Core Areas of Culturally Responsive Inquiry

The Four Core Areas

These four areas work together to ensure curriculum and instruction is designed to engage learners in rigorous, relevant and student-driven social science.


Introduction to the Core Areas

The‌ ‌following‌ ‌resources‌ ‌have‌ ‌been‌ ‌curated‌ ‌to‌ ‌support‌ ‌teachers‌ ‌and‌ ‌teams‌ ‌as‌ ‌they‌ ‌engage‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌“Learn‌ ‌and‌ ‌ Plan”‌ ‌stage‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌learning‌ ‌cycle.‌ ‌The‌ ‌resources‌ ‌have‌ ‌been‌ ‌curated‌ ‌by‌ ‌the‌ ‌four‌ ‌Core‌ ‌Areas‌ ‌and‌ ‌will‌ ‌be‌ ‌updated‌ ‌regularly.‌ ‌More‌ ‌resources‌ ‌will‌ ‌be‌ ‌made‌ ‌available‌ ‌to‌ ‌teams,‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌will‌ ‌be‌ ‌curated‌ ‌to‌ ‌support‌ ‌cycles‌ ‌of‌ ‌learning‌ ‌and‌ ‌deepening‌ ‌understanding‌ ‌and‌ practice.‌



Culturally Responsive, Sustaining Curriculum and Instruction

Core Area 1

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Inquiry Learning and Inquiry Arc Framework

Core Area 2

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Literacy and Social Science Disciplinary Integration

Core Area 3

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The Civic Life Powerful Practices

Core Area 4

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