On Thursday, November 13, I was a presenter at the NYCDOE Office of Library Services' 25th Annual Conference: "Libraries Are Elemental" at CitiField. My session, entitled Grace Aguilar's American Journey: Entwining the IFC and Common Core with Community Action for Adolescent Learners, gave 25 teachers and librarians across NYC the tools to create an engaging cross-curricular inquiry experience that blends Common Core with the Empire State Digital Fluency Continuum, a framework created by librarians that embeds critical thinking, digital literacy and digital citizenship within the Social Studies curriculum.  From the initial inquiry question, "Why is a library in East Harlem named for a Jewish woman who never even came to the US?" we explored how digitized archives, maps, photographs, oral history, periodicals, and other sources help unpack the question. We then discussed how student researchers can use mobile technology, New York Public Library databases and Google maps to uncover the forgotten stories within "history" that connect the past to their own neighborhoods, heritages, and lives.