The Inquiry and Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life institute discusses how to construct social studies curriculum inquiries for your pre-service teachers using digital sources from the Library of Congress. Pilot and share in-depth feedback on two online methods texts currently under development: 

• Using Inquiry to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life (Elementary K-6 Edition)
• Using Inquiry to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life (Secondary 6-12 Edition)

These texts are a project generously supported by the Library of Congress through a Teaching with Primary Sources grant. 

Attendees will:

• Receive a high-level overview and explore the use of each text under development
• Learn how to teach social studies inquiry using primary sources from the Library of Congress
• Create model curriculum inquiries using sections of the draft texts
• Provide critical insights towards enhancing each text prior to their final online publication in 2022