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Social Studies / History

A collection of ready-to-use lessons and activities from Inspired Teaching® to help foster engaging learning with students at all grade levels, in all subject areas.

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3 Review Games

3 Review Games

As students prepare for summative assessments games can be a fun and engaging way to review key concepts and help students practice showing what they know.

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Word-At-A-Time Stories

Word-At-A-Time Stories

Working with a partner or as a whole class students construct a narrative “one word at a time.” The challenge is to create something cohesive while depending on the creative input of each individual.

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Escape Rooms

Escape Rooms

Simplified versions of these popular games can be made for the classroom to foster inquiry, teamwork, and a high level of engagement.

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Student-Led Museum Tour

Student-Led Museum Tour

In this activity, students share their observations after studying a piece of art. This simple process develops emerging expertise and builds mutual respect through sharing what they have learned.

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Finding the Zone of Proximal Development

Finding the Zone of Proximal Development

This activity helps students to become aware of their zones of proximal development, those spaces that push them to stretch beyond what they already know and can do toward what might be possible.

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Make Way for the Monarchs

Make Way for the Monarchs

Few lifecycles are as enticing to observe in their entirety as that of monarchs and watching the transformation from a caterpillar into a creature that can fly is a powerful metaphor for the kind of transformation one can do through learning.

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Finding Smiles

Finding Smiles

Focused and specific feedback on how we positively relate to others is good for our self-esteem and encourages us to lean into our authentic selves.

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Hands and Feet Stories

Hands and Feet Stories

Learning to listen deeply may very well be one of the most important skills we can cultivate as members of a community and one of the ways we can demonstrate our understanding of what we hear is by sharing back what was said.

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