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Introduction to Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Lesson Planning

In this unit, learners will be introduced to the Inquiry Design Model Blueprint through a mini-reading and video presentation. Learners will follow the link to the EdPuzzle site (log-in may be required) to watch the video and answer formative assessment questions. Learners will also acquire knowledge on where to locate ready-made Inquiry Design Model lesson plans and resources.

Brief Overview of Inquiry Design Model Instruction

"When we teach inquiry, we engage students in a way of thinking so that they will learn important content. But when we teach for inquiry, we aim to develop students’ ability to engage in this way of thinking: to make evidence-based arguments, whatever the content. When we teach for inquiry in other words, the inquiry process becomes an end in itself, an instructional goal valued for the kind of reasoning it cultivates…The trick is…to do it all.

"The implications for civic education (education for democracy) are straightforward and potent. People lining in societies that are struggling to create or maintain democratic systems of government are obligated to weigh evidence and grapple with competing accounts. They are required not to jump to conclusions but, instead, to be patient and evenhanded, to sort things out, to listen and read, to reason and observe, and to exercise judgment. Everything form jury duty to voting and deliberating public policy depends on “we the people” being able to pull this off. This is democratic work and intellectual work all at once, and it is not easy. Indeed, inquiry is how to questions authority. It is intelligence in operation. It is the evidence and logic-based way to apply the mind to problems. It is a content rich way, obviously, because inquiry in meaningless without powerful subject matter."

Taken from Inquiry Design Model by Swan, Lee, Grant

Learning Task - Formative Assessment Task

Inquiry Design Model creation can be a daunting task, but why undertake the effort to do it? Why bring IDM into your social studies classroom? This video brings you through a ready-made IDM lesson plan and describes the overall concept of Inquiry Design Model planning. Throughout the video, posted on EdPuzzle, you will be asked a variety of formative assessment. Please click on the link to EdPuzzle below (log-in may be required).

Inquiry Design Model Overview EdPuzzle Link

Supporting Question 2 Pre-Requisite Task

Once you have completed the EdPuzzle and have an overall view of the Inquiry Design Model, please follow the steps below before proceeding to Supporting Question 2:

Download the Three Supporting Questions IDM blueprint from C3Teachers.org, link here: Download IDM Three Supporting Questions Blueprint
Open Microsoft Word or move the Word document downloaded to a Google Drive and convert to a Google Doc

Supporting Question 2: What are good compelling questions and supporting questions to use in an IDM?