You will learn how to integrate inquiry learning with primary sources into instruction across grades and disciplines using a variety of frameworks and strategies.

K12 Educators, Education Pre-service Educators, Instructional Coaches, Content Specialists, Education Support Professionals, Aspiring Educators

Primary sources lead students naturally into inquiry, helping them to confront the complexity of the past, engage with it in a personal way, and reflect on how it relates to the present and future. In analyzing primary sources, students move from concrete observations and facts to questioning and making inferences. Because primary sources may be incomplete or lack context, each one represents a mystery that students explore further by asking questions and investigating new pieces of evidence from multiple perspectives. Along the way they work to find patterns, construct knowledge, communicate newfound understandings, reflect on the learning journey, and ready themselves to apply their learning to new contexts.