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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Lesson Experience
In this lesson from our Social Studies Alive! Regions of Our Country program, students explore the geography of the Southwest and take a diorama tour of the region.
Explore the Lesson about A Tour of the Southwest
Interaction
Students travel along a Trans-Saharan trade route to discover its impact on Ghana’s wealth and success and complete a travel journal.
Try it! about Assemble a Travel Journal from the Past
Interaction
Students help government agents bring a local mob boss to justice by watching videos and reading to learn about taxes.
Try it! about Capture a Local Mob Boss for Tax Evasion
Lesson Experience
In this lesson, from our Social Studies Alive! Michigan and Its People program, students discover Michigan’s resources and experience a car assembly line to learn about the state’s industries.
Explore the Lesson about Cars: Driving the Economy
Interaction
Students discover how the economic concepts of demand and supply can impact businesses and consumers in a constantly changing world.
Try it! about Challenge Economic Conceptual Thinking
Lesson Experience
In this lesson from Government Alive! Power, Politics, and You, students explore the skills and qualities needed to be an effective chief executive.
Explore the Lesson about Chief Executives and Bureaucracies
Lesson Experience
In this lesson from our Social Studies Alive! Our Community and Beyond program, students learn how supply and demand affect prices in a free market economy.
Explore the Lesson about Choices in a Free Market
Lesson Experience
In this lesson from Econ Alive! The Power to Choose, students explore the concepts of demand and supply through immersive activities.
Explore the Lesson about Demand and Supply
Interaction
Students take a walking tour of Washington, D.C. to discover how the Constitution was written and create a travel brochure that educates visitors about one of the stops.
Try it! about Draw a Brochure for Washington, D.C.
Interaction
Students enter the Midnight Museum of Enlightened Thinkers to learn about key figures from the Enlightenment.
Try it! about Encounter Ghosts of European Thinkers
Interaction
Students explore 21 UNESCO World Heritage sites spread across Southwest and Central Asia to learn about the physical and human geography of the region.
Try it! about Engage with Immersive Images
Interaction
Students watch expertly animated videos, read, and learn about the ancient Maya before “entering” scenes and answering questions.
Try it! about Enter the Mystical World of the Ancient Maya