C3 Teachers is proud to bring you a wide range of topics related to using inquiry in social studies.
Front and center in the work of C3 Teachers is our ongoing effort to support educators as they take on the challenges and opportunities that come with inquiry-based learning. All of our efforts require deep knowledge of research and practice so we that we are acting with confidence when we use inquiry in our classrooms. To support those efforts, we present this collection of scholarship.
Here you’ll find hundreds of links to books, articles, and brief papers. Learn more about inquiry design through our IDM Book Series, an ongoing collection that probes the theory and practice informing the Inquiry Design Model (IDM). Our Social Education columns examine inquiry practice in classrooms and the design moves needed to bring inquiry to life. In our C3 Publications, we also present a comprehensive listing of research and scholarship related to using inquiry in teaching and learning. Finally, be sure to check out our C3 Briefs where we present essays on some of the biggest opportunities for and challenges with using inquiry in the classroom.
IDM Book Series
You and your colleagues can have ready access to IDM through the printed word. See all the titles in our IDM book series below.
Inquiry-Based Practice in Social Studies Education: Understanding the Inquiry Design Model
Our first IDM book presents a conceptual base for shaping the classroom experience through inquiry-based teaching and learning.
Using their Inquiry Design Model (IDM), Grant, Swan & Lee provide a detailed account of inquiry’s scholarly roots, as well as the rationale for viewing questions, tasks, and sources as inquiry’s foundational elements.
Inquiry Design Model: Building Inquiries in Social Studies
The second IDM book will walk readers through the process of designing an inquiry. Organized into three clear design phases (Framing, Filling, and Finishing an Inquiry), the Swan, Lee & Grant break down the components of the IDM blueprint and teach others how to create intellectually engaging and thoughtful inquiries. Foreword by Walter Parker.
Blueprinting an Inquiry-Based Curriculum: Planning with the Inquiry Design Model
Our third book in the series is intended for educators who want to speak fluent inquiry across a social studies course and throughout their schools and districts. In this book, we elaborate on the ideas presented in our first two books on the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) by pushing on the original model to think not just about a singular experience of inquiry, but inquiry as a routine practice in social studies classrooms.