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Copy of Template Social Studies Inquiry Planner

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Social Studies StandardsDeveloping Curious and Critical Thinkers in Social Studies through Disciplinary Lenses The writers of the new Kentucky Social Studies...

A Social Studies Instructional Framework: Part 1. Inquiry Questions: UbD Meets C3By Matt Doran

JCPS: Curriculum Design and Learning Innovation - K-12 Social Studies

Inquiry-Based Tasks in Social StudiesAssignments that are bigger than a lesson and smaller than a unit are a good way to experiment with inquiry-based learning.

Making Social Studies Shine: Strategies for Implementing the C3 Framework in Elementary ClassroomsElementary teachers can maximize instructional time by interweaving social studies disciplines while fostering inquiry and promoting literacy development.

"Questions that Compel and Support" - article by S.G. Grant, Kathy Swan and John Lee - from Teaching the C3 Framework. The article gives a lot of good background on Compelling and Supporting Questions along with examples and criteria.

"Engaging Students with Primary Sources" - Smithsonian article - includes information about making use of things like photographs and oral histories as well as examining limitations and strengths of different types of sources.

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