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This session for middle school administrators and instructional coaches will focus on how to use walk-through strategies to enhance history instruction in alignment with the 2023 History Standards. Participants will explore key instructional strategies such as performing historical inquiry, making historical claims, and facilitating balanced assessments to guide teachers in implementing rigorous, inquiry-based history lessons. The session will cover how to observe and provide feedback on performance tasks, Pop-Up Learning Labs, and student engagement with historical thinking. Administrators and coaches will develop strategies for supporting teachers in creating a high-level, student-centered learning environment that fosters critical thinking, historical argumentation, and rigorous assessment practices.