A film company took this photo of Pancho Villa in 1914. The company had a contract with Villa to film real and reenacted battle scenes. Why might this affect the reliability of the photo?

Use this task to gauge students' reasoning about historical photos.
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Want ideas and resources for teaching students to be more mindful consumers of online content? Download our free 'Lateral Reading with Current Events' template.
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We're pleased to announce that we've received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to produce new Reading Like a Historian lessons with embedded digital literacy materials and provide professional development to teachers. Learn more. inquirygroup.org/projects

During the Qin Dynasty, China saw sweeping reforms and massive public works projects. Despite these achievements, the dynasty lasted only 15 years. In this lesson, students read historical documents to investigate what caused the fall of the Qin dynasty.
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We've partnered with Los Angeles Unified School District to create Reading Like a Historian lessons aligned to the Educating for American Democracy roadmap. Stay tuned for 10 new document-based history lessons for elementary classrooms. inquirygroup.org/projects

“We need to be aware that not everything you come across on the Internet is trustworthy. This is understanding how to be good digital citizens, for teachers and students.” Read about how social studies teacher Paul Blakesley uses our classroom materials. rmpbs.org/blogs/rocky-mo…

How and why did U.S. policy on Mexican migration change from the Great Depression to World War II? Use this free document-based task to teach or assess this historical content and the skill of contextualization.
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As part of a project funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, we're collaborating with educators to develop subject-specific digital literacy curriculum materials for use in secondary and post-secondary classrooms. Learn more about our projects. inquirygroup.org/projects

An iCivics and Digital Inquiry Group collaboration?! Yes please!! Coming this fall!!
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Join us today for a free webinar with CFR Education! Come learn about teaching digital literacy and global literacy this #CivicLearningWeek . Register for free at on.cfr.org/4bTNzPy

Cheryl Jindeel Civic Learning Week A2: My favorite tool for civics is the Digital Inquiry Group (formerly SHEG): inquirygroup.org. Tech plays a huge role - in the spread of info/misinfo, & connecting communities to their reps. Without infrastructure, or access to tech, people don't have a voice. #utedchat

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Join us and Digital Inquiry Group at 7 pm EDT for a conversation covering strategies and tools educators can use to build global and digital literacy in the classroom.

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Celebrate #CivicLearningWeek by joining our webinar with Digital Inquiry Group to learn how global literacy and digital literacy connect and why they are so important for students’ civic engagement in 2024.

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.Digital Inquiry Group Executive Director & Co-Founder Joel Breakstone led our #CivicLearningWeek breakout session about how to help students be better consumers of online information.

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Sam Wineburg Digital Inquiry Group Shawn Healy CivXNow FRONTLINE “This has to be infused in every place where it has implications. In history, in civics, in biology, in mathematics… Only then will we transform the curriculum in ways that match the needs of a digital society.” -Sam Wineburg, Digital Inquiry Group