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Inquiry Every Day: Strategies for the Secondary Social Studies Classroom book cover

1st Edition

Inquiry Every Day Strategies for the Secondary Social Studies Classroom

By Kelsie Brook Eckert Copyright 2027
260 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

260 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

This book guides and empowers secondary social studies teachers to craft inquiry-based learning within their classrooms that fit their students’ needs and interests. Inquiry is necessary in a democracy–especially an increasingly polarized one. Open inquiry promotes critical thinking and teaches the importance of evidence-based arguments to students. The role of the teacher is still... Read more

Preface  PART I: Why to Teach with Inquiry  1. What does it mean to teach with inquiry?  2. Does inquiry privilege skills over content?  3. Why should we teach with inquiry?  4. How did social studies settle on the Inquiry Design Model and the C3 Framework?  PART II: How to Teach with Inquiry  5. How to create a culture of inquiry?  6. What makes a “good” question for inquiry?  7. How to teach with primary and secondary sources?  8. How to organize sources for Structured and Guided Inquiry?  9. Under what conditions can Open Inquiry work in secondary social studies?  10. What are the pitfalls to avoid when facilitating inquiry?  Conclusion

Biography

Kelsie Brook Eckert is the Coordinator of Social Studies Education at Plymouth State University, the Executive Director of the Remedial Herstory Project, and the New Hampshire State Coordinator for National History Day.

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