@sourcesquads.bsky.social
Collaborative Social Studies Literacy for All Learners. High quality curriculum created by teachers, for teachers. Check us out: www.sourcesquads.com or email at info@sourcesquads.com Account run by Erin, co-owner.
Accessibility is the first step towards building Social Studies literacy. It’s not just meeting students where they are. It’s providing the tools to help students grow. #edusky #sschat
Accessible Sources, Higher Thinking.
Source Squads raises literacy by pairing scaffolded supports with rich, complex text so every student can access the content, engage deeply, and think critically.
New from Source Squads: Geo Groups.
A learning strategy built around place, context, and connection.
Details for 2026–2027 subscriptions are now available.
Accessibility is at the heart of what we do.
When source analysis puts students in the driver’s seat, real engagement happens.
Teachers are seeing it. Students are owning it.
When curriculum is built by educators who understand students, the result is real impact.
This is why we do what we do. Hearing directly from educators about real impact in their classrooms is what drives us. We're proud to support schools in bringing our learning frameworks to classrooms, ensuring that all students have access to explicit instruction in literacy in Social Studies.
As the year comes to a close, we just want to say thank you to the educators and schools who trust our work. Seeing learners dig into sources and build real historical understanding is why we do this. We’re grateful to head into the new year alongside such committed educators.
-Erin & Andrew
All set for #NCSS2025. Please come see us at Table 17.
We can't wait to see familiar faces and meet new social studies educators... because democracy depends on it! #sschat #edusky #sourcesquads
We are looking forward to NCSS this week. Stop by the table 17 in the Exhibit Hall to say hi!
Today and every day, we’re grateful for the partnerships that make our work possible.
To the school districts who opened their doors and helped us bring Source Squads to thousands of students—thank you for your trust, collaboration, and commitment to student success.
We are thrilled to be at the NJCSS annual conference! Erin is a NJ native, so it feels good to be home. Look for Andrew next month at his home conference on Long Island!
Our 2nd big announcement of the week: introducing History Puzzles, a brand-new historiography curriculum designed to deepen students’ understanding of historical interpretations.
🔍History Puzzles will be available with 2025-2026 subscriptions.
Get ready to piece together the past like never before!
NEW for 2025-2026: Introducing Document Duos, a brand new pair-based learning strategy from Source Squads! Designed to enhance collaboration and critical thinking, Document Duos integrates seamlessly with our existing curriculum.
Teachers! Don't forget to submit your feedback forms after each Source Squads lesson for a chance to win a $25 gift card! Shout out to @colonialschooldistrict teachers who have given us some outstanding feedback so far! #sourcesquads #historyeducation
📜 Unlock the Past with Historical Literacy 101!
🎥 Now Streaming on YouTube
🔍 Curious about how to decode primary sources and understand historical bias? Our series gives you the tools to think critically and engage with history like never before.
👉https://www.youtube.com/@SourceSquad
The next installment in our Historical Literacy 101 series is live! Check out our YouTube channel to watch “What is Corroborating?” #sschat #edusky #sourcesquads
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The next installment of our Historical Literacy 101 series is Close Reading. Be sure to check out our YouTube channel to see all of our videos!
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Each teacher subscription of Source Squads comes with 8 classroom sets of roles cards, all conveniently shipped in tote bags to help you stay organized! It’s not too late to get a 2025-2026 subscription and become eligible for special Founders Discounts for subsequent years.
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We’re excited to share the latest installment in our Historical Literacy 101 YouTube Series: “What is Contextualizing?” This short video introduces students to essential questions historians ask when exploring the historical context of a source. #sschat #edusky
Our world history curriculum is now live! Built with input from teachers and supervisors, this engaging approach to historical literacy will reinvigorate your classroom. If you’ve been thinking about subscribing, now is the time to take advantage of our 2025 prices before it is too late!
This summer we will be releasing Historical Literacy 101, a series of videos to introduce students to different historical literacy skills.
First on the menu is Sourcing! Check it out and be sure to like, subscribe, and share!
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Action shots of order fulfillment. Tahoma and Federal Way, your Source Squads orders are shipping out today!
“There’s a lot of evidence that having knowledge about the world is important for reading comprehension…Students who have broader bases of knowledge about the natural & social world do better on reading assessments, even when controlling for other things.” #sschat www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
The first step in the Source Squads process is sourcing. Students work collaboratively through a series of prompts, thinking about the author and the values and limits of a document. #edusky #sschat
Source Squads in action! We love seeing students in Tahoma, Washington work through our new lesson about Camp Harmony. Did you know that we are creating a new curriculum for WA state history? We are happy to customize curriculum to meet your state standards! #edusky #sschatn
We are excited to share that we have launched our YouTube channel to help teachers learn about and implement Source Squads in their classroom. #soucesquads #historyeducation #sschat #edusky
Our goal with Source Squads is to develop historical literacy while also promoting collaboration with peers. #edusky #sschat #sourcesquads
We have 3 new World History lessons complete! 🌏📚🗺️
✅Women in Ancient Mesopotamia
✅Geography of Ancient Egypt
✅Religion in Medieval India
We are looking to develop some more lessons for our US History curriculum, and we would love your feedback. What lesson would you like to see next? Take our short survey: forms.gle/SknxcawTsox9...