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.
TCI's best guidance and tools, organized by the topics educators and leaders care about most. Choose a collection to find resources relevant to your work.
Research, expert guidance, and classroom evidence to help you understand what makes materials high quality, evaluate your options, and choose with confidence—starting with social studies.
Explore the Collection: High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM)
Research-backed strategies for building literacy through social studies in the elementary classroom, so students grow content knowledge and reading skills together instead of on separate tracks.
Explore the Collection: Social Studies and Literacy
As AI reshapes work and daily life, the skills that matter most are the ones social studies has always built: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and the judgment to evaluate sources and solve problems.
Explore the Collection: Digital LiteracyExplore practical strategies, research, and classroom ideas from educators who know social studies.
Discover how integrating social studies and science into K-5 literacy instruction boosts reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking.
Read More about The Missing Piece in Literacy Instruction: Why Social Studies and Science Matter
Learn how strong curriculum and active learning prepare students for an AI-driven world, and where AI fits as a classroom tool.
Read More about How Active Learning Prepares Students for an AI-Driven World