Professional development across the curriculum is available to middle and high school teachers who want to use the Shared Inquiry method to connect literacy to learning in the content areas.

The following courses are especially valuable for learning how to prepare struggling readers for more complex, abstract, and sophisticated learning in social studies, the sciences, and language arts:

301 Shared Inquiry Discussion Across the Curriculum
302 Inquiry Reading in the Content Areas
303 Shared Inquiry and Novels
304 Shared Inquiry and Poetry
305 Shared Inquiry and Drama
306 Shared Inquiry with Primary Sources and Other Nonfiction
307 Shared Inquiry and Current Events
308 Shared Inquiry and Film
309 Shared Inquiry and Art
310 Peer Coaching and Mentoring
300-level on-site consultation days: Contact the Great Books Foundation to customize consultation visits that are uniquely designed to meet your needs.

Anthologies in History, Poetry, Science, Social Sciences

Shared Inquiry is a perfect instructional tool for studies across the curriculum. Subject-specific Great Books anthologies are available in history, poetry, the sciences, and social studies. The Foundation also offers attractive student Reader's Guides to selected novels and other works of literature. Reader's Guides include related texts; relevant biographical and historical context; interpretive questions for discussion; and prompts for expository and creative writing.

Social Studies Anthologies

Citizens of the World: Readings in Human Rights
The Will of the People: Readings in American Democracy
The Civically Engaged Reader: A Diverse Collection of Short Provocative Readings on Civic Activity
Perfection Learning Literature & Thought series: anthologies of essays, stories, poems, and other writings on literary genres and topics in history and social science

Science Anthologies

The Nature of Life: Readings in Biology
Keeping Things Whole: Readings in Environmental Science
What's the Matter? Readings in Physics

Poetry

Modern American Poetry

Reader’s Guides

Reader’s Guide to The Great Gatsby
Reader’s Guide to Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Reader’s Guide to The Scarlet Letter

• Interpretive questions for discussion
• Passages and questions for close reading
• Author biography, secondary documents, glossary, and related texts

See also:

The Soul of the Text: An Anthology of Jewish Literature
A Latino National Conversation: Readings on Assimilation

Find and Register for a course in your area.

To host or learn more about hosting a course, call the Great Books Foundation at 1-800-222-5870 and ask for the representative for your state, or e-mail jgb(at)greatbooks.org.

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