Standards

National Council for the Social Studies, C3 Standards: https://www.socialstudies.org/standards/c3

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative: http://www.corestandards.org

Books and Articles

Jaeger, Paige, and Mary Boyd Ratzer. Think Tank Library: Brain-based Learning Plans for New Standards, Grades K-5. Library Unilmted, 2015. Print.

For examples of Inquiry Library lessons with Essential Questions and short-term as well as longer research projects, see our book: Think Tank Library. (Elementary and Secondary)

Ratzer, Mary Boyd, and Paige Jaeger. Rx for the Common Core: Toolkit for Implementing Inquiry Learning. Libraries Unlimited, 2014. Print.

For additional information on crafting Essential Questions, planning Inquiry-based lessons and more. http://www.products.abc-clio.com/abc-cliocorporate/product.aspx?pc=A4592P

Ratzer, Mary Boyd, and Paige Jaeger. "Brain-Friendly Teaching and Learning in Your Think Tank Library." EdWeb. November 18, 2014. Accessed August 26, 2020. http://home.edweb.net/brain-friendly-teaching-learning-think-tank-library/.

Twenge, Jean M. Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable than Ever before. New York: Free Press, 2006.

McTighe, Jay, and Grant P. Wiggins. Essential Questions Opening Doors to Student Understanding.

In the School Library Connection archive, you can find nine columns on "Repackaging Research" providing details and examples of both elementary and secondary examples.