AHB 5th Grade - Social Studies
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  • America: How "We" Got There
  • The Colonies and the Colonists
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Inquiry Learning

Galileo Galilei.  Leonardo DaVinci.  Albert Einstein.  Marie Curie.  Rachel Carson.  Ben Franklin.  Thomas Jefferson.  Sojourner Truth.  Emily Dickinson.  
All had questions.  
Questions are good.
Questions show interest, imagination, intellect.
What if???
Inquiry learning maximizes student's natural curiosity by giving them the time, resources, and skills to pursue the answers.  
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What questions will you have? Which topics of interest will YOU pursue?
Steps to Inquiry Learning:
Students are introduced to a Social Studies Topic
Students read information from several sources about this topic
Students generate their own questions from their reading
Students discuss these topics and their questions
Students then find the answers to their questions and present their findings
Inquiry Topics

Click here to discover which topics we'll explore this year!

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