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A Student Handbook for 21st Century Learning


Inquire | A Student Handbook for 21st Century Learning

Inquire is a complete learning guide, covering 21st century skills, traditional study skills, the inquiry process, and project-based instruction. This handbook works in any class across the curriculum, helping students think and learn. It also works well as the main resource in a media-literacy or research course.

In addition to the student handbook, the program includes the Inquire Teacher's Guide. This guide describes the pedagogy behind Inquire, helps you use the handbook in any setting, and includes chapter-by-chapter lesson plans. Both the student and teacher editions are available in print and online versions.

What are 21st century skills?

The 21st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills lists three types:

Winner of the 2012 Staff Development for Educators "Favorite Things" Award.

Learning Skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Creative Thinking
  • Collaborating
  • Communicating

Literacy Skills

  • Information Literacy
  • Media Literacy
  • Technology Literacy

Life Skills

  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Social Skills
  • Productivity
  • Leadership

 



Student Handbook is a complete learning guide covering 21st century skills, traditional study skills, the inquiry process, and project-based instruction. This handbook works across the curriculum to deepen students’ thinking in science, social studies, math, and language arts. Soft or hard cover.

Teacher’s Guide provides complete support for using the Student Handbook in your classroom. It includes lesson plans, extension activities, chapter quizzes, correlations, and hundreds of minilessons and project suggestions for using Inquire in social studies, science, math, and language arts.

Inquire Online provides all the same great content you get in the print Student Handbook and Teacher’s Guide—and a lot of extras, such as

  • links, bookmarks, and searchability
  • additional resources for students & teachers

 



Grade Student Handbook Teacher Guide
Elementary (Grades 4–5) Coming Soon! Coming Soon!
Middle School (Grades 6–8)
High School (Grades 9–12)

 




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