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Newsela Social Studies & Newsela Writing Educator Success Guide

September 30, 2026

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Connect social studies sources with inquiry and writing

Use Newsela Social Studies and Newsela Writing to plan source-based lessons, support students as they read, and turn their findings into evidence-based responses.

Inside the Guide

From content discovery to evidence-based responses

  • 1

    Set up classes and find social studies content

    Follow login and class setup steps, then find course collections, inquiries, curriculum complements, and primary sources for your lessons.
  • 2

    Pair source analysis with writing

    Choose reading levels and scaffolds, then create a Newsela Writing assignment with a prompt, rubric, and optional AI feedback; Newsela Writing requires a separate license.
  • 3

    Plan an inquiry or a unit

    See a full-period immigration lesson and a Westward Expansion unit example, then use the lesson planning template to organize questions, sources, and tasks.
  • 4

    Use reports to guide instruction

    Review reading activity, quiz performance, writing rubric scores, and revision patterns to plan targeted practice, small groups, and student conferences.
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Newsela Social Studies & Newsela Writing Educator Success Guide

Guide preview

Connect social studies sources with inquiry and writing

Use Newsela Social Studies and Newsela Writing to plan source-based lessons, support students as they read, and turn their findings into evidence-based responses.

Inside the Guide

From content discovery to evidence-based responses

  • 1

    Set up classes and find social studies content

    Follow login and class setup steps, then find course collections, inquiries, curriculum complements, and primary sources for your lessons.
  • 2

    Pair source analysis with writing

    Choose reading levels and scaffolds, then create a Newsela Writing assignment with a prompt, rubric, and optional AI feedback; Newsela Writing requires a separate license.
  • 3

    Plan an inquiry or a unit

    See a full-period immigration lesson and a Westward Expansion unit example, then use the lesson planning template to organize questions, sources, and tasks.
  • 4

    Use reports to guide instruction

    Review reading activity, quiz performance, writing rubric scores, and revision patterns to plan targeted practice, small groups, and student conferences.

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