Transform Your Students into Historians
Through Inquiry gives you two complete, captivating full-year curricula that span the breadth of the nation’s past. Introduce your middle school students to the foundational years from the Revolution to 1877, or guide your high school students in examining the complexities of the modern era.
Trusted, free, nonpartisan, inquiry-based curricula
Deepen students’ content knowledge and civic engagement.
Strengthen students’ literacy and historical thinking skills.
Create a collaborative and thoughtful classroom community.
Two full-year curricula. One coherent sequence.
United States History: Beginnings to 1877
From early America through Reconstruction, students will gather evidence, think critically, and actively engage with the past.
United States History: 1877 to Today
From the Second Industrial Revolution to contemporary issues, students will evaluate diverse perspectives, debate complex turning points, and connect history to our world today.
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Make it easy for you and your students to explore U.S. history with Through Inquiry. Dive into the two full-year curricula and discover rich historical viewpoints and pivotal moments.
Why Through Inquiry?
Inquiry-based learning
Explore America’s rich and complex history by asking questions and seeking answers.
Diverse perspectives
Introduce primary sources analysis that elevates untold stories and multifaceted narratives.
Civic engagement
Build civic dispositions and skills with purposely embedded strategies.
Student-centered approach
Meet students where they are with proven strategies that engage all learners.