s research-aligned assessment system provides tools that connect literacy and social studies learning—offering teachers real-time, actionable insight into student growth across reading, writing, and knowledge.
Inkwell Support for all Learners
Inkwell ensures every student can access grade-level ELA and social studies content through built-in scaffolds, multilingual supports, and flexible routines rooted in research-aligned best practices and embedded in every lesson.
Inkwell K-2 Curriculum Maps
See how Inkwell’s vertically aligned K–5 units integrate ELA and social studies standards—grounded in the science of reading—to help students read deeply, write purposefully, and build disciplinary knowledge.
Inkwell Unit Overview Sample
This sample Inkwell unit shows how integrated literacy and social studies lessons help students investigate community life, build vocabulary and background knowledge, and write purposefully about civic cooperation.
