Inquiry Approach to K-12 Social Studies, Wells, Summer 2024

Course Number:	EDX 5710 S99
Instructor:	David Wells, M.Ed.
Location:	Online
Dates and Times:	July 12, 2024 through August 19, 2024. Online Video Introduction Session: July 12 from 1:00 until 2:30; Online Video Follow-Up Session: August 9th, 2024 from 10:00 until 11:00 AM; Asynchronous work between July 12 and August 19, 2024
Credits:	3 Graduate Credits
Tuition:	$1,195

Course Description

Social Studies is the perfect subject to study through inquiry. Students in this course will learn how to build an inquiry based social study unit based on the C3 Standards that can be taught on its own or integrated into literacy instruction. Participants will study questions, sources and activities that lead to a student’s deeper understanding of Social Studies concepts. The course will culminate with each participant having an inquiry based lesson that they can teach in their classroom.

Audience: All Educators

Course Goals & Objectives

Course Goals:

Provide a thorough overview of the C3 Framework and its Inquiry Arc
Present the key features of inquiry based social studies lessons: questions, tasks, sources, and presenting arguments.
Support participants as they design an inquiry based Social Studies Lesson.

Course Objectives:

Participants in this course will demonstrate their ability to do the following:

Develop an understanding of the C3 Framework and its Inquiry Arc
Identify and understand the role of questions, tasks, sources and the presentation of strong arguments in an inquiry based Social Studies Lesson.
Demonstrate an overall understanding of an inquiry based Social Studies instruction by developing a unit that will be taught in the participant’s classroom.

Instructor

David Wells, M.Ed.

David has been a Vermont teacher, principal and superintendent for over thirty years. He believes in making classrooms safe and engaging for students with plenty of project based learning. When he is not teaching at Vermont State University, you can find David spending time with his grandchildren or restoring vintage typewriters!

Required Texts

Swan, Lee & Grant, Inquiry Design Model: Building Inquiries in Social Studies, 2018

National Council for the Social Studies (2014) C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards

Web Resource: http://www.c3teachers.org/

For additional course information

David Wells
802-461-6905

For additional registration information

Center for Schools Team

(802) 468-1325