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The Digital Inquiry Group (DIG for short) is an independent nonprofit organization established by the team behind the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG).

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Digital Inquiry Group
2 years
All Reading Like a Historian lessons, Beyond the Bubble history assessments, and Civic Online Reasoning classroom materials are now available for free to educators everywhere on the DIG website. https://t.co/VnvyFDCbPC
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Digital Inquiry Group
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In school, students read carefully selected materials. Outside, they scroll through a flood of unfiltered information. How do we bridge this divide? By bringing the digital world into the classroom, not to replace the curriculum, but to make it better. #MediaLiteracyWeek
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Digital Inquiry Group
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Skilled users of the internet don't begin with critical thinking. They begin with critical ignoring. They ask, “Do I really know what I’m looking at?” Then, they use the internet to check the internet. #MediaLiteracyWeek
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Digital Inquiry Group
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AI chatbots cite articles that don’t exist and draw on studies that say the opposite from what they claim. The most important thing for students to learn about AI? Information is always wedded to a particular source. #MediaLiteracyWeek
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Digital Inquiry Group
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We’ve asked thousands of students to evaluate online sources. Here are the five most common mistakes they make: #MediaLiteracyWeek
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Digital Inquiry Group
18 days
Young people are online almost constantly — yet struggle to make sense of the content that streams across their screens. Our Civic Online Reasoning curriculum offers evidence-based resources teachers can use to help students make better decisions online. #MediaLiteracyWeek
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Digital Inquiry Group
1 month
Integrating digital literacy into existing coursework boosts students’ online reasoning. Learn more about our work in Illinois weaving Civic Online Reasoning into biology and geography classes in this @NASBE article:
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Illinois Democracy Schools are a key element of the state’s comprehensive approach.
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@EdWeekOpinion
Education Week Opinion
2 months
@samwineburg @InquiryGroup Check out this downloadable guide on how to educate students to be savvy about artificial intelligence in just a few steps. #EWOpinion
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It’s not difficult to educate students to be savvy about artificial intelligence. Two researchers offer simple steps.
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Education Week Opinion
2 months
Why do students (and adults) so easily fall victim to AI misinformation? @samwineburg and Nadav Ziv of @InquiryGroup explain why. #EWArchive #EWOpinion
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Researchers Sam Wineburg and Nadav Ziv explain how to turn your students into savvy online fact-checkers.
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Digital Inquiry Group
2 months
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. We have free lessons and assessments to teach Hispanic, U.S. Latino, and Latin American history this month and year-round. Browse our curriculum: https://t.co/uLw3ddutFt
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Digital Inquiry Group
2 months
You can still sign up for today’s Beyond the Bubble History Assessments webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! Join us to explore 150+ free, document-based history assessments that reveal student thinking and can be scored in minutes. Register for today’s webinar:
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Digital Inquiry Group
2 months
Does a TikTok video really show Newark, New Jersey, in the 1940s? Our new task gauges student thinking about videos on social media.
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Increasingly, students learn about the past and present from social media. This assessment asks students to evaluate the trustworthiness of a video on TikTok depicting an American city in the 1940s....
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Digital Inquiry Group
2 months
You can still sign up for today’s Reading Like a Historian Lessons webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! Join us to explore 200+ document-based lessons that engage students in historical inquiry. Register for today’s webinar:
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Digital Inquiry Group
2 months
We’re honored to be recognized by @librarycongress as part of its 2025 Literacy Awards, which highlights innovative and replicable strategies that promote literacy. In particular, @librarycongress cited our work integrating digital literacy into history instruction.
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Digital Inquiry Group
2 months
What caused the 1974 Puerto Rican Riots? In our new lesson, students analyze historical documents to investigate both immediate and systemic causes.
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All historical events have multiple causes. Part of the work of historians is to identify both immediate and systemic causes of events and to analyze the relationships between causes. In this lesson,...
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Digital Inquiry Group
2 months
You can still register for today's webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! We’ll cover the research behind the Civic Online Reasoning curriculum, review materials, and discuss how these resources can be integrated into classrooms. Sign up now: https://t.co/UIESUoZ89d
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Digital Inquiry Group
2 months
You can still sign up for today’s Beyond the Bubble History Assessments webinar at 4 pm PT/ 7 pm ET! Join us to explore 150+ free, document-based history assessments that reveal student thinking and can be scored in minutes. Register for today’s webinar:
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My kids LOVED this. And I’m happy it’s taking more than one day because they are HOOKED
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Digital Inquiry Group
3 years
Introduce students to the work of historians with our Biddy Mason lesson. Students learn about historical documents, archives, and research as they investigate the life of Mason, a Black woman who lived in Los Angeles, fought for her freedom, and won. https://t.co/y5QQyozpTq
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Digital Inquiry Group
2 months
Can students evaluate the credibility of a social media video about a Supreme Court decision? Our new assessment gauges students’ ability to read laterally and assess whether the organization behind the video is trustworthy.
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This assessment gauges students’ ability to evaluate the credibility of a social media video for providing information about a Supreme Court decision. To answer the question successfully, students...
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Digital Inquiry Group
3 months
You can still sign up for today’s webinar at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET! Join us to learn tips for integrating digital literacy in your classroom using free Civic Online Reasoning lessons designed for use in different subjects. Register now: https://t.co/Ucx8tz8Gn1
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Digital Inquiry Group
3 months
During the Second Red Scare, the Supreme Court ruled that membership in the Communist Party amounted to advocating the violent overthrow of the government. Just six years later, the Court changed its mind. Our new lessons asks students to investigate why. https://t.co/REEHdQTBL9
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At the height of the Second Red Scare, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a Communist Party USA leader under the Smith Act, deciding that membership in the party amounted to advocating the...
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