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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Urban, Suburban, and Rural

For Teachers 2nd
A comprehensive learning module on types of communities that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks, maps, and images, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include characteristics of...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: China

For Teachers 9th
A learning module on the Qin Dynasty of China. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will examine the policies of Emperor Shi...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: China and Rome

For Teachers 6th
A learning module on relations between ancient China and Rome prior to the opening of the Silk Road trade route. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Complex Societies

For Teachers 5th
A learning module on the complexities of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Fall of Roman Empire

For Teachers 9th
A learning module on the fall of the Roman Empire. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the extent and...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Islamic Spain

For Teachers 6th
A comprehensive learning module on Islamic Spain that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the religious tolerance of...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Silk Road

For Teachers 9th
A comprehensive learning module on the Silk Road that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include what the Silk Road was, why...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Suleiman

For Teachers 9th
A comprehensive learning module on Suleiman the Magnificent that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will examine whether this leader...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Cultural Diversity

For Teachers 3rd
A learning module on the similarities and differences between cultures. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will investigate...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Family

For Teachers 1st
A learning module on the family. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and resource materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students explore what their family looks like, what families do...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Family Stories

For Teachers 1st
A learning module on family stories and what they reveal about the past. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students explore stories...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Industrialization

For Teachers 4th
A learning module on the Industrial Revolution in America that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include how manufacturing...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Civil Rights

For Teachers 11th
A learning module on the use of nonviolent protests during the civil rights movement. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Olympics

For Teachers 6th
A comprehensive learning module on the significance of the Olympics that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Imperialism

For Teachers 10th
A learning module on foreign imperialism in China that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the role of the Opium Wars...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: u.s. History: Do Our Parks Do What They Are Supposed to Do? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A comprehensive learning module on America's national park system that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn about Frederick Law...
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Duke: Center for Inquiry Based Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Duke University has established the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning. It serves to enhance math and science lessons. Click on Resources for good examples of Inquiry-based lesson plans.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: u.s. History Module: Did Lincoln Really Want to Free Slaves? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive learning module on Abraham Lincoln that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students examine the evolution of...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: u.s. History Module: Is Freedom Free? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A comprehensive learning module on the impact of emancipation on ex-slaves that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: u.s. History Module: Did Charles Sumner Deserve It? [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A comprehensive learning module on the abolitionist Charles Sumner that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics addressed include...
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: u.s. History Module: Did Founders Want Government to Work? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive learning module on the system of government established by the founders that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task....
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: u.s. History: Did the Attack on Pearl Harbor Unify America? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive learning module on how America reacted to the attack on Pearl Harbor that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Decoding the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a rich learning module where students explore the use of telegraphs and of Union codes during the Civil War. Both topics have an "Explainer" to introduce it, pre- and post-activities, and primary and secondary source materials to...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Sci Girl: Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
SciGirls has the bold goal of changing how millions of girls think about science, technology, engineering and math -- or STEM. Each half-hour episode highlights the processes of science and engineering, following a different group of...