Inquiry-based learning - the right direction for todays students

As a social studies teacher, I find inquiry-based learning an important tool in my classroom. As a student I had limited experience with inquiry-based learning until college. However, I believe students should have experience with inquiry-based learning in my subject area. Inquiry-based learning is an important tool in engaging students when teaching history, and lends itself to historical thinking skills. In addition to teaching the facts of history, giving students assignments that enable them to come up with their own solutions to complex social issues is one way I would use inquiry-based learning in my classroom. For example, see my wiki using on the U.S. Constitution as a living document. http://techsavvygals.wikispaces.com