November is National Native American Heritage Month. We have free lessons and assessments to support teaching the histories of Indigenous peoples of the United States and the Americas this month and year-round. Explore our materials: https://inquirygroup.org/native-american-heritage-month

In school, students read carefully selected materials. Outside, they scroll through a flood of unfiltered information. How do we bridge this divide? By bringing the digital world into the classroom, not to replace the curriculum, but to make it better. #MediaLiteracyWeek

Skilled users of the internet don't begin with critical thinking. They begin with critical ignoring. They ask, “Do I really know what I’m looking at?” Then, they use the internet to check the internet. #MediaLiteracyWeek

AI chatbots cite articles that don’t exist and draw on studies that say the opposite from what they claim. The most important thing for students to learn about AI? Information is always wedded to a particular source. #MediaLiteracyWeek

We’ve asked thousands of students to evaluate online sources. Here are the five most common mistakes they make: #MediaLiteracyWeek

Young people are online almost constantly — yet struggle to make sense of the content that streams across their screens. Our Civic Online Reasoning curriculum offers evidence-based resources teachers can use to help students make better decisions online. #MediaLiteracyWeek

Integrating digital literacy into existing coursework boosts students’ online reasoning. Learn more about our work in Illinois weaving Civic Online Reasoning into biology and geography classes in this National Association of State Boards of Education article: https://loom.ly/1LtxxHU

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. We have free lessons and assessments to teach Hispanic, U.S. Latino, and Latin American history this month and year-round. Browse our curriculum: https://www.inquirygroup.org/about/updates/2023/hispanic-heritage-month-materials

You can still sign up for today’s Beyond the Bubble History Assessments webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! Join us to explore 150+ free, document-based history assessments that reveal student thinking and can be scored in minutes. Register for today’s webinar: https://loom.ly/9gb-MB8

Does a TikTok video really show Newark, New Jersey, in the 1940s? Our new task gauges student thinking about videos on social media. https://inquirygroup.org/history-assessments/historical-video-tiktok

You can still sign up for today’s Reading Like a Historian Lessons webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! Join us to explore 200+ document-based lessons that engage students in historical inquiry. Register for today’s webinar: https://loom.ly/mxEyVlU

We’re honored to be recognized by @librarycongress.bsky.social as part of its 2025 Literacy Awards, particularly for our work integrating digital literacy into history instruction.

What caused the 1974 Puerto Rican Riots? In our new lesson, students analyze historical documents to investigate both immediate and systemic causes. https://inquirygroup.org/history-lessons/1974-puerto-rican-riots

You can still register for today's webinar at 4pm PT/7 pm ET on sorting fact from fiction online! We’ll cover the research behind the Civic Online Reasoning curriculum, review materials, and discuss how these resources can be integrated into classrooms. Sign up now: https://loom.ly/zryviKY

You can still sign up for today’s Beyond the Bubble History Assessments webinar at 4 pm PT/ 7 pm ET! Join us to explore 150+ free, document-based history assessments that reveal student thinking and can be scored in minutes. Register for today’s webinar: https://loom.ly/WBXUT1o

Can students evaluate the credibility of a social media video about a Supreme Court decision? Our new assessment gauges students’ ability to read laterally and assess whether the organization behind the video is trustworthy. https://inquirygroup.org/history-assessments/dennis-v-united-states

You can still sign up for today’s webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! Join us to learn tips for integrating digital literacy in your classroom using free Civic Online Reasoning lessons designed for use in different subjects. Register now: https://loom.ly/XRuAYEM

During the Second Red Scare, the Supreme Court ruled that membership in the Communist Party amounted to advocating the violent overthrow of the government. Just six years later, the Court changed its mind. Our new lessons asks students to investigate why. https://loom.ly/49K2pVQ

AI images are everywhere — and are increasingly indistinguishable from genuine photos. Our new assessment gauges students’ abilities to reason critically about a social media post that uses an AI-generated image to support a dubious historical claim. https://loom.ly/cSsmswM

Between 1896 and 1906, Arnold Genthe took hundreds of photographs in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Our new lesson asks students to evaluate the strengths and limitations of these photographs as evidence of the past. https://inquirygroup.org/history-lessons/historical-chinatown-photos

There’s still time to register for today’s webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! Participants will experience a model lesson, receive access to curricular resources, and identify strategies for integrating digital literacy into history instruction. Sign up now: https://loom.ly/_hX5m5E

Did the term “grandfather clause” originate from a voter suppression scheme in Southern states during the Jim Crow era? Our new assessment asks students to verify a TikTok claim using credible sources. https://inquirygroup.org/history-assessments/grandfather-clause

How can students learn what to trust if schools never show them the kinds of information they see on their phones? DIG Co-Founder Sam Wineburg joined The Squiz to talk about the shift from an analog to a digital age, and how schools need to respond. Full episode: pod.link/1477008816/e...

You can still register for tomorrow's webinar at 4pm PT/7 pm ET on sorting fact from fiction online! We’ll cover the research behind the Civic Online Reasoning curriculum, review materials, and discuss how these resources can be integrated into classrooms. Sign up now: https://loom.ly/zPikcPk

🎙️ In this episode of School’s In, GSE Professor Emeritus Sam Wineburg discusses digital literacy and how to help students navigate the internet in the era of AI and fake news. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: lnk.to/SchoolsInSM #EduSky #AcademicSky

Why might history textbooks have changed how they present the Jim Crow era? In our new lesson, students contextualize contrasting textbook passages from 1942 and 1974 to investigate how historical accounts evolve. https://inquirygroup.org/history-lessons/jim-crow-era-out

In Igarassu, Brazil, Ezequiel David do Amaral Canario used our Battle of the Somme lesson to explore World War I with his students. We’re thrilled to see educators around the world adapt and incorporate our free, evidence-based materials!

Students spend 8+ hours a day online. Curriculum hasn’t kept up. Hear more from DIG Co-Founder Sam Wineburg in this clip from his Cubberley Lecture at @stanfordeducation.bsky.social [Video courtesy Stanford Graduate School of Education]

Brie Wattier’s 8th grade class is learning how to find credible information, including through Civic Online Reasoning strategies such as click restraint. We’re excited to see educators bring our free, evidence-based resources into their classrooms. https://loom.ly/RzxqW64

Can students explain why a radical labor leader’s autobiography might not be reliable evidence about who was responsible for the 1886 Haymarket bombing? This assessment challenges students to source a historical document. https://inquirygroup.org/history-assessments/albert-parsons-autobiography

You can still sign up for today’s webinar at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET! Join us to learn tips for integrating digital literacy in your classroom using free Civic Online Reasoning lessons designed for use in different subjects. Register here: https://loom.ly/7gyOjfA

In 1877, over 100,000 railroad workers staged the first U.S. labor strike to spread across state lines. Was it a success? In this new lesson, students source, contextualize, and corroborate competing explanations of the strike’s outcomes. https://loom.ly/JjDwCZM

Everyone needs help sorting fact from fiction online — including young people who have grown up with digital devices. In a POLITICO‬ article, DIG’s Executive Director Joel Breakstone makes the case that all of us need better tools to navigate the internet. https://loom.ly/95xMNiQ

We’re excited to see students learning about click restraint in a recent @edweek.org video on teaching digital literacy! Scanning search results can help us make a more informed choice about where to go first. Explore our free materials: cor.inquirygroup.org

We’re thrilled to share that we've been awarded a new grant from @carnegiecorp.bsky.social. Read more in this post by DIG Executive Director Joel Breakstone and DIG Co-Founder Sam Wineburg: https://loom.ly/SNlfHik

You can still sign up for today’s Civic Online Reasoning in Your Context webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! Join us to learn tips for integrating digital literacy in your classroom using free Civic Online Reasoning lessons designed for use in different subjects. Register here: https://loom.ly/af24PoQ

The first question you should ask on the internet: Is this worth my time? At the 87th annual Cubberley Lecture at @stanfordeducation.bsky.social, DIG Co-Founder Sam Wineburg explained why critical thinking starts with choosing what deserves our attention.

There’s still time to register for today’s webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! Participants will experience a model lesson, receive access to curricular resources, and identify strategies for integrating digital literacy into history instruction. Register now: https://loom.ly/hzy1QpM

DIG Co-Founder Sam Wineburg headlined the 87th annual Cubberley Lecture at @stanfordeducation.bsky.social. “Our students are living digital lives. And it's our responsibility to help them navigate that terrain where they're spending so much time,” he emphasized. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvA7...