The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects calls attention to the importance of informational text, expository writing, and text complexity across the disciplines. This one-day training is designed to provide elementary teachers with valuable information, resources, and strategies to frame social studies instruction to meet the Common Core State Standards by utilizing the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards.  The result of a three year state-led collaborative effort, the C3 Framework intentionally envisions social studies instruction as an inquiry arc of interlocking and mutually reinforcing elements that speak to the intersection of ideas and learners of all ages. Learn how to re-envision your instructional program to align to the Common Core using close reading social studies exemplars, “historical thinking” techniques, and the inquiry-based approach of the C3 Framework to prepare your students for college, career and citizenship in the 21st century.