Inquiry-based programs where students analyze primary sources, build evidence-based arguments, and take part in rich discussion, in print and digital.
See the Social Studies overviewSee how TCI engages all learners and provides comprehensive teach support to Bring Learning Alive! in K-12 classrooms.
Active learning, teacher-ready lessons, and a high-quality curriculum have always been at the heart of TCI. The new programs are sharper, more consistent, and built as a true K-12 system.
Bring Science Alive! is phenomena-driven and NGSS-aligned. Every unit opens on an anchoring phenomenon, then students investigate it the way scientists do.
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In this lesson from our Bring Science Alive! Weather and Climate program, students create their own wind, build a balloon barometer, and track atmospheric pressure.
Self-paced courses, live events, and opportunities to connect with or lead other educators — support that continues long after implementation week.
Join Brian Thomas and Loyal Frazier on October 20 at 6 pm ET for practical ways to help students evaluate sources and the growing volume of online and AI-generated information.
Research-backed guidance on the questions districts are actually asking — from HQIM adoption to AI in the classroom.
Michael Washington, a 22-year classroom veteran, sees differentiation as how a lesson itself, built through active learning strategies, can reach every student in the room at once.
Built by teachers, for teachers.
Bringing Learning Alive! since 1989.
Megan Forbes is in her 15th year of teaching, and the program bends to how she wants to teach that day. Some days, that's the textbook and interactive notebook. Other days it's a Video Activity.
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February 9, 2023
TCI’s Video Activities engage students with captivating videos, compelling storylines, and scoreable interactions that challenge them to become active learners.
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February 6, 2023
TCI’s programs include a number of reading tools, strategies, and activities to provide extra support for English language learners. Here are some ways TCI’s programs build English language skills for all learners.
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December 7, 2022
TCI’s Social Studies Alive! program for elementary classrooms fosters curiosity with student-driven Inquiry Projects. Each unit in the program features a grade-appropriate Inquiry Project, where students explore a compelling question about social studies, conduct research, and write an evidence-based argument.
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December 7, 2022
History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism includes new Video Activities for each lesson. These activities engage students with compelling videos, storylines, and scoreable interactions that challenge them to become active learners.
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April 5, 2022
TCI’s updated interactive middle school social studies curriculum will include new features to nurture student curiosity. The History Alive! programs will include unit-based inquiry projects that allow students to explore compelling questions about social studies, as well as construct evidence-based arguments and take informed action.
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March 2, 2022
TCI is updating its History Alive! interactive middle school social studies curriculum with new exciting features, including video-based geography challenges, video activities, unit inquiry projects, and more.
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March 2, 2022
Civic engagement begins in the classroom. To prepare students to be informed, civic-minded adults, TCI’s latest edition of Government Alive! Power, Politics, and You includes video-based inquiry projects called Political Inquiries.
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January 19, 2022
With TCI's latest Canvas integration enhancements teachers can now share content, automatically post TCI assignments, sync student grades, and more!
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March 4, 2020
Time management can be a challenge for adults in any profession, but it’s an especially important skill for teachers. The earlier you master it, the better off you’ll be. Time management applies not only to how you use your instructional
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