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Hubs

State Hubs

C3 Teacher State Hubs bring together teachers, instructional materials, and professional development opportunities as they learn more about teaching with inquiry. Hit the road ›

Organizational Hubs

C3 Teacher Organizational Hubs bring together amazing sources from leading cultural institutions and educators interested in using those materials to support inquiry in social studies classrooms. Fall in ›

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Blogs

I’ve been using the C3 Inquiry Design Model (IDM) for over a decade. Generally speaking, I’ve felt successful and have shared my best practices with others in the field. But despite my students’ success in producing rich products from their work on formative performance tasks, arguments, and taking informed actions, the sensory experience of walking […]

“How do we know any of this is true?” This question has stayed with me for some time. A student, who would only be in my class for less than a month before transferring, asked it during my third year of teaching and my first year teaching a high school history class. My response at […]

INVALUABLE RESOURCES

Publications

C3 Teachers is proud to bring you a wide range of topics related to using inquiry in social studies. Here you’ll find books, articles, essays, papers, and more covering inquiry-based learning.

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Find Professional Learning opportunities that focus on inquiry-based teaching and learning, and other strategies that promote quality teaching and learning.