Social+Studies

> "Writing inquiries is not the sole province of classroom teachers. Librarians, archivists, and museum educators can offer useful guidance to teachers, but they can also make an enormous contribution by creating inquiries that reflect the unique resources that they have on hand." ~S. G. Grant - Professor of Social Studies Education – Binghamton University, **Manager of the [|NYS K-12 Social Studies Toolkit Project]** > = = ====The [|New York State School Library System Association] has created this resource to share and collaborate as we engage school librarians, classroom and/or content area teachers, and administrators in successfully implementing the NYS Social Studies Framework. School Librarians are essential partners in inquiry-based learning. The resources and instructional strategies shared here will strengthen the inquiry process as school librarians share their knowledge and expertise in collaborating with classroom/content-area teachers as inquiries are developed and begin to be implemented in our school districts.====

====On September 1, 2012 SLSA endorsed the **//[|Empire State Information Fluency Continuum]//**, originally developed by the NYC School Library System. The development of the ESIFC grew out of the creation of the Barbara Stripling Model of Inquiry and explicitly describes the priority benchmarks that each student should meet at each grade level.====

Permission to use as granted by Nikki Laura, SLS Coordinator at Broome-Tioga BOCES.

**NY State Social Studies Documents on EngageNY:**
[|Social Studies Field Guide:]

[|K-8 Social Studies Framework]

[|9-12 Social Studies Framework]

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