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Inquiry-Based Learning That Sparks Agency In Civics

Inquiry-Based Learning That Sparks Agency In Civics

Update: 2025-10-29
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We push past rote coverage to show how inquiry turns students into investigators who ask better questions, weigh evidence, and communicate claims. We link inquiry to the EAD roadmap, Arizona standards, and practical frameworks teachers can use right away.

• defining inquiry as student-driven questioning and evidence use
• what inquiry looks like versus what it is not
• teacher as facilitator and curator of sources
• unsettled questions that anchor investigations
• collaboration, civil discourse and productive struggle
• aligning inquiry with the EAD roadmap and state standards
• teaching students to ask better questions with Costa’s levels
• practical frameworks including the 5E model
• resources for elementary through high school
• transfer to media literacy, civic action and careers
• start small, commit, and build capacity over time

We will put all of the resources in the show notes for everyone


Check Out the Civic Literacy Curriculum!


School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership

Center for American Civics



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Inquiry-Based Learning That Sparks Agency In Civics

Inquiry-Based Learning That Sparks Agency In Civics

The Center for American Civics