Date: January 29, 2026
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Type: In-Person
Location: WRESA
200 Ridgefield Ct, Suite 206
Asheville, NC 28806
Fee: $45 WRESA Members
$70 Non-members
**NOTE: We have a No Refund policy for our WRESA courses. However, you
are welcome to send a colleague in your place. Contact LaDonna Sluder
at lsluder@wresa.org or 828-774-5681 (ext 102) if you need to change
the name of the person attending.
CEUs: 5 Contact Hours
Limit: 45 Participants
Audience: 6-8 Educators who teach Social Studies, Coaches
What to bring?: Your own device
Description:
Inquiry is at the heart of powerful social studies instruction, and primary sources are the tools that bring inquiry to life. Join us as we explore how the use of primary source material and inquiry-based learning can transform teaching, strengthen literacy skills, and deepen student understanding.
This highly interactive workshop will guide educators through the use of primary sources not simply as information, evidence, or artifacts, but as catalysts for incorporating inquiry and strengthening critical thinking skills. Participants will explore practical ways to meaningfully integrate the literacy skills and practices of the Social Studies Inquiry Strand into daily instruction while also discovering fun and innovative ways to drive inquiry-based learning through the alignment of primary source material and framing instruction around compelling questions.
Whether you are new to inquiry-based instruction or looking to refine your practice, this session will empower you to make questioning, source analysis, and evidence-based reasoning the driving forces of your social studies classroom and strengthen social studies literacy skills.
Presenter: Michelle McLaughlin, our K-12 Social Studies consultant from NCDPI, will lead this workshop.
If you have additional questions, contact April Spencer at aspencer@wresa.org
If you are unsure whether your school system is a WRESA member, click WRESA MEMBER List.