AVID DigitalXP: History/Social Science

The History/Social Science learning experience is designed for history, social science, and humanities educators (grades 6–12) to apply engaging, inquiry-based strategies that will increase students’ ability to think, read, and write like a historian. Participants will experience and design learning around rigorous Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading (WICOR®) methodologies to scaffold learning to promote critical thinking and analysis of source material. During this three-day 17-hour virtual learning experience comprised of pre-work, synchronous work, and semi-synchronous work, participants will be able to: • Intentionally incorporate WICOR strategies and methodologies into their content curriculum in order to increase student engagement and support rigor. • Scaffold rigor to ensure that all students have access to a deeper understanding of the History/Social Science content. • Utilize WICOR strategies to deepen students' use of academic language. • Model and coach reading and writing for disciplinary literacy in order to develop students’ capacity to comprehend and analyze complex texts and communicate from an understanding of multiple perspectives.