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Check out our Inquiry Work display and the student work that was added to it.

Swansea Elementary third graders appreciated this project because it allowed them to recognize and write down their rights and obligations both at home and at school.

We are currently working on travel plans and can’t wait to add those to the colored papers above the inquiry wall!

Students explored Washington State's history, and as they've uncovered many fascinating stories, there might have been some important aspects that were not included in the modules based on the Reflection Cards they completed at the end of each module. This project invited them to research and present one of these overlooked topics, helping to complete the story of our state. Students created a tri-fold display that highlighted a significant yet often overlooked aspect of Washington State's history, culture, or geography.

Students built a model of a "healthy democracy" in the woods off the playground where they created a Constitution inspired by the U.S. Constitution and have an ongoing working government that includes three branches of government, holds elections, writes bills and makes laws that have penalties. They run the government by holding weekly town meetings.

For this wall display, the students connected the different ways they could learn from others around the world and show how we are all connected through our global citizenship. Students researched different countries and learned about how goods and raw materials can originate from all over the world before they reach the stores we buy them from.

The students work hard throughout the unit to understand the different social roles, how they have changed or remained the same by creating mini word posters. All students have copies of the anchor charts in their historian folders so that the material is at their finger tips when we get into our deep discussions. Student help create the 13 colonies map and the triangular trade map. Students created posers for the different colonial regions using computers or their own two hands!

My students love adding drawings to the region they are investigating! Celebrating Native America culture has been a blast for these 5th graders!

Students worked in partnerships to research and investigate different regions of the U.S. by reading the region articles from InquirEd and reported out on their findings. They enjoyed learning about the National Parks of the U.S. in an extension lesson and created brochures about a self-selected National Park from the Inquiry Unit.

My students explore the ways they are connected to distant places through the movement of people, goods, and ideas.

This is my first year teaching with InquirED and I am enjoying the lessons! My class likes and looks forward to Social Sciences time and is using the vocabulary throughout the day. This picture is our wall from the beginning of the year with some of the read-aloud books posted, maps with post-its to show where some of our students' families come from, and vocabulary for reference. The wall has grown since then with new vocab and new work posted, but the general feeling is the same. I'm looking forward to new units of study!