Ignite Curiosity. Make History.
History classrooms that empower students to change what’s next.
No more patchwork. Teach the Tapestry.
Tapestry builds knowledge through story arcs and throughlines, not scattershot facts. In Tapestry, students ask questions that matter to them. They grapple with what happened, why it matters, and how it connects to today.
Compelling Stories
Great stories stick. We center learning arcs on a rich range of keystone stories that make history meaningful and memorable.
Authentic Inquiry
Curiosity drives us to seek new ways to understand our world. Our Question Design Labs teach students how to ask, sharpen, and pursue questions that matter to them.
Disciplinary Thinking
Thinking like a historian takes practice. In every unit, students analyze authentic sources and navigate conflicting claims to develop their own conclusions.
Stories that connect. Inquiry that engages. Knowledge that lasts.
Tapestry is an inquiry-based middle school social studies curriculum that offers depth over coverage. See how its cohesive, research-based design helps students build knowledge through purposeful engagement.
The CAPES Framework
Habits of mind for historical thinking
Texts and artifacts both offer windows into the past. But understanding them requires knowing how to look.
Tapestry’s CAPES Framework guides students through that process. It provides tools to investigate the past: asking rich questions, observing closely, then using that close look to analyze deeply and think critically.
CAPES is disciplinary literacy in action. In each unit, this framework guides students' work as they analyze sources, draw evidence-based conclusions, and connect ideas across time and place.
High-quality curriculum to meet the reality of your classroom
Social studies teachers and students deserve better than dry textbooks or patched-together packets. In Tapestry, each unit weaves a coherent story designed to develop historical understanding through purposeful inquiry, discussion, and authentic tasks. Lessons engage and inspire as they prepare today’s students to become tomorrow’s citizens and leaders.
Each unit includes:
Curated text sets of authentic sources
Standards-aligned lesson plans with clear, scannable steps
Embedded supports to meet the needs of all learners
Flexible options to extend, shorten, or adapt lessons
Authentic performance tasks
Ready-to-use lessons, PowerPoints, and student handouts
Comprehensive without being overwhelming, Tapestry provides ready-to-teach resources for middle school social studies classrooms.
Coherence by design
In Tapestry, content and instruction are carefully sequenced to build toward the unit’s culminating task. The result is a cohesive leaning experience that fosters deep understanding, promotes critical thinking, and increases knowledge retention.
Essential Questions anchor instruction and frame inquiry across each unit.
Keystone Story Arcs are sequenced so each new arc builds on previous learning.
The CAPES Framework guides daily work with a systematic progression of inquiry, close study, analysis, and interpretation.
Culminating Tasks provide opportunities to synthesize knowledge, apply disciplinary habits, and communicate thinking to an authentic audience.
Buy it once; use it for life.
Tapestry is a one-time purchase—no subscriptions, renewals, or hidden fees.
Buy a single unit or a full course and get instant digital access that’s yours to keep.
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